Different disciplines may follow different conventions for writing footnotes and bibliography entries. Student writers are responsible for knowing their audience's expectations about make proper attributions for borrowed material. For guidance about giving proper credit and avoiding plagiarism, see Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement. You may acquire a copy of this important pamphlet through your college deanÕs office or at the Yale College Dean's Office.
Examples are available online for several competing citation formats: the APA format, the Old MLA format, and the New MLA format. Slightly different standards are being developed for citations of Electronic Sources (WWW sites, gopher sites, MOOs, listservs, e-mail, etc.); see USF and USM.
Purdue offers concise handouts with examples of citation form for papers in English (MLA form), Psychology, and Sociology.
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