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Re: Documentation
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"Ronald L. Whitaker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:16:22 -0400
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Diana:

If the writing was not your original thought and you quoted word for word
(or the main idea) from another source then you need to document it.

Ron

Diana Bennett wrote:

> Dear Listers:
>
> There has been a lot of talk re documenting your source when writing. I
> am in the midst of writing a book and don't want to slight anyone. So I
> need to know if I need to document things I have taken from the
> internet, i.e. Essays on the Civil War, Writings about the 1929 Crash
> and the following Depression. If there was a name attached to the
> writing I documented it, but I wonder about those that have no author.
> What do you think?
>
> Diana Kercheval Bennett
>
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