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in text citation for handbook
I want to do in text citation of my "DK Handbook",
In other words, I don't want put it's citation in 'work cited' section as it would be short and so obvious
I searched internet and MLA handbook but ...
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How to quote something twice
If I use a quote and then want to explicitly refer to a small part of that quote again, within the same paragraph, do I need to use quotation marks again? Can I use italics instead? I am writing in ...
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How do I quote a graphic novel?
I am writing a paper for a Canadian Literature class, and want to quote portions of one of the graphic novels we studied. Do I quote the written portions as I would any other written work? I am using ...
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Citing foreign language sources (Swedish) in MLA7 bibliography?
I'm unsure of whether or not I should cite a foreign language source (Swedish), with the original (Swedish) title, or use a translated English language title. The paper is for university-level ...
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In-Text Citations: Author-Date v.s. [Number]?
I was reading a guidance of the APA style and I am now confused with the in-text citation part.
According to what I have read,
When using APA format, follow the author-date method of in-text ...
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Citing Myself As a Source
I'm writing an academic paper on ethics in robotics. I have a previous paper that I wrote and would like to use material from it. If I use the material from this paper, that I wrote, do I need to ...
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Indirect source quotations [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Citing speech and interviews in biographies
How do you quote an indirect source (source quoted in another source) when there are explanatory words within the indirect ...
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Where can I find information about how to cite a web address using MLA?
Say I was trying to cite this question and properly format my works cited section using MLA. Where would I look to find information on how to format it?
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Quoting a song in an essay title
I want to use a song lyric as a portion of my title for an essay. Obviously, I have to cite that those words are not my own, but how would I go about doing that? Do I use parenthetical documentation ...
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MLA format for a book summary
I am to write a book "review" as an assignment, but really it's just a book summary. Our professor wants us to use the MLA format in this book review. Of course, the format includes rules on how to do ...
