Questions tagged [citation-style]
On the syntax and formatting of citations and reference lists according to a particular style guide (e.g., Chicago, MLA, IEEE, APA) or in general.
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In-line APA reference for webpage from an institution
Insofar as I can see the following is a valid APA reference to a website I'm referencing in a school paper:
American Academy of Pediatrics. (2021, October 19). Aap-AACAP-Cha Declaration of a national ...
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in-text citation: multiple section of a book
I am using APA 7th and IEEE.
In in-text citation, how to refer to multiple section of a book.
I mean, i want to say in chapter C1, section S1 and chapter C2, section S2 the author talked about X.
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Bibliographic references: “[19,31-33]”, “[33,19,31,32]” or “[33], [19], [31], [32]”?
Which syntax are acceptable when citing a sequence of articles?
I am teaching my students to use LaTeX2e and BibTeX (albeit I am planning to upgrade to LaTeX3 and BibLaTeX soon!) with the package ...
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Citing multiple works of same author at different positions in one sentence in APA 7 style
A sentence has to mention the author's name and cite two specific works of the author. Which version is correct in APA 7?
Cardon et al. were able to demonstrate in two studies that executive
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Why does Google Scholar omit the publishers and editors in chapter citations?
I've noticed, at least in my own research, it seems to regularly do this with few exceptions.
When trying to use Google Scholar's cite feature on a chapter of an edited volume, it gives a reduced ...
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Cite a specific section of my own paper
I am using APA 7th. I want to cite a specific section of my own paper.
How to say look into section X for more details.
Please show both parenthetical and narrative.
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When paraphrasing over several paragraphs, how to cite an ebook with chapter and section?
Here is a sample dummy text:
Davis and Jones (2020) explore different leadership styles and their
effects on employee motivation in their ebook. They highlight
transformational leadership as ...
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I am citing from a paper which confused the word "affective" and "affectionate", what should I do?
I understand that with minor spelling mistakes you use [sic] or just [brackets]. However, in this case, I think the author accidentally wrote the wrong word.
It looks odd to write affect[ionat]e and ...
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Would I italicize a treaty in Chicago style? [closed]
For example;
War crimes, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court...
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War crimes, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court...
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How do you cite a published book that is a translation of an unpublished diary?
A book (ISBN: 0837156807) with the title 'The Diaries of Tchaikovsky' contains English translation of the un-published personal diaries of the Russian composer - how should this book be cited using ...
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How to set off an abbreviation from its resolution in a project title (CMS)
I am part of a team wrapping up work on a humanities project whose title is more conveniently used as an acronym. Because that acronym is not universally known but we want to encourage its use, the ...
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(MLA) Citing from a collection of published letters
I have a book of published letters as one of my sources and am trying to figure out how to properly cite a handful of these letters in MLA format.
The book: The Letters of Emily Dickinson, Harvard ...
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(APA) How to cite same author, but one has n.d. and the other has a date
I have two sources that are from the same webpage, but I am citing different articles from the same webpage. The problem I have is, one article has a date, while the other doesn't.
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Use of colon and other symbols in citation
I'm currently working on a uni assignment regarding a piece of academic work, but I'm confused about some of the punctuation and symbols used in citations. 1) Consider this extract: "“phenomena ...
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When to add "in proceedings" and when to not in references
I have two papers whose citation look like this:
Elhabbash, A., Nundloll, V., Elkhatib, Y., Blair, G. S., and Marco, V.
S. (2020). An ontological architecture for principled and automated
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