This document outlines 8 rhetoric reasons for citing previous scholars and researchers in a presentation given by Wycliff Edwin Tusiime. The reasons are: 1) Citations acknowledge intellectual property rights and defend against plagiarism. 2) Citations show respect to previous scholars by recognizing history. 3) Citations serve as reading guides. 4) Citations establish an intellectual network and project what the author perceives as relevant work. 5) Citations create a space for new research by describing what has been done. 6) Citations demonstrate that the author qualifies as a member of their scholarly community. 7) Citations are tools of persuasion that give statements more authority. 8) Citations operate as a mutual reward system rather