Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Question about sources??

Hello professor. I want to use some info that i foiund on a website in my next story but i am not sure on how to site or quote the source in my stroy. For example if I foun the article at www.awesome.com how would i put tjhat in the article so people know that its from a website?

Please email me back tonight if you can. Thanks for your time.

Casey.

1 comment:

Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff said...

Depends on what you're citing. When I just went to awesome.com, I found a story about the Christian Science Monitor. If I were using information from that story, I would cite "newspaper industry sources." Or, if you're doing stress and use online info from a psychologist, I'd say, "According to one study, psychologists find that people under stress can more easily regain control by eating lots of chocolate. The study, reported by the Christian Science Monitor, found that...."

So cite the information and the source. Don't say, "according to awesome.com."

Make sense?

TP