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I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:59 pmby muy_thaiguy
Bibme helps, but whe you can't find a website that actually works for it, makes it kind of useless. Books are alright, but when you HAVE to have at least 1 website, it can make things, well, difficult.
No , wiki does not count. No college professor ever excepts wiki as a reliable source. If they do, you may want to rethink about the school you are attending.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:00 pmby Funkyterrance
Lol, completely agree.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:15 pmby TA1LGUNN3R
Considering I mostly use EBSCOhost for research stuff, it ain't that bad. They just have a "citation" button that gives you citations in whatever format you need.
-TG
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:22 pmby BigBallinStalin
There's also a CiteMe.com or something like that, which automatically does the proper format for you.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:41 pmby muy_thaiguy
Doing the Citing is not the problem. It's finding the online articles that work for the auto cite websites that poses a problem. Right now, can't find anything on the Aztecs that works for those sites.
And the problem with EBSCO, is that it requires payment to use something other than a free trial.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:07 pmby TA1LGUNN3R
Weird. It's free for me through my school account.
-TG
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:31 pmby AndyDufresne
Most of the essays I wrote had a pretty straight forward works cited page, and I was able to use in text citation. For the few essays I had to write with footnote citation, I didn't like it.
--Andy
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:33 pmby rdsrds2120
The varied methods of citation are what annoy me. The whole system would be best off finding a uniform and simple method of citing. The variations of style are just that -- style.
BMO
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:43 pmby muy_thaiguy
TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Weird. It's free for me through my school account.
-TG
Apparently my school does, but I need to request the login information.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:33 pmby /
muy_thaiguy wrote:No , wiki does not count. No college professor ever excepts wiki as a reliable source. If they do, you may want to rethink about the school you are attending.
But pretty much everything on Wikipedia is cited, can't you just use the appropriate site from which they cited it from?
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:58 pmby muy_thaiguy
/ wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:No , wiki does not count. No college professor ever excepts wiki as a reliable source. If they do, you may want to rethink about the school you are attending.
But pretty much everything on Wikipedia is cited, can't you just use the appropriate site from which they cited it from?
The problem that professors have with wiki, is that ANYONE can edit it. Now, some of the sources used for the wiki articles can be acceptable, but no wiki itself.
BTW, finished my freakin' essay. Now, just one test left and done with classes for the summer.
As I say that, it is currently a winter storm warning with snow coming down pretty hard right now.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:34 pmby 2dimes
Pics?
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:41 pmby muy_thaiguy
Best I can do is some weather cam pics right now.
http://wyoming.gov/i-80.aspx#LaramieScroll down a little bit for all cams.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:41 pmby MegaProphet
muy_thaiguy wrote:/ wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:No , wiki does not count. No college professor ever excepts wiki as a reliable source. If they do, you may want to rethink about the school you are attending.
But pretty much everything on Wikipedia is cited, can't you just use the appropriate site from which they cited it from?
The problem that professors have with wiki, is that ANYONE can edit it. Now, some of the sources used for the wiki articles can be acceptable, but no wiki itself.
BTW, finished my freakin' essay. Now, just one test left and done with classes for the summer.
As I say that, it is currently a winter storm warning with snow coming down pretty hard right now.
I had to come to CC to realize that it was snowing outside
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:44 pmby muy_thaiguy
You in Colorado?
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:45 pmby MegaProphet
muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?
Nope, Laramie
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:48 pmby 2dimes
Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:52 pmby muy_thaiguy
MegaProphet wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?
Nope, Laramie
2dimes wrote:Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.
Actually, I like the snow.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:03 pmby MegaProphet
muy_thaiguy wrote:MegaProphet wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?
Nope, Laramie
2dimes wrote:Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.
Actually, I like the snow.
?
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:17 pmby muy_thaiguy
MegaProphet wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:MegaProphet wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?
Nope, Laramie
2dimes wrote:Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.
Actually, I like the snow.
?
You're not trolling me about being in Laramie?
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:23 pmby MegaProphet
muy_thaiguy wrote:MegaProphet wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:MegaProphet wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?
Nope, Laramie
2dimes wrote:Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.
Actually, I like the snow.
?
You're not trolling me about being in Laramie?
No, I seriously live here
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:25 pmby muy_thaiguy
Well, there goes my title of being the only Wyomingite on CC.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Sat May 04, 2013 8:33 pmby Symmetry
rdsrds2120 wrote:The varied methods of citation are what annoy me. The whole system would be best off finding a uniform and simple method of citing. The variations of style are just that -- style.
BMO
Some systems are better based on a mix of topic and personal style. I mostly deal in literature and history. Endnotes annoy me, but so do people who use excessively long footnotes.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Sat May 04, 2013 8:45 pmby Symmetry
muy_thaiguy wrote:/ wrote:muy_thaiguy wrote:No , wiki does not count. No college professor ever excepts wiki as a reliable source. If they do, you may want to rethink about the school you are attending.
But pretty much everything on Wikipedia is cited, can't you just use the appropriate site from which they cited it from?
The problem that professors have with wiki, is that ANYONE can edit it. Now, some of the sources used for the wiki articles can be acceptable, but no wiki itself.
That's part of it, and a big part, but included in it is that it's not a stable source, so it can't be reliably checked. In addition to that, there's the element of professionalism. You should be being trained to use a library, and other professional resources.
Re: I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.
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Sat May 04, 2013 9:25 pmby Neoteny
Another of the reasons I'm happy to be a scientist is that you sort of just have your list of papers you used and then make a list. It's a natural progression, not something inconvenient. Kinda nice.