Talk:APA WRITING AND RESOURCES/@comment-43582033-20190912015929

I think it is reasonable to expect students to learn and use at least one of the formats. In research, it is critical to be able to find a writer's resources and to determine for yourself if their sources are valid, and by that whether or not the writer is making a valid argument. Using standard documentation makes it easy to find the original source of information. If standard documentation is not used, it can be very difficult, if not impossible, to locate that information. Appropriate citation is simply that - citation. If you use an idea or words that somebody else first presented, it is plagiarism unless it is properly cited.