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Questions about when to cite a certain work, which work to cite, etc. For questions on formatting a given citation, use [citation-style].
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Inline citation within my inline citation (MLA)
According to the MLA style detailed here you can use the following for inline citing as per the example you gave.
Citing indirect sources
Sometimes you may have to use an indirect source. An …
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Almost everything we know is taken from someone else, so what do I cite in a paper?
Depending on what level you're writing at there may be university/department guides in relation to citations. … Finally I think in your case that you could ask your professor(as suggested by ff524 in their comment) to show you some of the area's in your paper where they thought lacked enough citations so you can …
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In-text reference (APA style) for website
From Penn State University Libraries
APA in-text citation style uses the author's last name and the year of
publication, for example: (Field, 2005). For direct quotations,
include the page num …
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Citing a Hollywood movie in a scientific paper
I'm coming from a humanities background so there may be some differences in actual citation styles but I think the following would be used by most styles.
Name of movie
Director
Distributor
Year of …
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What database catalogues citations in the humanities?
Here are a couple of databases that may be of help.
The Arts & Humanities Citation Index by Thomson Reuters has access to over 1700 journals according to the following form their website.
Arts & H …
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How would I cite the US Constitution in Harvard style?
It would probably depend on where you read the constitution document. If for example you used the constitution documents at the archives.gov website from the comment above your citation would look som …
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Is it appropriate to use acronyms when citing a source in MLA?
From the 7th edition of the MLA handbook.
Abbreviations are used regularly in the list of works cited and in
tables but rarely in the text of a research paper (except within
parentheses). In …
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Visited website on different dates - apa style
From the link you provided I don't think you need to include the retrieval date for the following reasons.
The blog post you link has a publication date.
A blog post in the APA Blog states the followi …
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Help picking an appropriate citing style
One citation style that may be appropriate could be The Chicago Manual of Style which has two documentation systems:
notes and bibliography and;
author-date
The notes and bibliography system whi …
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How to cite an aside article in a bible MLA format
A useful site as well as the one you linked to in your question for creating citations is Citation Machine …
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How to cite the same source multiple times in a row IEEE
NOTE: Editing of references may entail careful renumbering of references, as well as the citations in text. …
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How to cite Kindle books/ebooks when no fixed page numbers are available?
In citations of shorter electronic works presented as a single,
searchable document, such locators may be unnecessary. …
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Referencing specific files in source code in a dissertation
According to the MIT handbook in relation to writing code you should use the following when citing code.
Generally, the URL and the date of retrieval are sufficient. Add more details if it will help …
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How to cite Kindle books/ebooks when no fixed page numbers are available?
I got the following info from the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide website in relation to citing Kindle books or ebooks.
If no fixed page numbers are available, you can include a section title o …
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Should I cite sources about a technology description?
If something can be deemed common knowledge in your field there should be no need to cite it.
MIT define common knowledge as;
Broadly speaking, common knowledge refers to information that the av …
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