(All Styles) Can I use the citations made by the database I am using?
Generally we find that information given within databases is misleading and their examples are routinely wrong. Many of the style sheets have not yet been updated for MLA 7t
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(All Styles) How do I cite a listserv?
Cite an individual post on a listserv by selecting "Electronic Mailing List" as the citation type. If you are trying to cite the entire listserv, not just an individ
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(All Styles) How do I cite a playbill?
Cite a playbill using the Magazine citation type in NoodleBib. You'll want to include the month (and possibly also the day) in the publication date, since playbills change fro
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(All Styles) How do I cite a search engine like Google, Yahoo or Bing?
When you do a search in Google or another search engine, the results represent links to external Web pages (not content published by the search company). Google software crawl
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(All Styles) How do I cite a source if I do not have it in hand?
Books: An online catalog provides the basic title/author/publication information that is required for any citation. If you took notes in your school library and need the publ
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(All Styles) How do I cite a work by Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare was an actor and writer whose plays were often transcribed from memory by members of his troup or even by pirating members of the audience - and then publi
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(All Styles) How do I cite material from the appendix of a book?
Although citing the page number(s) used will essentially guide the reader of your bibliography to the proper place in the source (the appendix), it is generally clearer to als
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(All Styles) How do I distinguish between a primary source, a secondary source and a tertiary source?
Primary sources are the original surviving records of a period.  Examples of primary sources include: Letters, diaries, journals, oral histories, interviews, sound
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(All Styles) How do I indicate that the author has a PhD or other title?
It may be important to your reader that you are citing an authoritative source, and indicating that the author you are referencing has an impressive academic or political titl
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(All Styles) How do I locate a persistent link for an article from an EBSCO database?
When you are viewing an article from an EBSCO database, the address you see in your browser's address bar is not the URL you should include in your citation -- it is too long
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(All Styles) I no longer have the periodicals I used in my research, but I forgot to write down the page numbers for the articles or quotes that I used. What can I do?
If you are citing a periodical article and you forgot to make note of necessary publication information (like the inclusive page numbers of the article, or the specific page n
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(All Styles) Is my source a magazine or a journal?
A journal contains scholarly articles with abstracts and references (e.g., footnotes, parenthetical references, citations). Submissions are peer reviewed (except for editorial
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(All Styles) My teacher has asked me to include annotations. What does that mean?
In a descriptive annotation, provide a short summary of the content or plot, and state the thesis or theme of the work.  This enables your reader to make an informed choi
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(All Styles) Should I alphabetize authors' names or cite them in the order that they appear?
List authors in the same order as they appear on the title page (not the jacket or cover of the book). Authors names are ordered by their relative contribution to the work - n
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(All Styles) What is the difference between a book and a reference book?
The distinction between a book and a reference book can be confusing. Some books that you might "reference" are still considered "books" for the purposes o
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(All Styles) What is the difference between an InfoTrac and Galenet database (and does it change my citation)?
InfoTrac vs. Galenet Historically, Thomson Gale's periodical databases (e.g., InfoTrac Student, General Reference Center Gold, InfoTrac OneFile) were built on a platform call
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(APA 6th ed.) How do I cite a source from the ERIC database?
About this database: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) provides access to education-related materials including books, conference papers, technical reports, policy
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(APA 6th ed.) How do I cite a source that is quoted in another source?
Scenario: You have read a journal article written by John Smith. In the article, John Smith includes a quote from a book authored by Jane Adams (which you have not used in you
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(APA 6th ed.) How do I cite an online ERIC Digest?
What are ERIC Digests? ERIC Digests are full text, short reports on education topics with lists of additional resources. A digest can be found by using the unique ERIC identif
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(APA 6th ed.) How do I cite drawings, graphs, photographs and other images? Do I include a citation in the figure caption for an image I reprint or adapt?
Case #1: An image within a another sourceAPA offers no advice about citing everyday illustrations, graphs or other images that are published within books, magazines, journals
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(APA) How do I cite a particular "chapter" in a video?
Title of video: "Learning differences: Effective teaching with learning styles and multiple intelligences programs 9-12" Title of chapter: "The hook and hold s
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(APA) How do I cite a poem?
The Tricky Part: Original or reprinted? In order to cite a poem, you must decide if it was originally written for the anthology or collection, or if it has been reprinted fro
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(APA) How do I cite a source found on microfiche?
The APA Publication Manual doesn't provide any guidelines for citing journal articles on microfiche, so you have a few choices: You could leave the fact out completely from
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(APA) How do I cite an e-mail, interview, or survey I conducted?
APA Unpublished Interview For APA, do not cite personal communications (e.g., face-to-face interviews, telephone or e-mail interviews) in the reference list, since they are n
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(APA) How do I cite information in a tour by a guide or talk by a docent?
Formal presentation If your tour guide or docent gave a prepared presentation, you can select "Proceedings" as the citation type and then choose "Unpublished p
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(APA) How do I cite liner notes (CD booklets, album covers, etc.)?
This is something not covered by the APA publication manual, so we have to make an educated guess. We have 3 clues: The MLA Handbook does address liner notes, and asks
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(APA) How do I cite software made for a game console?
The APA Publication Manual doesn't address this particular case of course, but you can use the "Computer Software" citation type and replace the description ("Computer softwar
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(APA) How do I cite the contributors to an book on tape?
The APA Publication Manual doesn't specify what to do with a book on tape when you would like to credit both the author of the book and the narrator (when they are different),
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(APA) How do I include the illustrator in my citation?
There are no examples of including the illustrator in the APA Publication Manual. However, you may wish to do so for something like a children's picture book. Use the abbrevia
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(APA) How do I indicate a range of page numbers?
Unlike MLA, always write out the full page numbers, as in 320-333 or 2895-2910. For a newspaper article that spans nonconsecutive pages, give all page numbers and separate the
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(APA) How do I indicate the name of a series?
In APA, provide the name of the series after the name of the book and prior to the publication information. For example: Author (Date). The circulatory system (Vol. 4). Encyc
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(APA) How do I write an APA parenthetical (in-text) reference?
Next to each citation you create in NoodleBib APA, you'll find a link titled "Parenthetical Reference Help." Click the link to get information about how to refer to
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(APA) What do I do if my source has multiple publishers?
The APA Publication Manual doesn't specifically address what to do when a source has more than one publisher. They do indicate that if more than one publication location is gi
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(APA) What should I title my bibliography?
Unless your teacher has instructed you otherwise, the title of your APA source list should be References. By default, References is the header when you create an APA-style sou
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(APA) When citing a video, why is the term "Motion picture" appearing in my citation?
Videotape vs. Motion Picture The APA Publication Manual does mention in section 4.12 that the term "Videotape" can be used to more specifically indicate the film's
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(MLA 7th ed., APA 6th ed.) How do I cite several definitions from a dictionary or glossary?
Dictionary definitions and glossary entries should typically be cited as individual entries. An exception is that if you are using an online glossary where all of the words ar
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(MLA, APA) How do I cite SparkNotes and CliffsNotes?
CliffsNotes and SparkNotes both offer free study guides online for well-known literature. Both are cited in a similar manner. We'll look at the SparkNote and CliffNotes for Th
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*(APA) How do I cite CQ Researcher?
About the source:  CQ Researcher publishes original overviews of timely topics although, occasionally, it reprints other sources. On their "How to Cite" page, t
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MLA vs. APA -- Which do I use?
If you are a student: MLA and APA are the two formats most commonly required in K-12 and college, although there many others such as Chicago Manual of Style and Turabian. You
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What page numbers do I give if I am citing two parts of a single source?
Within a single article If you are citing two "pieces" of a single article, cite the entire article in your bibliography and then refer to the specific pages in par
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