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What is the correct way to format an author's name in an APA citation when only a username is known?
I am trying to cite the image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shoe-parts-en.svg. However, how would I cite the autors/contributors, since I don't know their actual name. Do I just cite their ...
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Is it acceptable to drop the Jr. suffix in a citation?
I want to cite a book written by John P. Smith, Jr. Should I write
see Smith [2009] for details.
or
see Smith, Jr. [2009] for details.
I think my question boils down to: is his surname ...
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Cite a Powerpoint Presentation
I'm writing my Junior paper and found several powerpoint presentations online. Now, I'm working on the bibliography and my English teacher doesn't know how to cite them and every site I've visited has ...
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Correct form for a page range?
Is, for example, "pp. 1567–93" an acceptable way to denote pages 1567 through 1593? In what contexts must you always write it in long form "pp. 1567–1593" instead? Also, what about in the case of ...
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What punctuation mark should I use? [duplicate]
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What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?
What do brackets in a quote mean?
When I add information beside a word in a Bible verse, what bracket should I ...
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In text Citation [duplicate]
If your quote is at the end of a sentence and is the end of its own sentence as well does the period go inside the parentheses or outside of it? Also what would you do with the in text citation (page ...
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Citing publications with stylized titles
In a situation where the title of a work is stylized, e.g. "Choose the Red Pill and the Blue Pill", should this title be fully italicized as Choose the Red Pill and the Blue Pill when cited?
It ...
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How would one cite a formal talk accessed as a video on webpage in MLA format? [closed]
How would one cite a formal talk accessed as a video on webpage? Should one cite the video as an electronic source, or cite the talk as a speech, lecture, an oral presentation and in-turn utilize the ...
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If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?
For example, if Peter is my source, should I say:
Peter mentioned his '... unquenchable thirst, a fatigued body...' as being part of the reason for his actions.
Or would I have to leave out the ...
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What does an italic “a” immediately before a year stand for?
Some citations in the OED have an italic a before the year to indicate the year is uncertain, for example:
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iv. sig. E.iijv, By gosse and for ...
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APA Long Quotation: How do I correctly cite a webpage? [closed]
I've googled the heck outta this and I can't seem to find an answer. I have a long quotation that I need to properly cite, from a webpage with (a) no author information available, and (b) no page ...
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Need help finding source of quote [closed]
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is ...
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Citing a book where no formatting of text is possible
In forums such as this, where it's not possible to format the title of a question, is there an appropriate way to refer to a title of a book? For example, in this question I enclose the title of a ...
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Citing editor's footnotes in MLA style [closed]
I wish to cite an editor's footnotes in an annotated copy of Milton's Paradise Lost. I have no idea how to go about this. I'm not sure what either the in-text or complete citation look like. The ...
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Is “et al.” acceptable for citations with exactly two authors?
I have a bunch of information from a source, but the authors names are particularly long; is it acceptable (in MLA) to use "et al." for exactly two authors, e.g.,
“The Corpus juris not only ...
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Is there a symbol out there capable of denoting a chapter in a citation?
When citing like [Source, ch.number], is there a particular symbol that could or should replace the "ch." abbreviation?
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Abbreviation “n.d.” in citation?
I’ve just come across “n.d.” used as an abbreviation, as a bibliographic reference in an academic essay, along the lines of:
Smith (n.d.) discusses the subaquaeous pliability of rattan fibres…
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