Need help Citing a Source

[madrussian]

How the hell do you cite Wikipedia in APA format, anyone know?

I would do an online database, but there is no author.

So do I just do this?

I hope there's some english buff's in here...

There's no author or anything, so I dunno how the hell to cite it?

Help?

[quattro_maniac]

http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citapa.htm

[madrussian]

See I got that link already... but here's what it says for an encyclopedia, except there is no author for Wikipedia, so should I just leave it blank?

Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana
(Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.

[quattro_maniac]

wiki also uses sources to cite their information...you can't cite something thats a compilation of other information...its like citing another person's research paper.

i think its time to find a real encyclopedia...

[MmmBoost]

Are you sure you're even allowed to use Wikipedia as a source for literature?

i know a LOT of proffs that were very against most internet sources

[madrussian]

Nvmd, I looked it up on Wiki and got the answer. hahaha.

[madrussian]

Are you sure you're even allowed to use Wikipedia as a source for literature?

i know a LOT of proffs that were very against most internet sources

I'm not sure so I did 2 diff. bibliography pages.

I used 2 main ones and this is my 3rd and 4th, and I was required only 2.

I'm hoping since I used double the sources and half are 100% legitimate, she'll over look this.

[ImaVunDerBrah]

I really wouldnt use Wikipedia in the first place. Its not a credible source.

edit: If you're going to use it anyway, I'd cite it as a website w/o an author

[madrussian]

How do I cite a website w/o an author?

Do I just delete the author? or what?

[ImaVunDerBrah]

Complete publication information may not be available for a Web site; provide what is given.

Entire Internet Site: Scholarly Project or Professional Site

Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of Sponsoring Institution.
Date of Access <URL>.

Encyclopedia Mythica. 2004. 13 May 2004 <http://www.pantheon.org/>.

Document from a Web Site

Author. "Title of Web Page." Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number.
Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access <URL>.

Sherman, Chris. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." SearchEngineWatch. Ed. Danny Sullivan.
24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004 <http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3398511>.


Essentially.. with a website, you give as much as you can give. I'm not sure if Wikipedia gives an edit history. If you log in, I think they do. The date of the lastest update would be the date of publication... I guess

I guess it would be: Title. Title of Sponsoring Institution. Date of access <URL>

[madrussian]

Thank you so much...

I'll just cut out wiki and use the sources they quote directly.

[Re5pectThe_Cuz]

i know im not allowed to use wiki

[ImaVunDerBrah]

Thank you so much...

I'll just cut out wiki and use the sources they quote directly.
[up] Wise choice. Wiki really isn't a good source. Its about as credible as quoting GCC [:p]

[j9fd3s]

its prolly good for verification and FINDING a good source though

[madrussian]

well id never consider it for an english paper or a serious paper, but its a speech... so i didnt think it would matter at all.