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The Rhetorical Purpose 
for Citing Sources in 
Technical Writing
What Do Citations DO? 
• Place research within the context of other work on the subject. 
Answers the question: what is your research adding to this body of knowledge? 
• Acknowledge conflicts with other research findings. 
Answers the question: why is your research challenging the findings of others? 
• Provide support for critically important claims based on the evidence of others. 
Answers the question: where is the evidentiary support for this claim? 
• Directs reader to bibliographical information. 
• Helps readers discern what weight to give the evidence.
Documentation styles: discipline-, company-, 
organization-, publication-, and can even be 
culturally specific.
Direct or Indirect? 
Direct citation. Author (and/or work) is identified 
directly and cited by parenthetical reference or 
through a footnote or endnote. 
Indirect citation. Author (and/or work) is not 
identified but cited parenthetically or through a 
footnote or endnote. 
HOW TO CHOOSE…?
Example: Two Styles of Direct Citation 
• APA [emphasis on date] 
Brie (1988) showed that the moon is made of cheese. 
Cheddar (1990) reached the same conclusion. 
• MLA [emphasis on page number] 
Brie showed that the moon is made of cheese (111-19). 
Cheddar reached the same conclusion (40-52).
Example of Three Documentation Styles that 
Use Endnotes 
• Chicago [superscript number placed at the end of sentence.] 
– Brie showed that the moon is made of cheese.¹ Cheddar reached the 
same conclusion.² 
• CBE [superscript number placed closed to author’s name] 
– Brie¹ showed the moon is made of cheese. Cheddar² reached the 
same conclusion. 
• IEEE [uses brackets around superscript number placed close 
to author’s name or reference to research] 
– Brie[¹] Brie showed that the moon is made of cheese. Cheddar[²] 
reached the same conclusion.
All Documentation Styles… 
• In-text citation information (parenthetical or superscript) 
must be accompanied by a corresponding entry in a Works 
Cited, References List, or Bibliography where information 
about the source is provided. 
• Basic elements of a bibliography (any documentation style): 
– Name of author 
– Name of text 
– Date of text 
– Publisher of text
For Citation Help 
The Writing Center at Colorado State is a useful 
resource for understanding documentation 
styles. 
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/researchsources/documentation/specific.cfm 
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Citing Sources in Technical Writing

  • 1. The Rhetorical Purpose for Citing Sources in Technical Writing
  • 2. What Do Citations DO? • Place research within the context of other work on the subject. Answers the question: what is your research adding to this body of knowledge? • Acknowledge conflicts with other research findings. Answers the question: why is your research challenging the findings of others? • Provide support for critically important claims based on the evidence of others. Answers the question: where is the evidentiary support for this claim? • Directs reader to bibliographical information. • Helps readers discern what weight to give the evidence.
  • 3. Documentation styles: discipline-, company-, organization-, publication-, and can even be culturally specific.
  • 4. Direct or Indirect? Direct citation. Author (and/or work) is identified directly and cited by parenthetical reference or through a footnote or endnote. Indirect citation. Author (and/or work) is not identified but cited parenthetically or through a footnote or endnote. HOW TO CHOOSE…?
  • 5. Example: Two Styles of Direct Citation • APA [emphasis on date] Brie (1988) showed that the moon is made of cheese. Cheddar (1990) reached the same conclusion. • MLA [emphasis on page number] Brie showed that the moon is made of cheese (111-19). Cheddar reached the same conclusion (40-52).
  • 6. Example of Three Documentation Styles that Use Endnotes • Chicago [superscript number placed at the end of sentence.] – Brie showed that the moon is made of cheese.¹ Cheddar reached the same conclusion.² • CBE [superscript number placed closed to author’s name] – Brie¹ showed the moon is made of cheese. Cheddar² reached the same conclusion. • IEEE [uses brackets around superscript number placed close to author’s name or reference to research] – Brie[¹] Brie showed that the moon is made of cheese. Cheddar[²] reached the same conclusion.
  • 7. All Documentation Styles… • In-text citation information (parenthetical or superscript) must be accompanied by a corresponding entry in a Works Cited, References List, or Bibliography where information about the source is provided. • Basic elements of a bibliography (any documentation style): – Name of author – Name of text – Date of text – Publisher of text
  • 8. For Citation Help The Writing Center at Colorado State is a useful resource for understanding documentation styles. http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/researchsources/documentation/specific.cfm 8