Noun

Singular citation

Plural citations

citation (plural citations)

  1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
  2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words.
  3. The passage or words quoted; quotation.
  4. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
  5. A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
  6. A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

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French

Noun

citation f. (plural citations)

  1. Citation, quotation.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Feb 24 17:48:05 2010

Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression (e.g. [Newell84]) embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others to the topic of discussion at the spot where the citation appears. Generally the combination of both the in-body citation and the bibliographic entry constitutes what is commonly thought of as a citation (whereas bibliographic entries by themselves are not).

A prime purpose of a citation is intellectual honesty; to attribute to other authors the ideas they have previously expressed, rather than give the appearance to the work's readers that the work's authors are the original wellsprings of those ideas.

The forms of citations generally subscribe to one of the generally-accepted citations systems, such as the Harvard, APA, and other citations systems, as their syntactic conventions are widely-known and easily interpreted by readers. Each of these citation systems has its respective advantages and disadvantages relative to the tradeoffs of being informative (but not too disruptive) and thus should be chosen relative to the needs of the type of publication being crafted. Editors will often specify the citation system to use.

Bibliographies, and other list-like compilations of references, are generally not considered citations because they do not fulfill the true spirit of the term: deliberate acknowledgement by other authors of the priority of one's ideas.

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Mon Mar 8 09:26:02 2010

Citation??
Q. How would you cite an image you found online? Would you just provide the URL?
Asked by kcdude - Mon Feb 26 14:26:33 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You cite an image from a website like you a website.
Answered by liz - Mon Feb 26 15:13:55 2007

What is the cost of a citation when getting stopped with no state plate in Alabama?
Q. I just got one citation for having no state plate, what is the ticket cost? it doesn't say on the complaint form.
Asked by Christopher P - Wed Sep 9 22:37:53 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The best solution to your answer would be to go to the Secretary of State and pick up a free driving book.Inside you'll find the fines and penalty's concerning all traffic matters.
Answered by Tomb Raider - Sat Sep 12 22:11:35 2009

What is the difference between a speeding ticket and a citation?
Q. Today I received a speeding citation with a bail of $115 for driving 10mph over the speed limit. I was caught from aerial. What do these mean?
Asked by todayilovegod2 - Wed Dec 3 21:19:08 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A ticket and citation are the same thing. An Officer in a plane or helicopter clocked you. There is no requirement in any state I know of to sign a citation. I don't even ask people to sign them because it is an Officer Safety issue with me. A traffic citation (or ticket if you want to use that word) is no where close to an arrest.
Answered by El Scott - Wed Dec 3 21:34:16 2008

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See also:

  • Using MLA FormattingUsing MLA Formatting
    owl.english.purdue.edu
    A guide from Purdue University on using MLA guidelines in research papers, and citing all sources from a single book to government documents.
  • Citation BuildersCitation Builders
    sunsite.berkeley.edu
    Personal list from Alan Bailin, Instructional Design and Support Specialist at the Newman Library, Baruch College.
  • Internet Citation GuidesInternet Citation Guides
    memorial.library.wisc.edu
    Web-based bibliography of citation styles, including APA (American Psychological Association), CBE (Council of Biology Editors), Chicago, MLA (Modern Language Association), Turabian, APSA, and NLM.
Custom search only citation sites:

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