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A Note on the New Edition | p. ix |
The Challenges of Academic Writing in the Age of Misinformation | p. 1 |
Questions of Authorship and Authority | p. 3 |
Evaluating Sources and Entering the Dialogue | p. 8 |
Decisions to Make | p. 12 |
Plagiarism | p. 13 |
Popular Style Manuals | p. 16 |
Elements Required in a Citation | p. 18 |
When Do You Need to Acknowledge a Source? | p. 21 |
Material from Classroom Discussion | p. 21 |
Common Knowledge | p. 22 |
Using Textbooks as Sources | p. 24 |
Using Sources in Class Presentations | p. 25 |
When Should You Paraphrase and when Should you Quote? | p. 29 |
How Should You Paraphrase Information from a Source? | p. 33 |
Selecting Information from Your Source | p. 33 |
Giving Credit to Your Source | p. 36 |
The Importance of Accuracy in Paraphrasing | p. 38 |
How Should you Quote Material from a Source? | p. 41 |
How Much to Quote | p. 41 |
How to Present a Quotation | p. 42 |
How to Show Additions and Deletions in a Quotation | p. 45 |
Writing about Literature | p. 52 |
How Should you Punctuate Quotations? | p. 55 |
Introducing a Quotation | p. 55 |
Ending a Quotation | p. 56 |
Presenting Quotations within Quotations | p. 57 |
Punctuating Titles | p. 58 |
Quoting Poetry | p. 59 |
Quotation Marks and Other Punctuation | p. 60 |
How Should you Select and Cite Electronic and Internet Sources? | p. 63 |
Source Reliability: A Sample Topic | p. 65 |
Citing Internet Websites | p. 69 |
Other Electronic Sources | p. 71 |
A Further Note About Style Manuals | p. 75 |
Revision Checklist For Quoting and Paraphrasing | p. 81 |
Appendix: Internet Resources | p. 83 |
Works Cited | p. 95 |
About The Author | p. 99 |
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