Citations, Who Needs 'Em? We Do!!

We feel that citing is important for credit should be given to the authors of articles from which our group gathered information from throughout the blog.  In our blog, each author will use ideas that are not their own, and proper citations are necessary, for without this information the creation of our blog and posts would be impossible. Citing is also a validation that our own work is correct, for if a reader questions our information, then they can go back and check the sources that we used for further evidence that supports our claim. The use of citations gives our blog an improved sense of credibility.
   

We have decided to use the MLA format throughout our blog to credit sources that members of our group have used. We have chosen MLA format, for we feel that it will give the most credit to the author and this format increases the ease of validating our information. The MLA citation for each source that we use will appear at the bottom of the respective post. The articles used will be mentioned in the text by either the title or by the author or authors who wrote the piece. When appropriate, we will also provide hyperlinks to the articles that we used. By mentioning the authors or title within the post, we feel that we are still giving partial credit that will be buttressed later by the full MLA citation. The hyperlinks we feel will provide ease to those seeking to validate our information, and will provide further credit to the cited authors, for a direct link to their article or work is being provided.