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How to Type a Reference Page

It is not possible to get through the education system without writing a paper. Even if you don't go on to college, you will already have experience writing all sorts of papers such as literary response papers, various expository writing assignments, creative writing and most prevalent of all--the dreaded reference paper. For whatever reason, just saying the name is enough to make some people break out in a cold sweat. In reality, a reference paper is actually one of the easiest types of writing since you can rely on what others have written to help you along the way. While relying on this information, it is of utmost importance that you credit your sources. A failure to do so results in plagiarism--an offense taken very seriously in the academic world. Keep yourself out of trouble and give credit where credit is due--just type a reference page and include it at the end of your paper. Don't know how? Don't worry--the reference page is the easiest part!

Instructions

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      Remember that the goal of the reference page is to clearly point others toward the sources you used when you wrote your paper. The information should be clearly presented and easy to follow.

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      Include every source you used as you wrote your paper. Even if you did not directly quote a source, you must still give credit to the author of a source if you used information from her work to help your paper take shape.

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      Keep track of each book you use so that when you are ready to type your reference page you do not have to start from scratch to determine which books you actually used as sources and which were not used at all.

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      Keep in mind that the standard information cited on a reference page when giving credit to a source includes the author or authors, the title of the book or source, the type of source (book, periodical, personal interview, or website), the publisher of a source, the city of publication and the year of publication.

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      Follow an academic style guide in most situations. The two most popular are the Modern Language Association (commonly referred to as MLA) and the American Psychological Association (commonly referred to as APA). Both have very specific guidelines for setting up a reference page in an academic paper. Using their established framework makes it easy to properly give credit to your sources when you type a reference page for something you have written.

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