Citation Styles:
National Research Council Canada/Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: NRC citation style. See examples of reference citations by selecting References in the list at the top of the page.
APA (American Psychological Association) - APA style guide created by Concordia University Library.
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Anatomy of a Scholarly Article shows you in just one screen the different parts of a scholarly article.
How to Read a Scientific Paper helps show that we get better comprehension if we don't read such studies in numerical page order, but rather by using specific sections first.
Journal Article:
Kovanen, D.J., and Slaymaker, O. 2003. Lake Terrell upland glacial resurgences and implications for late-glacial history, northwestern Washington State, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40:1767–1772.
Book:
Williams, R.A. 1987. Communication systems analysis and design. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
This tutorial, called You Quote It, You Note It! developed by the librarians at Acadia University, is helpful for making sure you understand what is/is not plagarism.
