I hate Works Cited. Worse part of doing essays.

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:59 pm

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.

by **Funkyterrance** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:00 pm

Lol, completely agree.

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:15 pm

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

by **BigBallinStalin** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:22 pm

There's also a CiteMe.com or something like that, which automatically does the proper format for you.

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:41 pm

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.

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:07 pm

Weird. It's free for me through my school account.

-TG

by **AndyDufresne** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:31 pm

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

by **rdsrds2120** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:33 pm

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

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:43 pm

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.

by / on Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:33 pm

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?

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:58 pm

/ 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.

by **2dimes** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:34 pm

Pics?

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:41 pm

Best I can do is some weather cam pics right now.

http://wyoming.gov/i-80.aspx#Laramie

Scroll down a little bit for all cams.

by **MegaProphet** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:41 pm

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

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:44 pm

You in Colorado?

by **MegaProphet** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:45 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?

Nope, Laramie

by **2dimes** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:48 pm

Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:52 pm

MegaProphet wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:You in Colorado?

Nope, Laramie

2dimes wrote:Cangrats on essay. Sorry about the snow.

Actually, I like the snow.

by **MegaProphet** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:03 pm

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.

?

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:17 pm

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? :shock:

by **MegaProphet** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:23 pm

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

by **muy_thaiguy** on Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:25 pm

Well, there goes my title of being the only Wyomingite on CC.

by **Symmetry** on Sat May 04, 2013 8:33 pm

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.

by **Symmetry** on Sat May 04, 2013 8:45 pm

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.

by **Neoteny** on Sat May 04, 2013 9:25 pm

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.