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This is just a friendly reminder of how to properly cite your source when quoting or pasting in material from external sites, kinda like I do when posting my daily Irregular News...
Everyone remember, long long ago, having to write research papers? I'm sure some of you youngins probably have a paper or two coming up due anytime now, well maybe once the semester gets going. Anyway.. One part I always hated about writing research papers was making sure I cited my source correctly. I always got confused by the difference between citing a magazine versus a book versus an online source... Luckily Huskerboard's citing rules are not quite as strict as the MLA standards but we do require giving credit when credit is due. So everyone please be kind and cite your sources.
Example:
Rochester, NY - Thief robs man at gunpoint, successfully makes off with a whopping $2.00 and a McDonald's breakfast. Full Story
Quote:
"Police said the victim, a 29-year-old Rochester man, noticed four men in a car parked at the drive-up window at the McDonald's at the corner of Averill and Monroe avenues just before he walked into the restaurant to buy his breakfast-to-go shortly before 6 a.m." Source
Everyone remember, long long ago, having to write research papers? I'm sure some of you youngins probably have a paper or two coming up due anytime now, well maybe once the semester gets going. Anyway.. One part I always hated about writing research papers was making sure I cited my source correctly. I always got confused by the difference between citing a magazine versus a book versus an online source... Luckily Huskerboard's citing rules are not quite as strict as the MLA standards but we do require giving credit when credit is due. So everyone please be kind and cite your sources.
Example:
Rochester, NY - Thief robs man at gunpoint, successfully makes off with a whopping $2.00 and a McDonald's breakfast. Full Story
Quote:
"Police said the victim, a 29-year-old Rochester man, noticed four men in a car parked at the drive-up window at the McDonald's at the corner of Averill and Monroe avenues just before he walked into the restaurant to buy his breakfast-to-go shortly before 6 a.m." Source