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Cite these:
- Direct quotes
- Any words or ideas that are not your own
- Buying or borrowing a paper
- Changing just a few words
- Summarizing someone else's word or ideas
What Does Not Need a Citation?
- Your own ideas, insights, thoughts or conclusions
- Your own results from your experiment in the lab or field
- Any kind of original artwork you made
- Common knowlegde or an accepted fact (double check to make sure)
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