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COMM 3100: Foundations of Media Industries: Citing Sources

APA Style Guides

Purdue Owl's APA Style Guide
An online guide to citing sources and formatting papers in APA style.
Concise rules of APA style
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .C66
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF LB2369 .P9 2010

Guides to Research and Writing

Writing Research Papers by James D. Lester
Call Number: On reserve in the library

ISBN: 9780321952950

Publication Date: 2014
Rules for writers by Diana Hacker
Call Number: PE1408 .H277 2010

When to Cite Sources

You must cite a source in all of the following situations:

Using a direct quote from another author
Paraphrasing the words of another author
Including another author's ideas, even if you disagree with them
Whenever you're not sure whether or not you need to cite a source

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