Good day,
Would just like to ask if there will be any issues in using my level I econ CFA curriculum book to answer a final exam paper which is unrelated to the CFA exam? I mean, it’s still a book that we can find sources from… but not sure if I will look unprofessional or dumb in doing that…
Is this an exam or thesis paper? Are you referencing properly?..
Might be worth checking that any CFA material you’re referencing in the exam or thesis is not already referenced to Fabozzi or another source. Some of the CFA material is just a copy from the Fabozzi books…
it’s pretty much a term paper. the CFA book has all the answers i need and i’m not so sure if it’s proper to list the book as reference. i’m not even sure how to do it, should it be like this:
Author (2015). CFA Level I Curriculum (Book 2: Economics). New York, NY: Publisher.
Find the actual source. You’re not supposed to cite things that aren’t the main source. For example, if a newspaper cites a scientific paper, you don’t cite the newspaper when you discuss the same part of the paper. You go to the actual paper, read the part, and cite it. You would cite the newspaper if you were discussing something original from the newspaper article such as the column writer’s opinion about the paper.