WRITING AND CITATIONS
Here are some web sites that
are helpful for research papers and college writing in general: refdesk.com:
Fact Checker for the Internet, Paradigm:
Online Writing Assistant,
and A Guide for Writing
Research Papers Based on
Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation.
Citing
within an assignment:
When you use information in
your assignments from one of your references, you must cite that
reference. You do that by putting the author(s)’ name(s) and the
date of the publication at the end of a sentence containing the
reference, such as (Allen and Meyer 1995) or (Putman 1994). If
the source does not have an author, use Anonymous and then the
date. You may use RefWorks to produce citations and
bibliographies. You may download the program and access Refworks
information from a link on the Biology Library web site.
Examples
of Reference List Formats:
Journal
article:
Allen, P. and S. Meyer.
1995. Competition in aquatic plant communities. Freshwater
Ecology 33: 91 - 102.
Book:
Putman, R. J.
1994. Community ecology. Chapman & Hall, London.
Pages 20 - 29.
Edited
book:
Crawley, J. J. 1987.
What makes a community invasible? Pages 429 - 453 in A. J. Gray,
J. J. Crawley, and P. J. Edwards, editors. Colonization,
succession and stability. Blackwell Scientific Publication,
London.
Web
page:
DiStefano, Vince. (date, if a
published date or revision is given.). Guidelines for better writing.
Retrieved January 9, 1996, http://www.usa.net/~vinced
/home/better-writing.html
Article
from an Internet Magazine or Journal
Rauch, J. (2003). Will
Frankenfood Save the Planet? . The Atlantic Monthly, 292 (3), 102-108.
Retrieved November 6 2003, from http://www.theatlantic.com/
issues/2003/10/rauch.htm
Encyclopedia
With
author:
Bergman, P. G. 1999.
"Recombinant DNA." Encyclopedia Americana, R, Ed. Bruce
Mitchell. New York: Free Press, 1997.
Without
author:
"Recombinant DNA."
Encyclopedia Americana. 1995 ed.
For a more detailed list,
visit use the Landmarks Citation Machine or Prescott
College Library page.