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I won’t cite a paper as a reference unless I’ve read it first.

I won’t cite a paper as a reference unless I’ve read it first. This seems like an obvious rule. A m I ever tempted not to follow it? I read a paper by Smith et al. that summarizes some aspect of another article by Jones et al. (which I have not read). I trust Smith et al.

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I won’t cite a paper as a reference unless I’ve read it first.

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  1. I won’t cite a paper as a reference unless I’ve read it first. • This seems like an obvious rule. Am I ever tempted not to follow it? • I read a paper by Smith et al. that summarizes some aspect of another article by Jones et al.(which I have not read). • I trust Smith et al. • May I cite Jones et al. based upon what Smith et al. said? • NO!! • This rulemay not be universal??

  2. I don’t have to read an entire paper in order to use it as a reference. • How much do I have to read? • It depends, but the short answer is that I have to read enough of it to find what I need. • For example, a14 page paper contains a one paragraph procedure of use to me. This short procedure is all I’ve read and it is all that I need. I will cite the paper as the source of this procedure. • I can lift a simple fact from an article and virtually read nothing else in the paper but cite that paper as the source.

  3. Often, a critical reading of an article is required before I feel comfortable using it as a reference. • If I refer to a conclusion or finding (i.e., a result) of an author’s work, I read enough of the paper to convince myself that the work is valid. • This is a courtesy to readers who trust me to cite only those findings or conclusions that I think are supported by the evidence. • Work that I find questionable I do not cite or • I discuss the shortcomings of that work for my readers. • This means that I would not use an abstract alone as the source of information regarding the conclusions or results of a paper.

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