Citation Question

[KMForPsych]

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Hello Forum Friends,

I am knee deep in journal articles for my dissertation lit review and had a question regarding citations. Professors, and librarians have given me opposing answers so I wanted to open it up to this group to see if I can get a more concrete response.

If I am reading an article and the author cites another article, do I cite the article I'm reading or the original article?

Example: "Original Article" Cited by "Article I'm Reading"​

or, "Original Article" by itself​

I don't want to make extra work for myself so I'm trying to clarify before I go any further.

Thanks 😀

 

[KMForPsych]

You should read the original source to ensure that it says what the person you are reading suggests that it says and cite the original source.

😱That's what I was afraid of.

I really wish we had more guidance as far as the best ways to gather articles and utilize them properly. I'm still floundering on this portion and wondering if there's an easier way or if everyone doing a dissertation starts out this way. Thank you for your assistance.

 

[lukewarm1]

Hello Forum Friends,

I am knee deep in journal articles for my dissertation lit review and had a question regarding citations. Professors, and librarians have given me opposing answers so I wanted to open it up to this group to see if I can get a more concrete response.

If I am reading an article and the author cites another article, do I cite the article I'm reading or the original article?

Example: "Original Article" Cited by "Article I'm Reading"​

or, "Original Article" by itself​

I don't want to make extra work for myself so I'm trying to clarify before I go any further.

Thanks 😀

I have used this if I really, really can't get my hands on the original source, and I think it's correct APA style: Joe (as cited in Bob, 2005) said that.... This has usually only come up if the original is very old or if procrastinated too long and didn't have enough time for an ILL request.

 

[Ollie123]

What the above folks said. You really should only cite someone else citing something if it is 1) Someone making a unique interpretation of someone else's work or 2) Its a rare/unusual source you wouldn't be expected to have access to yourself (i.e. something specifically describing an original document by so-and-so). If its just a run-of-the-mill journal article, just look it up yourself to cite.

 

[KMForPsych]

What the above folks said. You really should only cite someone else citing something if it is 1) Someone making a unique interpretation of someone else's work or 2) Its a rare/unusual source you wouldn't be expected to have access to yourself (i.e. something specifically describing an original document by so-and-so). If its just a run-of-the-mill journal article, just look it up yourself to cite.

Thank you Ollie123. 🙂

I just thought of something else. Bibliography vs. Works Cited. I wish I could remember on which site I saw this, but I read that a bibliography includes citations for everything your eyes read while researching for your paper and a works cited only includes that which was cited. Does anyone know which of the two is used in the references portion?

 

[thewesternsky]

Thank you Ollie123. 🙂

I just thought of something else. Bibliography vs. Works Cited. I wish I could remember on which site I saw this, but I read that a bibliography includes citations for everything your eyes read while researching for your paper and a works cited only includes that which was cited. Does anyone know which of the two is used in the references portion?

APA includes a "References" section, so you never title it Bibliography or Works Cited. (I'm pretty sure that you are planning to correctly call yours "References", but I've had so many of my students use the other terms that I feel a need to specify!)

The references section should only include things that you refer to in the paper itself.

 

[KMForPsych]

APA includes a "References" section, so you never title it Bibliography or Works Cited. (I'm pretty sure that you are planning to correctly call yours "References", but I've had so many of my students use the other terms that I feel a need to specify!)

The references section should only include things that you refer to in the paper itself.

I can only imagine the things professors encounter with students.

The fact we've always used "References" on our work made me wonder where it fell in the wonderful strata of formatting.

Not sure which is more daunting, the formatting or the writing itself.

 

[Doctor Eliza]

Formatting is a huge pain in the butt. I assume that this is true everywhere, but we had to format according to the university's grad school standards. Some standards conflicted with APA style and others were just quirky. And they were extremely strict about prefect adherence to the standards. Most of us had a version or two of our completed dissertation rejected by the grad school before they finally took it.

One of the oh-so-many hoops of a doctorate!

Best,
Dr. E