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Correct way to cite paper that is published as part of a book
I'm working on the last parts of my diploma in computer engineering. Right now i'm working over my bibliography. And i'm not quite sure what's the best way to include a citation.
Both refer to the ...
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How to cite page from section-page number style document?
I've come across a problem during my bachelor thesis.
I'd like to cite a single page in a document, but it uses the "section-page" style of numbering pages of the document. It appear like I'm ...
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Publications and International Standard for bibliographic references
I'm applying for a job which requires the list of all publications.
Quoting the call:
Publications over the last 10 years in chronological order within each category following the International ...
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Using an author's citations in a peer reviewed articles
I'm reading this peer-review article which I'm certainly going to use as a source for my paper. The article is written by Robert E. Denton.
Now, in this Denton article, Denton quotes an excerpt from ...
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How many levels of sub-citations are appropriate?
I'm writing my Thesis and I found a brilliant book that helps me write it in a coherent manner. Consider this:
The author, Smith, talks about Approach XYZ and writes:
XYZ is about ..., first used ...
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Where to use MLA in-text citations for Computer Science paper
I am currently working on a paper on the subject of Probabilistic Turing Machines. To do so, I will be using several print sources, as well as online resources. I have never written a computer science/...
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Is it standard practice to make sure that multiple, numbered citations occuring together are ordered? [closed]
If including multiple, numbered citations together, is it standard practice^ to order them according to number? For example, one might see
Several studies [1,3,5] show that quantity X is relevant to ...
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When should I introduce a reference?
I am currently writing my research proposal and I have a piece where I quote a book. In summary I am saying the following:
Mr. X says that there is a very high probability that squares have four ...
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When citing in MLA, do you need to cite the same source twice?
I have a Works Cited in MLA style. Two of my sources look like this:
http://www.example.com/a/x.html
http://www.example.com/a/y.html#42
Do I need to cite both pages, or do I just cite example.com?
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How to cite regularly published editorials that have no specific titles?
Many magazines and journals have standard editorial pieces such as a letter from the editor to introduce that month's publication; or closing comments written by different people.
For example, the ...
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How to cite primary source that's also featured in a book
This is a bit confusing. I'm currently writing a cookbook, and a chef said he would send me one of his restaurant's recipes. When he did, it was in the form of a scan of the recipe as it was featured ...
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MLA bibliography style in computer science
Does anyone know a computer science or engineering journal that uses MLA as their bibliography style?
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What is the proper way to cite an image source, if they were given to me by a company?
I am writing my thesis and use images that were created by a company. These images are not available online, they were handed to me.
How would I properly give them credit for their images? If it is ...
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How to cite an aside article in a bible MLA format
I have an a NIV Arcaeological Study Bible and am taking an Old Testament studies course. This bible has a lot of articles about archaeology and history alongside scripture. None of the articles have ...
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Is Harvard style used in business?
Most websites mention that APA is preferred for the business and management disciplines, and resources regarding Harvard as not as widespread as APA.
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Citation signals in numbered references
I'm reformatting a manuscript from author-date referencing to Nature's (superscript) numbered referencing. How can I include citation signals such as 'e.g.,' or 'see'? For example, how should I ...
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How to cite from a book with more authors?
Some books start each chapter with a short inspirational quote from some famous person e.g.
Chapter 1.
"I think, therefore I am"
-René Descartes
I would like to do the same and I found ...
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In a paragraph about a paper, where do I put the citation?
I have a paragraph about a specific method used by an author and I am wondering where in that paragraph I should put my inline citation.
The paragraph in question goes something like this, where ...
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Name and cite specific figures/results of related work
Currently I am writing a paper and would like to cite specific things in the related work section of other papers.
For example:
In figure 4 in name of the related work [\cite] you can see ...
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Referencing: Which one is more ideal? (cite as from cited or direct cite)?
Well, while carrying out a review of literature for drafting a proposal I found like these in some of previous works (reports).
Some benefits of the “certain thing” on xyz are abc( person1, date) ...
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Citations in a Paper After the Whole Quotation is Shown
Say I have a quotation that is written at the top of my page something like this:
Abook
Robert Contor was always an odd fellow, but when the neighbors discovered his secret, everything changed. (p. ...
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Subsequent citations of a Note in a translated Book. (Chicago Style)
I am using the Chicago-style Citation in a Paper that I am working on. I have written this in a paragraph:
Es lässt sich vermuten, dass Platon etwas Bestimmtes in seinen Gedanken hatte, als er ...
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Proper way of referencing ranges of chapters
When I need to cite a range of pages in a source, I (well, LaTeX) write:
See Smith (2010:30–34)
Similarly, when I need to reference a range of sections, I write:
See Smith (2010:§§3.1–3.4)
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Are page references required when citing the same quote multiple times?
In an MLA format humanities essay, if you've quoted a long chunk of text at the beginning, do you need to provide page references when citing phrases from it later on?
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How to set bibliographic entry to display author only when applicable?
I'm writing my bachelor's thesis with OpenOffice Writer. Most of my sources are websites, and the author or publication year is often absent.
With Writer's bibliography system, you can specify ...
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MLA Works Cited question
In a research paper, according to MLA standards, if I cite an author on page 259 in one paragraph (Author, 259), and 3 paragraphs later cite the same author from the same book but from a different ...
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How to differentiate long paraphrasing and original ideas with APA in-text citations?
Let's say I have the following paragraph:
Smith (2011) contends that blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. This allows for one to decide ...
