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PainterGuy
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Hi,
I was practicing writing a paper in MS Word 2019 and need your help with few important points. I understand it's little too many queries but they are all related so I thought asking them together would be a better idea. Thanks in advance!
1: Suppose once I was done adding all the references to the document and thought that everything was okay, it occurred to me that I missed adding a citation to the information contained in the very first paragraph of the document. Suppose, I had already added ten citation, i.e. from [1] to [10], and it would require me to add the citation for the very first paragraph as "[11]" which looks odd. Is there any way around it where Word could adjust the numbering of citations on its own based on the order of how they appear in the document?
By the way, I understand that it has to do with the style that how the work is cited; a certain style would require to use numbering like [1] and other style would require author's name like [Edward, John]. Personally, I prefer the style which uses numbers for citations such as [1], [2].
2: Suppose while writing the paper I have also used some works which really helped me to put everything together. I mean some uncited works. My understanding is that such uncited works are part of bibliography. Am I supposed to use two different sections at the end of paper titled "References" and "Bibliography" where cited works fall under "References" and uncited works under "Bibliography"? Personally I would prefer separation sections.
3: When a paper is written by a single author, which personal pronoun is preferred "I" or "We"?
4: What's the best way to cite or quote text from a source? Suppose I'm citing page #22 from a certain book. By doing this, I think that I'm informing the reader that whatever is being said is backed up by the information which could be found on page #22 of the referenced book. But what's the guarantee that whatever is being said is really backed up by the information on page #22. It's my personal interpretation of the information on page #22 and my interpretation could be wrong. It's equally possible that the information on page #22 doesn't support whatever I'm claiming.
My second related concern is that if it's okay to copy/paste the text from a certain source in quotes with proper citation?
5: Personally I have seen that footnotes and endnotes are denoted by superscripts like this1. Personally I prefer endnotes. Am I supposed to create a new section titled "Endnotes" at the end of paper to reference the sources?
6: I think that if I'm also incorporating tables and diagrams in the paper from other sources, I need to cite them. Am I supposed to create another section at the end of paper titled "Tables and Diagrams" to reference the sources?
Helpful links:
1: https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/a.../referencing/icite/harvard/referencelist.aspx
2: https://stmary.libguides.com/c.php?g=437282&p=2981548
3: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-beween-Reference-and-Bibliography
4: https://www.managers.org.uk/~/media/Files/PDF/Study Support/References-and-Citations.pdf
5: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/whats-a-bibliography
6: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-are-footnotes
7: https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185936
I was practicing writing a paper in MS Word 2019 and need your help with few important points. I understand it's little too many queries but they are all related so I thought asking them together would be a better idea. Thanks in advance!
1: Suppose once I was done adding all the references to the document and thought that everything was okay, it occurred to me that I missed adding a citation to the information contained in the very first paragraph of the document. Suppose, I had already added ten citation, i.e. from [1] to [10], and it would require me to add the citation for the very first paragraph as "[11]" which looks odd. Is there any way around it where Word could adjust the numbering of citations on its own based on the order of how they appear in the document?
By the way, I understand that it has to do with the style that how the work is cited; a certain style would require to use numbering like [1] and other style would require author's name like [Edward, John]. Personally, I prefer the style which uses numbers for citations such as [1], [2].
2: Suppose while writing the paper I have also used some works which really helped me to put everything together. I mean some uncited works. My understanding is that such uncited works are part of bibliography. Am I supposed to use two different sections at the end of paper titled "References" and "Bibliography" where cited works fall under "References" and uncited works under "Bibliography"? Personally I would prefer separation sections.
3: When a paper is written by a single author, which personal pronoun is preferred "I" or "We"?
4: What's the best way to cite or quote text from a source? Suppose I'm citing page #22 from a certain book. By doing this, I think that I'm informing the reader that whatever is being said is backed up by the information which could be found on page #22 of the referenced book. But what's the guarantee that whatever is being said is really backed up by the information on page #22. It's my personal interpretation of the information on page #22 and my interpretation could be wrong. It's equally possible that the information on page #22 doesn't support whatever I'm claiming.
My second related concern is that if it's okay to copy/paste the text from a certain source in quotes with proper citation?
5: Personally I have seen that footnotes and endnotes are denoted by superscripts like this1. Personally I prefer endnotes. Am I supposed to create a new section titled "Endnotes" at the end of paper to reference the sources?
6: I think that if I'm also incorporating tables and diagrams in the paper from other sources, I need to cite them. Am I supposed to create another section at the end of paper titled "Tables and Diagrams" to reference the sources?
Helpful links:
1: https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/a.../referencing/icite/harvard/referencelist.aspx
2: https://stmary.libguides.com/c.php?g=437282&p=2981548
3: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-beween-Reference-and-Bibliography
4: https://www.managers.org.uk/~/media/Files/PDF/Study Support/References-and-Citations.pdf
5: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/whats-a-bibliography
6: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-are-footnotes
7: https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185936
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