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What is a Citation?

A citation includes:

  • author
  • title
  • source (publisher and place for books or nonprint materials; periodical title, volume, and pages for articles; URL for Web pages)
  • date

Identifying Elements of Citations

Book
book citation
Article
Web Page

 
Created: June 2004
Last modified:  June 10, 2004

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