Why Citations are important?

If you're a student, you're probably familiar with citations. But why do we use them? This short video explains the value of the citation system both for the original author, for you as the student and for human knowledge as a whole.

Postgraduate Student’s Guide : Thesis Preparation (UPM,2013)

The School of Graduate Studies at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) promotes and educates the UPM community on the importance of academic integrity by providing a guideline for thesis preparation. This guideline contains both general and specific guidelines in preparing for the final submission of the thesis, including clear instructions on matters relating to format, length, footnotes, tables and appendices, bibliography/references, citation and referencing styles, plagiarism, copyright and publication prior to submission, the languages required for abstracts, and permissible languages.