Questions tagged [citations]
Citations are references to published or unpublished sources other than the work one is currently reading. This tag should be used when asking for proper formatting for citations or information about the ethics of citations.
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How To Cite a Hyperlink in E-Book
I am editing an e-book memoir, and I am wondering how to properly use a hyperlink reference citation. There is only one such reference in the entire manuscript. After I put the superscript number 1 at ...
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Can I refer to a work rather than the author(s) with an APA "narrative citation"?
The APA Publication manual recognizes two kinds of in-text citations, parenthetical and narrative. They are characterized as follows:
In parenthetical citations, the author name and publication date (...
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How can I cite multiple pages from the same site with no author listed in MLA?
I'm writing an MLA paper which in which I need to site 2 pages from https://www.merriam-webster.com. Here are what my citations look like in my works cited page:
"dirigisme". Merriam-...
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Least distracting method of citing in a book?
I've written a book and I'm juggling citation styles. I haven't put my bibliography together yet, but there are, I would estimate, at least 100 abstracts referenced from the National Library of ...
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citing whole sections IEEE
I'm writing an engineering proposal, and there are small sections of the report that are entirely quoted or paraphrased from a parent document. Can I add the citation to the heading of that section? ...
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Using one source, multiple times, and footnotes
I am required to use footnotes in a paper for the first time in my life, and I have run into the problem of how to properly cite it.
My question is, if I get multiple facts from the same source, when/...
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Punctuation of a quote inside parentheses
I was wondering how to properly format a quote inside parentheses in MLA.
So far I have mostly used the third option, although the double parentheses seem a bit ugly.
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1) He directs his ...
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What Note / Bib citation style uses parenthesis around the publisher?
What citation style is this?
C. van Hoeten, The Alien in Israelite Law (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991).
D. A. Hubbard, Beyond Futility (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1976), pp. 20-21.
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How would I go about citing Twitter's terms of service?
I am trying to have Twitter's terms of service as a source of a paper I'm writing. I have been looking it up for several days and have found no answer.
How should I cite Twitter's terms of service?
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What is the most appropriate way to cite a tweet or social media post?
I was writing an essay discussing the history of a particular concept in recent times. Because a lot of social interaction, even amongst academics, is on social media like Twitter nowadays, I was ...
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Is there a style guide for non-fiction? [closed]
So, I'm writing a nonfiction book. But I'm confused about style, format, and citations.
Is there a specific sources section that I have to do? Such as, "References," "Sources Cited,&...
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How do you cite a quote that is broken up into two parts?
If I have one quote but I broke it up into two separate sections in my essay, how would I cite it? Even though they're the same quote would I need to cite it twice? I know an ibid would work but I'm ...
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What should I do with this? [duplicate]
So like, I received a message from "Author Liaison Representative" in Wattpad.
The thing said:
Hello Mimiko-nyan,
My name is Tika. I'm an Author Liaison representative, representing W e b n ...
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What features would a user require from a Citation generation app
I'm attempting to create a mobile application that allows users to convert a DOI from a research article into a Citation.
The user will be able to select any valid Citation styles and the generated ...
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How do you cite a song at the start of a chapter?
I've found that songs draw some people into something, so I was wondering how to cite a few lines from a song to draw someone in without making it look horrible.
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Somehow we have forgotten ...
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MLA In-text citations for websites
I've done some research, but a lot of sources contradict each other. I was just wondering how to do embedded citations for MLA regarding websites. I wasn't too sure how to do them as the websites I ...
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How to add individual citations or copyrights to an eBook?
I'm compiling my first book. In this book, I have translated several legends, fairytales, and stories of my country (El Salvador).
Most of them are loosely based on different books, blogs, newspapers, ...
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Should DOIs ever be preferred to ISBNs?
Any ISBN yields a DOI. For example, the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. has ISBN 978-0-226-10420-1, which maps to doi:10.978.226/104201, allowing any book to be digitally identified in a reference ...
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Figure Annotation and Writing papers
If I had a figure like let's say imaginary figure A. If I were to use this figure, and only needed a segment should I put the whole figure in the academic Research paper or just the section? If so, ...
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Referencing figures, tables, sections and chapters: When to capitalize and when to use lower case letters
I know this question has been asked before, but I am still confused. That’s why I am asking again, but in a detailed way.
In a scientific work, a master’s thesis for example, you will insert figures ...
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What is the best way to cite an anonymous writer?
When writing papers I sometimes discover texts online which are published without any kind of name attached. Often times these individuals want to be anonymous or simply do not reference themselves in ...
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Cite letter and article separately even though both are on the same webpage?
I am writing a formal research paper (for a competition called National History Day), using the Chicago citation style.
I am using as a source this article. I would like to quote/reference the letter ...
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Citing both a paper's draft and published version in Chicago style
Summary: I have a draft of a paper and its later published version. I correctly cite the published version, but I want to know `how I can add a citation to the draft version(?)' in Chicago style. See ...
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When citing a paragraph in a book on my website, how long can the citation be?
I would like to cite a few sentences of a book in my website, and I would like to know if I may run into some copyright infringement. On the book, it is written "Les Editions Arthaud, 1986, All ...
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Can you omit words from a sentence and correctly cite that text?
In a source, I have the sentence:
Trafficking in children from Togo, Nigeria, Mali, to Cote d’Ivoire’s plantation and domestic servants in Gabon, and of women from Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, and Sierra ...
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An organization writes its acronym in lower-case - do I have to, too?
I'm writing an article that includes reference to an organization - let's say National Ecological Council of Concerned Citizens - which, instead of NECOCC, uses the acronym necocc, i.e. lower-case ...
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How to cite several testimonies from the same House Bill in Apa
We are attempting to cite several testimonies, both parenthetically and on the references page. Any help would be appreciated.
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How to cite the paper I'm writing? APA style
I'm writing a paper on a theme that has a lot of research. To define a concept, I use the definitions of several writers, all properly cited.
Then I define more related concepts, and then I want to ...
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How to cite a combination
I expected this simple, but cannot find any good source. Assume there are two sources, source A and source B. Both are different from each other, that is A provides some info on a problem, B provides ...
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Citing parts of a thesis or dissertation using IEEE referencing
I've found myself extensively referencing parts of theses and dissertations for my own research paper. The IEEE editorial style manual suggests that they should be referenced in the following form:
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Citation placement when it respects only the second part of a sentence
Where should I put a citation mark when the cited information is only the second part of a sentence? This was my first attempt,
Thus, fuel mass is more sensitive to payload mass changes for faster ...
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APA - Citing foreign language texts
I have a written response that involves several sources from foreign languages (namely Latin and Italian, with the paper being written in English). How would I quote and reference these sources? For ...
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In microsoft word I want to show more information in the citation
I have a citation in a word doc and want to show more information in the reference text on the page.
So we have
I want to change (Heymann,2020) to "Heymann, D. (2020, May 4). Malaria"
I have ...
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Advice for indicating sources in tables
I'm writing a thesis about the Accords by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS).
If I put a table exactly from the Accords, I write in the table note "Source: BCBS (year)".
If I start ...
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Mention name in paraphrased text?
I'm a newbie writer and I would like to properly make references in my book (I'm thinking of using Chicago style, but am not married to it). Currently, I'm leaning toward using the notes-and-...
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Bibliography format with multiple citations from same book? (APA)
I'm writing a paper where I've included multiple citations from a book, each citation is not a direct quote from the text but rather a in-text citation so according to APA guidelines these citations ...
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APA In text citations, with the same first author and one other author with the same surname
This seems to be a bit of a corner case. I have two articles, with the same first author, B. G. Cook. The first article has a second author, S. C. Cook. The other article has two other authors (G. J. ...
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In which sections of a research report is it appropriate to include citations?
I have been doing some research on citations and haven't been able to get a clear answer on this.
When writing a project report, in which sections is it appropriate to include citations?
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How to cite an interview in APA with multiple interviewees?
I need to cite an interview with multiple interviewees in APA format, but the APA website only has an example with a single interviewee.
I can't find any other resources online; does anyone have any ...
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Citing a paper presented at conference
I have found this source for a research project. From what I can see, it was presented at the Institute for New Economic Thinking: Plenary Conference. I have never tried to us a source that wasn't ...
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Research Paper Summary: How much should be citations versus original thought?
I'm finalizing a single-paragraph summary of a multi-page research paper for school and I was concerned when I noticed that most of my summary was in my own words. I mean that most of what I wrote was ...
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Correct way of Citing References in a writing a Non-Fiction book?
I am trying to write a non-fiction book about summarizing core computer science concepts. I plan to self publish this book through the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing program. My target audience ...
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Is page range inclusive or exclusive?
When writing a bibliography entry, if I want to cite pages 1 up to 10, including both 1 and 10 (i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10) should I write 1-10 or 1-11?
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Specific MLA Question on In-Text Citation
How do I format an in-text citation in MLA format when the sentence ends as a parenthesis?
For example: Stuart Appleby won three races in his career (but lost all others) (Fredricks 23).
It looks ...
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How do I cite previously published print school newspapers on now online school newspaper?
I'm the adviser of a school newspaper that publishes exclusively online now. We have a page dedicated to revisiting the archives of our paper (60 years worth!). I cannot piece together how to properly ...
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In-text Citations: Same Paragraph With 3-5 Authors
In nearing the completion of a piece of writing, a question has come up. With the APA format for referencing, consider the following example in a single paragraph.
.... in the act of breathing (...
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Citing secondary sources in Chicago style?
I am a little bit paranoid about plagiarizing, and I am confused since I have found two seemingly contradictory answers for this.
Suppose source X says "source Y says blah blah blah."
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How to write references?
I am writing a document for my project, and some information is from another website, I didn't copy the text but use their data, do I need to write that website in references? If so, how to?
And that ...
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Should I be concerned about plagiarism with this excerpt in a research paper?
I'm new to writing research papers and I need some help, with plagiarism in general. Here is an excerpt from my paper. Is this within the usual norms for research papers, or am I risking plagiarizing?
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Citing a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute in MLA?
I am trying to cite in MLA (8e) WTO disputes. My paper references about 20 of these, so it is important to cite them efficiently.
Here is an example source: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/...
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