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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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Should the fullstop go inside or outside the brackets for Harvard in-line citations?

I was always taught to put the fullstop inside the brackets, but a couple of Harvard in-line citations I'm seeing put the fullstop outside, e.g. (Hyvönen, 2007; Joshi, 2001; Kaplan, 1984). …
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How to cite spreadsheets or other documents for in-line citations?

I've googled around and haven't found any information. I'm using data from a table in a spreadsheet, accessed from a website (The Statistics Bureau of Japan) and I don't know how I should cite it usin …
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Is it necessary to write "United States of America" in bibliographies when describing the pl...

I'm from the UK, and currently writing my dissertation. I'm citing several sources from publishers in the USA, and am unsure what the best practice is for writing the place of publication. The publish …
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How should I cite a paper that I've obtained by asking the author to send it to me?

Normally when I write citations for an electronic journal, I would do so like this - using the MHRA Author-Date style prescribed by my English department: Ke, C., (May 1998). …
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How important is it to cite the URL in bibliographies?

We use MHRA Author-Date for citations, and the information about MHRA Author-Date online is usually contradictory and unhelpful. … I haven't previously been penalised for not including URLs, but I'd like to know the general consensus on when you should include URLs in citations. …
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