Why sources should be cited

• To credit a source for providing useful information.
• To ensure that content is credible and can be checked by any user.
• To help users find additional reliable information on the topic.
• To improve the overall credibility connectipedia.

When to cite sources

ALWAYS! Citing sources with the link to the organization, report, or even yourself will enable other users to find more information by following the link and investigating on their own and allow questions to be directed to the source.

When you add content
Because connectipedia is a repository for connections, we don't expect users to add original content very often. But when they do, they should make certain their authorship is clear and links to the sources they used are included.

When you verify content
You can add sources even for material you didn't write, by using a source to verify the material. Adding citations is an excellent way to contribute to connectipedia.
Referring to a clear and reliable source will add stability to your contribution.

Say where you got it
It is improper to copy a citation from an intermediate source without making clear that you saw only that intermediate source. For example, you might find some information on a web page which says it comes from a certain book. Unless you look at the book yourself to check that the information is there, your reference is really the web page, which is what you must cite. The credibility rests on the web page, not on the book, and your article must make that clear.

When you quote someone
You should always add a citation when quoting published material, and the citation should be placed directly after the quotation, which should be enclosed within double quotation marks "like this" or single quotation marks if it's a quote-within-a-quote "and here is such a 'quotation' as an example".

How to cite sources

Remember: the most important thing is to provide all the information one would need to identify and find the source.

Visit the Connectipedia Help section to see examples of including links in connec+ipedia.

Citing Internal Sources

Some contributions to connectipedia will come from primary contributors. People may have particular expertise about a subject based on their own experience, research, work within a subject, etc. Therefore, we encourage users to add content that reflects their own wisdom, as long as they cite themselves as the source.

For example, Marie might write:
"Spina bifida can be a profoundly life altering disability" because she knows that from her own immediate experience. The format to follow would be to link to (Marie Deatherage) immediately after the sentence like this:

Spina bifida can be a profoundly life altering disability /*Marie Deatherage*/.

The citation should be a link to that person's card.

Cite other cards within connectipedia by linking to that card inline like this:

Less than 1% of all immigrants to arrive in Oregon in recent years are from Poland /*Immigrants - refugees*/