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# Citation

> ## Overview

> Teaching: 2 min
> Exercises: 0 min
> Questions

> - How can I make my work easier to cite?

> Objectives

> - Make your work easy to cite

You may want to include a file called `CITATION` or `CITATION.txt` that describes how to reference your project; the one for Software Carpentry states:

    To reference Software Carpentry in publications, please cite both of the following:

    Greg Wilson: "Software Carpentry: Getting Scientists to Write Better
    Code by Making Them More Productive".  Computing in Science &
    Engineering, Nov-Dec 2006.

    Greg Wilson: "Software Carpentry: Lessons Learned". arXiv:1307.5448,
    July 2013.

    @article{wilson-software-carpentry-2006,
        author =  {Greg Wilson},
        title =   {Software Carpentry: Getting Scientists to Write Better Code by Making Them More Productive},
        journal = {Computing in Science \& Engineering},
        month =   {November--December},
        year =    {2006},
    }

    @online{wilson-software-carpentry-2013,
      author      = {Greg Wilson},
      title       = {Software Carpentry: Lessons Learned},
      version     = {1},
      date        = {2013-07-20},
      eprinttype  = {arxiv},
      eprint      = {1307.5448}
    }

> ## Key Points

> - Add a CITATION file to a repository to explain how you want your work cited.

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