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professional research goals<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002workplace citation and documentation<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002definitions<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002what needs cited & documented<\/a><\/div>\n
quotation, paraphrase, summary<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002parenthetical vs. natural language citation<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002using footnotes<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002lists of references<\/a>\u2002\u25cf\u2002image citation & documentation<\/a><\/div>\n
see also Do You Really Need Quotation?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Professional Research Goals (for Citation & Documentation)<\/h3>\n
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Goals of Pro Citation & Documentation<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
ethicality<\/td>\nclarity<\/td>\nconsistency<\/td>\ntransparency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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readability<\/div>\n
write and format your text, citations, and documentation in a way that’s least intrusive to the text<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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usability<\/div>\n
write and format your text, citations, and documentation so readers to find the sources themselves<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Most research is problematic.<\/p>\n

It can be intentionally or unintentionally biased. It can come from an interested source with stakes in the information. It can be incomplete. It can fail to be representative of some larger group. It can be specific to a time, location, type, or some other subset. It can be presented in dissimilar, incomparable, or unequal units.<\/p>\n

When research is problematic, the problem should be made clear to your reader. Problems of bias, sourcing, representation, completeness, limitation, and measurement should be faithfully communicated to the reader rather than hidden or otherwise obscured.<\/p>\n

In research and writing, we use “credibility” to mean whether or not something is accurate, whether or not it can be believed or trusted\u2014but that’s an incomplete picture of what credibility is. Credibility can rarely be assessed in binary oppositions\u2014it’s rarely either accurate or inaccurate, correct or incorrect, credible or unsound, truthful or dishonest. Usually, it’s somewhere in the middle. While we should aim for the credible, accurate, and truthful side of the spectrum, research that falls short shouldn’t be discounted. Instead, it should be evaluated for what it is and explained or noted in context.<\/p>\n

For our purposes (and many professional purposes), credibility is trustworthiness in a particular context. Being credible means representing research as what it is, which demands understanding the rhetorical situation and representing that rhetorical situation in good faith.<\/p>\n

Above all else, be ethical about where your information comes from.<\/p>\n

Additionally,<\/p>\n