Appropriate citation is important because it lets the Instructor knows where information and ideas are being derived from. The writers, authors, and researchers has place a lot of work, time and effort on specific material and they are willing to share their published work to the public. To steal work is total unethical from a student, instructor and an academic stand point. It is okay to use others ideas, words and voices but you have to give them credit for this act. It also lets the Instructor know that you can demonstrate and have mastered the ability to write using the APA format. Pursing any level of higher education requires you to able to properly cite material used to develop your paper. Appropriate citation also keeps the student