Academic Foundations: Citations, Literature Review, Peer Review, and Essay Writing Strategies

Academic Foundations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
1. Why and when do you include citations and references in academic writing?.................................3
2. How does a ‘literature review’ differ from the other forms of academic writing & what is its
purpose?..................................................................................................................................................4
3. What are ‘peer reviewed’ sources and why are they important for academic writing?....................4
4. What strategies can be employed to ensure a first class academic essay?........................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Every individual needs to focus on their academic writing so that they can secure good
marks which can help to gain more career opportunities. The main motive of this report is to
discuss about the academic foundation & academic writing & also discusses the citations &
reference. This report also identifies the purpose of literature review and determines the peer
reviewed.
MAIN BODY
1. Why and when do you include citations and references in academic writing?
For the specific academic writing, students need to include citations & references.
Basically citations & reference both are essential for the academic writing.Referencing and
citations is considered as a Strategic method that is useful to acknowledge some one performance
and work that students used in their Study and research. With the help of citations, students can
create a proper link between the specific information & original sources. There are various
references and citations style used in academic writing such as APA, MLA, AMA, Harvard and
many more. (Academic Referencing, 2021).
When student write any academic essay, paper, assignment & report then students require
highlighting the use of another writer’s work and ideas so that students can provide credit to the
original writere for their ideas & work. There are various reasons why students need to include
citations & references which are given below-
 With the help of citations and references Students can validate your work and arguments.
 It allows the other students and readers to use the original work.
 It can help to avoide plagiarism.
 Citations and references work like a prove so that teachers can understand students read
and knowledge around the specific topic.
 It provides the exact data and information to the other readers.
It is prominent to use citations & references in their academic writing because it can help to
justify your work and provide more value to their project and work . Through valid citations and