It is your responsibility to provide the reader with the precise sources of quotations, ideas and points of view in your essay. You achieve this through accurate citations, which may include in-text or footnotes throughout your essay, and a full list of references at the end of your paper. The type of citation method you use will vary depending on your subject matter and/or the instructions of your school.
Keeping track of your sources and properly referencing them as you go through the research and draft-writing process is critical!
Mistakes here could lead to failure of the IB diploma.
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As a general rule of thumb, the four main citation styles used in academic publications are:
Chicago Manual
MLA
APA
Harvard Reference
There are plenty of websites that you can find online to clarify how to cite your sources.
Just be aware that a given website might take liberties with some of the details of the guidelines, so when in doubt, trust only the official published manual for each style.