should I reference something I have taken in

[Xiao Z]

The line between my own thought and citing is still a little vague for me. For instance, I want to write “This process consists of five procedures: tokenize, POS tagging, …”, I remember those things without looking up for a book(actually all of what I learned is from books). In such case, I still have to give a reference? In the lecture, you mention that concept and definition should be cited, but in other cases like introducing a process by what I can recall?

[Simon]

It’s a matter of degree, without a right/wrong answer. You need to find a nice balance between citing support for each claim or fact, but without the density of citations making the text unreadable.

In your example, a citation is not essential at the end of that sentence, but you will want to provide citations once you start describing the individual processes.

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