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Citations are references to published or unpublished sources other than the work one is currently reading.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 the text from an endnote in MLA
My question is a rather odd one. If I wish to use the text contained in an endnote from the work I'm using in my paper, how would I cite that endnote in MLA format? Would it be regarded as a regular ...
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deciding Anonymous or Unknown and citations
I am working on editing and revising a 100 year old text for re-issue and running into several concerns. The one I will deal with today concerns citations and deciding whether to use anonymous or ...
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How do you cite a book classified under two editions?
In a works cited page in MLA format, when citing a book part of the citation is, for example,
Stewart, James. Calculus: Early Transcendentals. [EDITION] ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole, 2009. Print.
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How to cite multiple authors from one edited anthology Harvard style
Here's a question that's nagging me. I want to cite different authors from one edited anthology in Harvard style inline citations. Note, this is not for one particular quote, but throughout the paper ...
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APA parenthetical citation: is extra information in the parentheses okay?
I'm proofing a document that employs the APA citation style. It contains several citations of the form:
(Michaelson, 2000; cattle only)
This seems wrong to me, especially since the semi-colon is ...
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Citing a Poem in APA
I'm having trouble finding any reputable source online that indicates how to cite a poem in APA, and I don't have access to a physical copy of the APA manual right now. Does anyone know how to cite a ...
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APA Cross-referencing Several Items from One Anthology
I am using a couple edited books in a paper I am writing. From each one, I need to cite 2-3 chapters.
MLA offers a way to "cross-reference" within a reference list when citing multiple chapters from ...
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How to cite Authorization for Use of Military Force as published online in MLA style?
The newest version of the MLA manual came out in April and so the OWL Perdue website is technically out of date. Also, additional websites (including the Illinois State University page on citing ...
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Adding links as foot notes
In my thesis, I have added some links as footnotes. I have seen it in some published papers also. But my supervisor tells me to not to add footnotes to them, but add citations.
The links I have added ...
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How does one cite an interview conducted in sign language (ASL) using MLA format?
One of my students is conducting a research project on how being deaf affects one's likelihood of getting a job. Her parents are both deaf, and she is fluent in ASL. She wants to interview other ...
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MLA: How to cite academic summaries
When writing long academic summaries, like 2 or more pages long, how should we acknowledge the sources in MLA format?
Should it be as in the example below?
Original
Buffy, a small, delicate-looking ...
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MLA: Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism in Essay Writing
I have a couple of questions about how to correctly cite sources in order to avoid unintentional plagiarism.
First, let me give you an example of a paragraph I was reading the other day as part of a ...
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Citation behind a display equation
I occasionally have a case where I want to give a formula and also attribute it. This ends up like that:
I do not really like that, though. The citation looks very odd at this spot. If the next ...
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Using sources multiple times in a paper in different places--how to cite
I'm writing a paper for National History Day in my Social Studies class and am using MLA formatting. It occurred to me that I had a lot of differing information from some sources, such as a historical ...
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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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Where to put a reference to a figure or literature
I am writing a master thesis and got confused by the location of the reference details.
Example 1 :
Should the reference be before the dot or after a dot in this case?
The exploratory analysis of ...
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How to correctly cite?
I'm currently writing a thesis and for one section the sources are only 3 papers. Some paragraphes are only about one paper. Sometimes it is also mixed, i.e. first sentence references to paper 1, ...
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If you publish something, do people have to cite you by your surname?
If an author strongly wished to be referred to in other works by his or her given name, is there a way that the convention of referencing an author by last name could be broken?
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Is it plagiarism to use something from a nonfiction work and put it into fiction?
I was reading about this Japanese dance style written by a man who taught it. He said that the style was uniquely Japanese and few outsiders could really dance in the style properly. He said that he ...
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How can I include my own words within the quotation?
How can I include my own words (of an extra information) within the quotation? Can I do it in the following way, with the words in bracket being my own?
To quote the words of the Buddha:
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Using a slash in citations
I am currently reading Dr. Alia Al-Saji's paper on Racialized Time titled "Too Late: Racialized Time and the Closure of the Past".
http://philpapers.org/archive/ALSTLR.pdf
Throughout the text, she ...
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Citations for summary on a journal article - APA formatting
I'm writing an APA summary paper on a journal article. I am not using any other sources but that journal article. Would I need to keep citing the article throughout my paper such as putting ...
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Do I need to cite quotes when conversing casually with friends?
If I'm speaking casually with a friend and quote something I heard, do I need to cite the source of that quote/saying?
Ex.
"After all, we're no strangers to love."
"Well, when in Rome..."
Does this ...
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Adding figures into a report, How to cite?
I am writing my first ever thesis these days. In order to describe a feature extraction methodology, I am going to insert a figure to my thesis and that figure is taken from the original paper in ...
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How to reference an ISO/IEC?
I'm doing some college work and I'm using ISO/IEC 27000 Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Overview and vocabulary.
In Word, I have set up the ...
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Which year to cite reference as?
In a nonfiction snippet I'm writing about metrology, specifically the term micron being used in reference to the unit multiple micrometre (AmE: micrometer) I need to cite Resolution 7 of the 13th ...
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Should I use the actual page number, or the PDF's page number in a parenthetical citation?
Let's say I have a PDF, and I want to cite something on page 2 of the PDF. Would I want to use the actual page number listed (page 724 apparently), or the page number of the PDF?
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Having a character quote an entire stanza of a poem
I am working on a long form fiction item. In this one of the characters will quote the first stanza from a poem. Normally with speech, one opens quotes, adds the text, and closes quotes. However I do ...
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"Works" in Works Cited when there is only one source?
I am currently writing an essay on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and I only have one source. Do I still call it a "Works Cited" page?
I read this following website, but it didn't seem to help: ...
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Report writing: should I use ® © symbols?
I am busy writing a report for university.
For this, I did some programming in MATLAB and simulations in Aspen Plus and HYSYS.
When referring to these software in the report, should I symbols such ...
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How to cite nonpersonal email
My boss cites email to him as "Private communication". I want to cite email from a subject matter expert to a number of individuals (of which I was not one in the original message). It is not ...
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How to cite literary (fiction) fragments in a naturals sciences journal?
I'm writing a grant in psychology/cognitive neuroscience. I am considering including a fragment of a book at the beginning, to illustrate the question. Regardless of whether this is a good idea, is ...
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How to cite this document in APA style of citation
There is an online PDF document. It is issued by the Central Department of Statistics & Information (Saudi Arabia). The title of the document (42 pages long) is: Hajj Statistics. Year of ...
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Quoting a Nursery Rhyme
I'd like to quote a nursery rhyme at the beginning of my chapter, but I'm not sure the proper formatting for this.
I've seen a lot of authors quote passages from books, songs, and various other ...
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Should I do anything else with this indirect source?
For a paper I am doing, I am relying on information from this paper. I can't access without paying, but I found this link containing a summary in the form of a fancy GUI slideshow and gives more ...
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Tool to batch convert DOI to citations?
I'm looking for an (online) tool to convert a long list of DOI's (1000+) into citation information. There are several tools that let you enter one DOI at a time, such as doi2bib or Crossref but those ...
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Can you use et al. in a Bibliography?
In the text, I have, e.g.
"...a major role to play in role-playing (Smith et al., 1990)."
But can I use the same abbreviation in the bibliography?
Smith, K. et al. 1990. Playing major roles in ...
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Which citation style do I use if I'm writing a religious book?
Should a self published book on a biblical topic, use MLA or Chicago citation styles? It'll be a persuasive writing on a biblical subject. I want to persuade the reader to my point of view but I know ...
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How to properly cite a source in your footnotes?
I notice in some of the books I read that the author sometimes leaves explanatory notes that refer the reader to a book but the note is not written in a citation style.
Do footnotes and endnotes have ...
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Citing an article with multiple authors in APA style
I have been trying to go through Mayfield Book on Technical Writing to find out how to do an in-text and parenthetical citation of a source that I found online. The source is an article from a popular ...
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How to cite a report in APA style
I have been trying to go through Mayfield Book on Technical Writing to find out how to do an in-text and parenthetical citation of a source that I found online. The source looks like a report with ...
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How to cite information from the Human Genome Project (website)?
I want to cite some information from the Human Genome Project FAQ regarding the cost of the project (see the "How much did the Human Genome Project cost U.S. taxpayers?" header), however I'm unsure of ...
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How do I cite this page?
I am trying to cite this page in MLA: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obscenity
Since it lists no authors, what should I put as the in-text citation. Should I use the Legal Information Institute or ...
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Customising book titles in references/sources
Some book use lower case titles while others use upper and lower case. Should I stick to authors choice or customise upper and lower case (as per correct usage of caps in titles).
When re checking ...
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Issue in citing legal cases, APA
I'm specifically trying to cite two documents under United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Namely, this and this. The second is the actual ruling, but the first is a pertinent ...
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How do I cite an unnamed lecture that took place somewhere in Dade County and was published on YouTube?
I'm trying to cite the following lecture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDZWQKNrCA
There's a name for the lecturer, but not a name for the lecture. Not even a location (except somewhere in the ...
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MLA: How do I cite a movie that was republished on YouTube?
I watched a clip that was made a long time ago in the 1950s by Sid Davis Productions, Inc. The clip was published on YouTube, where I saw it.
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APA Citation Page - problems with issue number and journal names
I have written out an APA citation page. I will attach a link to the page below. I have been told that there is an issue with the way my journal names have been presented and also one issue with one ...
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Who do I cite as my source?
When you have multiple sources for information like a quote, which source do you use in your book or essay. The one you may have gotten from an authors work about what a particular individual said or ...
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How do I implement a scholarly citation style in an online format?
I am part of a group starting an online, submissions-based journal of critical writing specific to my field. As the writing will be academic, we will need a formal citation process. We have decided to ...
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