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  2. Help : Referencing for beginners with citation templates

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    and put as much information as you can to the right of the equal signs. For example, suppose you wish to cite the statement Going forward, Jimmy Wales emphasizes quality over quantity for Wikipedia articles. in a Wikipedia article's source text by using an article from The New York Times newspaper. It could be done by editing the article's ...

  3. Help:Citations quick reference - Wikipedia

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    Citations can also be placed as external links, but these are not preferred because they are prone to link rot and usually lack the full information necessary to find the original source in cases of link rot. In cases where citations are lacking, the template {} can be added after the statement in question.

  4. APA style - Wikipedia

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    APA style (also known as APA format) is a writing style and format for academic documents such as scholarly journal articles and books. It is commonly used for citing sources within the field of behavioral and social sciences , including sociology, education, nursing, criminal justice, anthropology, and psychology.

  5. Help:Overview of referencing styles - Wikipedia

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    The in-text cite may be defined with a name so they can be reused within the content and may be separated into groups for use as explanatory notes, table legends and the like. The reference list shows the full citations with a cite label that matches the in-text cite. The cite label is a caret ^ with a backlink to the in-text cite. When a named ...

  6. Reference management software - Wikipedia

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    Citation creators or citation generators are online tools which facilitate the creation of works cited and bibliographies.Citation creators use web forms to take input and format the output according to guidelines and standards, such as the Modern Language Association's MLA Style Manual, American Psychological Association's APA style, The Chicago Manual of Style, or Turabian format.

  7. Wikipedia:ISBN - Wikipedia

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    One place to get the numbers is the Library of Congress catalog, although this will tend to give an American ISBN over, say, an Indian (see one of the National Depository Centres) or Australian (see National Library Australia) ISBN. For a Canadian number, you can use the Canadian ISBN Service System – CISS. If you are adding an ISBN, remember ...

  8. Help:Citation Style 1 - Wikipedia

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    Not all factually accurate pieces of information about a source are used in a Citation Style 1 citation. Examples of information not included: The total number of pages in a cited source; The name of the library that provided access to an electronic copy of a cited source; The name of the library that owns a physical copy of a cited work

  9. American Psychological Association - Wikipedia

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    "The General Format of APA is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. General guidelines for a paper in APA style includes: typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides. The font should be clear and highly readable. APA recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman font."