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Genre/Form: | Handbook handbooks manuals (instructional materials) style manuals Handbooks and manuals Style manuals Guides et manuels Codes typographiques Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph F Trimmer |
ISBN: | 0618646949 9780618646944 |
OCLC Number: | 61733341 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | iii, 52 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Preparing the list of works cited -- Sample entries: books -- Sample entries: articles in periodicals -- Sample entries: miscellaneous print and nonprint sources -- Sample entries: electronic publications -- Documenting sources -- Placing and punctuating the parenthetical reference -- Citing sources: examples -- Using notes and parenthetical references -- Implications for your research and composing -- Evaluating sources -- Compiling source information -- Taking notes -- Quoting sources -- Summarizing and paraphrasing sources -- Avoiding plagiarism -- Sample outline and research paper -- Abbreviations for MLA documentation. |
Responsibility: | Joseph F. Trimmer. |
Abstract:
Describes the Modern Language Association style of documentation in research papers, covering such areas as works cited pages, citing sources, parenthetical references, summarizing, and paraphrasing; and includes a list of publisher abbreviations, an appendix on APA, and a sample outline and research paper.
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