{"id":9792,"date":"2021-05-05T00:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tlulib.ee\/research\/citing\/citation-styles\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T08:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T05:22:53","slug":"citation-styles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tlulib.ee\/en\/research\/citing\/citation-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"Citation Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9792\" class=\"elementor elementor-9792 elementor-3223\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aff50e2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aff50e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81726b7\" data-id=\"81726b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc5734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edc5734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References are considered an important part of academic information literacy. Student papers follow academic traditions and the structure of scientific texts, which presupposes correct, accurate and comprehensible references to the works and ideas of other authors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different disciplines use different citation styles. In addition to the widely used APA &#8211; American Psychological Association &#8211; citation style, TLU institutes use the MLA &#8211; Modern Language Association &#8211; citation format, Chicago style, Harvard referencing or the citation style of the Tallinn University Press. Therefore, in the case of university-wide courses and projects, it is important to specify the required citation style for student papers. 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