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How long should a direct quote be in order to be put in quotation marks?
Let's suppose there is a short definition in a source and that I want to report such definition in a paper but adapting the initial wording to the sentence.
For instance
Definition: a bottle is a ...
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Do I need to get the authors permission for creating a similar image?
Consider a situation where author X explains a concept on his website (no copyright marks etc.).
He also provides graphics to visualize what he puts in words in that explanaton.
I cited that ...
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How to cite when modifying a graphic out of an article that is CC-licensed?
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I want to create a graphic in my thesis that is based on a graphic included in a published article. The whole article itself has a creative-commons license. How do I do this correctly? Is ...
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When to capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
So I know (now) that if you quote a complete sentence and this sentence is syntactically set off from the rest of your sentence with a comma etc, one has to (according to the Turabian) capitalize the ...
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Why Do Researchers Paraphrase Instead of Quoting, considering the pervasive usage of language models?
In open-source software development communities, if someone has already implemented a module well enough, we re-use it over and over again, in different projects. If there is any room for improvement, ...
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What is the APA7 style for a translated quotation?
My field is in the humanities, and I need to quote a long passage (around 40 words) written in French inside of a paper I write in English.
Naturally, I would like to quote a (personally) translated-...
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How do I cite a translation of a classical author (greek philosopher) in my thesis
I want to cite a quote by Seneca at the start of my economics thesis:
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Here is an ...
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APA: Citing a term in quotation marks that is not a secondary source (i.e. quotation marks are used by author for emphasis)
The source I would like to cite introduces a new concept, and when doing so, the term used to describe this concept is written in quotation marks – however these quotation marks are used for emphasis ...
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SHA-256 research paper and referencing FIPS
I've posted this first one the Cryptography SE but was advised to move it here due to the very nature of the question.
Anyway, for my college thesis I've decided to do a full stack project on SHA-256. ...
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Secondary citation with APA 7th - Does one have to adpot the quotation style?
Let's say an author A doesn't use APA 7th and quotes an author B. I cannot access author B's publication and therefore use a secondary quote. Do I then need to adpot the quotation style of author A ...
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When citing from a foreign language and including a translation - what is correct?
Which version is correct (using APA7)?:
"Die Sonne ist hell. [The sun is bright]" (Müller, 2010, S. 1)
"Die Sonne ist hell." [The sun is bright] (Müller, 2010, S. 1)
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Chicago citation of quote in quote
In my paper, I am quoting a sentence which involves a quote from another paper. I am using Chicago style notes and bibliography. How should I do this? See the example below:
Hoffman concludes, “...
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How to cite a spoken quote?
I have a quote spoken by a person in an interview, how do I cite it?
Chinua Achebe, the prominent Nigerian novelist and essayist who died
on Thursday, said in a 1994 interview with the Paris Review, &...
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Citing an URL using the Waybackmachine (web.archive.org)
I would like to quote the following quotation correctly:
Information is the oil of the 21st century and analytics is the internal combustion engine.
In other papers I found out that this quote ...
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Citing a secondary (indirect) quotation in the epigraph
In my thesis I want to use the following quotation in the epigraph of a chapter:
It is very difficult to predict — especially the future.
There are many variations of this quote, and the ...
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I changed a word from a source, how do I cite it correctly?
I'm writing an analytical summary on Meditation II of Descartes from the compendium we have been given at school. We have been told to use this as our main source. Nevertheless, there is this specific ...
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Do I have to cite common CS algorithms?
I'm working on my final thesis for a CS grade course and I want to use a common sorting algorithm (quicksort for the curious ones). Do I need to include a reference to this algorithm (cite or quote)? ...
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How to cite a paragraph that is copy and pasted from another source? [duplicate]
I’m writing the master thesis, and I’d like to know if the following text would be appropriate or not. Consider the middle paragraph is copy-pasted from the source https://www.lipsum.com/
In this ...
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How to cite primary source first found in secondary source?
I have the following situation (I am in the humanities):
I am writing a paper. In that paper, I several times cite a particular scholar's book. Now, in that book, this scholar cites (not quotes) a ...
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What is a source for Richard Riley's famous quote about preparing students for the future?
A famous quote by Richard Riley, former US Secretary of Education, is as follows:
We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, ...
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Showing demand for my research - referencing forums
I want to show that there is demand for my research.
There are lots of comments on the internet, e.g. on forums, from people seeking the answers my research will provide.
How do I quote these ...
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Obligation to quote an unpublished source if I am the source?
Let’s say that, during my undergraduate studies, I have written an essay on some subject. It was a seminar paper, which never got published anywhere.
Now, while writing my master’s thesis, I find ...
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Text-box quotation
I am a second author on a paper with two other researchers, and something has made me very uncomfortable. In the article in question, we are referring to a model which we use to produce our analyses. ...
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How to cite this quote "The whole is other than the sum of its parts" in an article
I am preparing the draft of a scientific article which greatly benefits from the well known quote:
"The whole is other than the sum of its parts"
However, I am unable to find the correct citation ...
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Quotation/reference manager for print books
What is an effective and efficient system for storing quotes and notes from print books to be retrieved later?
When we read books and articles in electronic format there are easy ways to mark quotes ...
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Citing a passage which includes added words by the translator?
I have the translation of a work in front of me and want to quote it. The translation reads:
"This is the right decision, and yet it is the wrong [one]"
The translator added the 'one' in brackets ...
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How to quote a definition from a paper which cites another paper for the definition
I have to write the definition for a term in my Paper. I find the best definition for the term in a particular paper, say paper1. I would like to quote the definition as it is in my paper. I believe ...
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Obligation to quote source of grammatical knowledge
Do I need to name a source (a website for example), which lists grammar rules for a language? I would like to know if this is considered one of these goods, which cannot be owned and thus needs no ...
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How should you cite dead urls in a thesis?
I am currently writing a thesis. In the related work part I am discussing a paper from a few years ago. The paper presents several web applications which were available back then. Hence, these ...
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Google Books fair use and paraphrasing
I am writing some essays for some MBA courses and I will start writing my master thesis soon. I always prefer to source ideas out of books and journals, rather than online resources. Google Books is a ...
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Block-quoting a list: where to put the citation?
Suppose I write something like this
Jones categorises things as follows:
little things
big things
medium-size things
... where the entire list is a verbatim quotation from Jones. ...
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Referencing references within a quote
I don't think this is quite the same as enter Referencing the reference? apologies if it is.
I am quoting someone in my thesis, they say:
... blah blah as noted in experiments by Tom (2013), Dick (...
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Should I cite or quote?
I seem to be in a dilemma when it comes to citation and references. I am implementing and improving an algorithm, and therefore I must state the steps of the algorithm. I would also like to use the ...
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Writing a report/paper etc. - How to deal with citations that have poor English?
I've tried looking for suggestions on the internet to my question but haven't found any useful information.
I'm writing a paper and I'm quoting/citing various books, journals etc. However, I'm coming ...
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Citing someone directly with additional information in footnote
I would like to directly quote some sentences of another author who uses a word A which is a synonym for a word B I'm using in my text. Note: I would like to use my word B as the word A is very rare.
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How to quote a quote? [duplicate]
I'm writing my master thesis. I need to quote a cited quote from another paper. So the scenario is that I'm reading a paper and this paper has a quote which is cited from another paper. Now I want to ...
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How do I cite a quote in the title of a paper
I have written a paper (only internally marked) and I have a title:
"GCR2: A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma".
This was initially a Winston Churchill quote about Russia (after the ...
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How large may included parts from other people's work be in an academic paper?
Of course, it is absolutely important to quote all thoughts that did not originate from the author. This makes one think that it would be OK to include works of others when referencing them correctly.
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Citing ideas but extending information
Imagine the following situation: Mr. Expert writes that it is important to have A,B & C. Dr. Smart writes it is important to have A, Y, Z. As both are using the arguments to lead to different ...
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Find out author’s name in foreign writing system (Chinese, etc.)
I have some literature written by Chinese authors who I would like to attribute in my bibliography with their names in Chinese characters (汉字). The problem is that, as the literature itself is not in ...
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How to quote a passage with a punctuation error?
I want to quote the following passage (actually, the original passage as somewhat longer but let's consider this a minimal working example)
Awareness of others, can address affective needs.
but ...
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Searching for a quotation manager
I’m looking for a way to manage the text of the quotations that most certainly I will use (i.e. quote) in the future. I’m a philosopher, so this is specially handy —and even required— for the ...
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