Viittauksilla

Viittauksilla is a Finnish term formed from viite, meaning reference or citation. The adessive plural form viittauksilla translates roughly as “with references” or “by citations” and is used to describe text, statements, or sections that are supported by external sources. In everyday writing the more common forms are viitteet, lähdeluettelo, or lähteet, but viittauksilla appears in descriptions of how the text relies on citations.

In academic writing, authors typically ground claims in sources through in-text references and a corresponding bibliography or references list. Finnish style guides emphasize that statements should be supported by sources, and readers should be able to locate the cited material. The phrase viittauksilla may appear in instructional or descriptive contexts to indicate the presence of such citations, for example: “Väitteet on esitettävä viittauksilla” or “Teksti on kirjoitettu viittauksilla.” In practice, writers use in-text citations (for example author–year formats or numeric markers) together with a separate list of references.

Common citation styles used in Finnish texts align with international systems, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, or Vancouver, each prescribing how viitteet are formatted and how the lähdeluettelo or bibliography is constructed. Bibliographic management tools (viitteidenhallinta) and reference databases (viitteet tietokannat) are routinely used to organize and insert these citations.

Overall, viittauksilla denotes the practice of embedding citations in text to credit sources and to support claims, a core aspect of scholarly communication in Finnish writing.