From grimoire
Selects authoritative sources and manages citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago) for academic papers and research reports.
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/grimoire:apply-academic-citation-strategyThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Apply citation strategy in academic writing — selecting authoritative sources, using citations accurately and ethically, managing reference styles correctly, and citing strategically to build argument credibility and maintain traceable claims.
Apply citation strategy in academic writing — selecting authoritative sources, using citations accurately and ethically, managing reference styles correctly, and citing strategically to build argument credibility and maintain traceable claims.
Adopted by: The APA Publication Manual (7th ed.) is required by thousands of social science, education, and psychology journals. The MLA Handbook is required in most humanities disciplines. The Chicago Manual of Style governs history, literature, and publishing. All major university academic integrity policies define citation requirements as part of scholarly standards. Booth, Colomb & Williams' "The Craft of Research" is the most widely used academic writing methods text and covers citation as an integral part of research. Impact: Citation performs two functions: credibility (showing that claims are grounded in established research) and traceability (enabling readers to verify sources and locate original materials). Papers with no citations or insufficient citation cannot be evaluated for accuracy; papers with incorrect citations undermine the reader's ability to verify. Academic integrity violations (plagiarism, fabricated citations) result in retraction, degree revocation, and professional sanctions that persist permanently in academic records.
Citation required:
Citation not required:
The "any competent reader would know this" test: if a reader in the field would challenge this claim and ask "where does this come from?", it requires a citation. If the claim is universally accepted without question, it does not.
Not all sources are equal; citation strategy requires selecting sources appropriate to the claim:
Tier 1 (strongest):
Tier 2 (acceptable with context):
Tier 3 (use only when better sources unavailable):
Avoid for academic writing:
Primary vs. secondary sources:
The accurate citation rule: the citation should support exactly the claim being made; a reader who retrieves the source should find the cited information in the location indicated
Common errors:
Direct quotation rule: direct quotes must be verbatim; any change to spelling, punctuation, or wording requires [brackets] for additions, ellipsis (...) for omissions, or [sic] for preserved errors in the original.
APA 7th edition (most common in social sciences, education, psychology):
MLA 9th edition (humanities):
Chicago 17th (history, literature, many humanities):
Reference management tools:
Strategic citation builds the argument; defensive citation buries the reader in noise:
The conversation framing (Graff & Birkenstein): citation connects the current paper to the ongoing scholarly conversation; citations are not just acknowledgments but entries into dialogue: "Building on Jones (2019), I extend the analysis to..." or "While Smith (2020) found X, this study finds Y, suggesting..."
npx claudepluginhub jeffreytse/grimoire --plugin grimoireVerifies academic citations using canonical sources (DOI, arXiv, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar). Provides principles for detecting fake citations and matching metadata.
Plans, audits, and formats academic references. Checks citation authenticity, relevance, retractions, and coverage. Generates BibTeX, GB/T 7714, APA, IEEE, etc.
Compares reference managers Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Paperpile; covers APA/Vancouver/ACS/Nature styles, DOI management, citation tracking, and integrations with Word/Google Docs/LaTeX. Useful for scientific writing workflows.