{"id":759,"date":"2015-05-26T22:12:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T22:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/masteryart1x6xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=759"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:06:28","slug":"why-it-matters-6","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/mcc-artappreciation\/chapter\/why-it-matters-6\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters","rendered":"Why It Matters"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Evaluate and utilize resources to research information about the arts (course level learning objective)<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\r\nHas someone ever related\u00a0some fact or story you were immediately skeptical of? Of course, we\u2019ve all had that happen. Information is only as reliable as its source. Often in our information-saturated lives, the value of good-quality information gets lost amid\u00a0the vast quantity\u00a0of fairly shallow information available for quick consumption.\r\n\r\nIt's important to cite your sources for several reasons:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>to demonstrate that your information is trustworthy because it comes from well-researched sources;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>to avoid plagiarism and responsibly credit\u00a0other people\u2019s ideas and work;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>and to allow others to validate your ideas and research by tracking down the sources you used.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAs you work through\u00a0the last module, consider why it's important to follow a specific system for citing works\u2014in the case of the humanities, the MLA format. 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