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Why Citing?
Research is not only the collection of information on a particular
subject or problem, but also the evaluation and discussion
of the material found. Whenever a work is referred to by
quoting, or ideas or language are obtained from it, ethics
requires to acknowledge this by citing the work. Passing
off somebody else's ideas as one's own constitutes plagiarism.
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Citing
When you write a paper and you refer to, quote or use words
or ideas from somebody else's work in your paper you are required
to indicate this work by citing it. Citations are usually
incorporated into the text of the paper. Sources cited in
the text also have to be included in the bibliography.
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Footnotes
Footnotes are placed at the bottom of the page. According
to the American Heritage College Dictionary
a footnote is "a note at the bottom of a page of a book or
manuscript that comments on (...) a designated part of the
text."
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Bibliography
A bibliography (list of works cited) is an alphabetical list
of sources referred to and cited in a paper. The bibliography
is the last page of a paper.
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There are a number of rules according to which footnotes
and bibliographies have to be formatted. The two most common
styles for those rules were established by MLA
(Modern Language Association) and APA
(American Psychological Association).
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Books on MLA in the BMCC Library
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York:
Modern Language Association, 2003.
Hacker, Diana. A
Pocket Style Manual. Boston: Bedford Books, 2000.
Trimmer, Joseph F. A
Guide to MLA Documentation. New York: Modern Language
Association, 2003.
Websites on MLA
Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library. A Guide for Writing
Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation.
May 2004. Capital Community College. 23 Sept. 2004 <http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/
index.shtml>.
OWL at Purdue: Using Modern Language Association (MLA)
Format. 2004. Purdue University Online Writing Lab. 23
Sept. 2004 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
handouts/research/r_mla.html>.
UW Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook. 2004. University
of Wisconsin-Madison. 23 Sept. 2004 <http://www.wisc.edu/writing/
Handbook/DocMLA.html>.
Search the BMCC WebLinks
Database for more sites on how to cite in the MLA style.
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Terms
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