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12:36 pm
December 16, 2009


Jay

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Hey, Lauren, I am a seventeen year old and I was just reading the rules and I didn’t see anything about citing sources. Should I cite the information I get from the sources where I found that information if it proves useful? (i.e. if I find a source that gives a helpful example or definition, and if so, should I use MLA citation style or something else?)

P.S. Sorry about the length of this message.

12:40 pm
December 16, 2009


Lauren

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Hi Jay,
Thanks for your question! Sources are to be cited in the text. This simply means that after any quotation or borrowed information that you use, you should put the author and the year in parentheses. For example:

"72% of young ex-prisoners were re-convicted within two years of their release, and just under half of them were sent back to prison" (Goldson, 2002).

You are not required to submit a bibliography.

Let me know if you have further questions!




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