This guide is intended to help you understand how to read a citation to a book, article, or book section.
Do you need help creating citations for your papers? If so, check out Style Guides for Writing or Citation Management.
Still confused? Ask a Librarian!
It's probably a | if |
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book section |
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See some citations "in the wild" (which don't always look like the model citations on the right side of this page).
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