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=Where to Reference (References) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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References need to be clear. Besides using proper citations, the placement of parenthetical reference (or footnote number) is important.
 * Placeholder_P for more from Dr. Barbera
 * Or, rules for referencing
 * Can look at Referencing - The Harvard System ([]), good but more on format than where to put the reference.

Examples:

Wiki Plagiarism page:

"Most of the plagiarism committed by students is unwitting and is due to their ignorance about what constitutes plagiarism. If you do not know exactly what plagiarism is, you cannot avoid doing it." (Barnaum undated) This article provides examaples of 5 types of plagiarism ~Copy & Paste, Word Swtich, Style~ (same order/outline), Metaphor (analogy) and Idea ("creative idea or solution")


 * "Public domain information is any idea or solution about which people in the field accept as general knowledge. For example, what a black hole is and how it is defined is general knowledge. You do not need to reference a general description of a black hole. The escape velocity of earth is also general knowledge and needs no reference. The approximate distance to the center of the Galaxy is also general knowledge. However, a new idea about how to look for black holes or a new solution to a physics problem needs to be attributed to the authors. If you don't know what is accepted as public domain in a particular field, ASK" (Barnaum undated)

Should the first cititation be at the end of the paragraph instead of after the first sentence? Where it is placed, can the reader know the 5 styles are from the same source? Does the bullet need to repeat the source? Would the last citation be sufficient?

One would probably not be faulted for a single citation at the end of the bullet. Placement of the citation after the end of the first sentence or after the end of the third sentence is probably a matter of choice. Given the citations in the initial paragraph, the citation for the bullet makes the source perfectly clear. Over citing is not as bad as under citing. All in all, only after the bullet is probably best.


 * Sources**
 * EMSE 8000, Spring 2011, Lecture 10
 * b

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