Cite Right

by Lipson, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780226484747
• ISBN10: 0226484742
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

In his bestselling guide,Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success, veteran teacher Charles Lipson brought welcome clarity to the principles of academic honesty as well as to the often murky issues surrounding plagiarism in the digital age. Thousands of students have turned to Lipson for no-nonsense advice on how to cite sources properlyand avoid plagiarismwhen writing their research papers. With his latest book,Cite Right, Lipson once again provides much-needed counsel in a concise and affordable handbook for students and researchers. Building onDoing Honest Work in College, Lipson's new book offers a wealth of information on an even greater range of citation styles and details the intricacies of many additional kinds of sources. Lipson's introductory essay, "Why Cite," explains the reasons it is so important to use citationsand to present them accuratelyin research writing. In subsequent chapters, Lipson explains the main citation styles students and researchers are likely to encounter in their academic work: Chicago; MLA; APA; CSE (biological sciences); AMA (medical sciences); ACS (chemistry, mathematics, and computer science); physics, astrophysics, and astronomy;Bluebookand ALWD (law); and AAA (anthropology and ethnography). His discussions of these styles are presented simply and clearly with examples drawn from a wide range of source types crossing all disciplines, from the arts and humanities to science, law, and medicine. Based on deep experience in the academic trenches,Cite Rightis an accessible, one-stop resourcea must-have guide for students and researchers alike who need to prepare citations in any of the major disciplines and professional studies.

Author Biography

Charles Lipson is professor and director of undergraduate studies in political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Doing Honest Work in College: How to PRepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success and How to Write a BA Thesis, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

I. CITATIONS: AN OVERVIEW
1 Why Cite?	3	(2)
2 The Basics of Citation	5	(8)
II. CITATIONS IN EVERY FORMAT: A QUICK GUIDE
3 Chicago (or Turabian) Citations	13	(34)
4 MLA Citations for the Humanities	47	(26)
5 APA Citations for the Social Sciences, Education, Engineering, and Business	73	(18)
6 AAA Citations for Anthropology and Ethnography	91	(19)
7 CSE Citations for the Biological Sciences	110	(12)
8 AMA Citations for the Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, and Nursing	122	(5)
9 ACS Citations for Chemistry	127	(6)
10 Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy Citations	133	(6)
11 Mathematics and Computer Science Citations	139	(10)
12 Bluebook Legal Citations	149	(14)
13 Legal Citations	163	(16)
14 FAQs about All Reference Styles	179	(12)
Index	191