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# How to cite sources # | # How to cite sources # | ||
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In your assignments for my classes, you normally do this by citing the source parenthetically in the text. There are two main kinds of in-text citations: | In your assignments for my classes, you normally do this by citing the source parenthetically in the text. There are two main kinds of in-text citations: | ||
- | - immediately after a direct quotation, in which case you provide the author of the quotation, the year of publication, | + | - immediately after a direct quotation, in which case you provide |
- at the end of a sentence which paraphrases or refers in passing to an original idea or new fact of another author, in which case you only need to provide the author and year of publication. (If the information you are citing is not a major concern of the whole book or article, then cite the page number on which it is found.) | - at the end of a sentence which paraphrases or refers in passing to an original idea or new fact of another author, in which case you only need to provide the author and year of publication. (If the information you are citing is not a major concern of the whole book or article, then cite the page number on which it is found.) | ||
The idea is to give as much guidance to readers as needed, but also be concise as possible, which is difficult to balance and usually requires a lot of practice. Discuss this with your tutors or me for more information. | The idea is to give as much guidance to readers as needed, but also be concise as possible, which is difficult to balance and usually requires a lot of practice. Discuss this with your tutors or me for more information. | ||
- | If you cite your sources in the text, then you need to provide a list of the sources, so that people can find them. These are placed at the end of the text. This list has to provide readers all the information they will need to find the sources. We use a particular style so that we present the information in a structured way that makes it easy to use. Every item should always have an author, the date of publication and a title at an absolute minimum. Each item in the list starts with the author' | + | If you cite your sources in the text, then you need to provide a list of the sources, so that people can find them. These are placed at the end of the text. This list has to provide readers all the information they will need to find the sources. We use a particular style so that we present the information in a structured way that makes it easy to use. Every item should always have an author, the date of publication and a title at an absolute minimum. Each item in the list starts with the author' |
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+ | Several different styles have developed | ||
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+ | “Publishing Style Guide.” 2015. American Anthropological Association. 2015. <https://www.americananthro.org/StayInformed/Content.aspx? | ||
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+ | “The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition.” 2017. The Chicago Manual of Style Online. 2017. < | ||
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