What are the rights of an author of an article in a professional journal?

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

When an academic or professional journal publishes an article, what are the rights of the author, assuming there is no payment or fee involved? Is this determined by copyright law or is there typically a written publishing agreement – a contract – between the author and the journal? If this is governed by a contract, [...]

What is the name and author of this article?

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

I read an article in elementary school (12-15 years ago) that I’d like to find again. The author was Canadian, and he talked about how America was underappreciated for all the aid we’ve offered the world. I think it’s often used in schools (some may call it propoganda). Thanks for any help you can offer.

How do you cite a quotation from an article in a book edited by a different author?

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

I’m writing a research paper for Sociology, and I’m using quotes from an article in my textbook. I know I have to cite said quotes, but how does one do this if the book is a collection of academic journals, book excerpts, essays, etc. (by different authors) edited by another author?

What to cite when the author of the article is used in the sentence?

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

I can’t seem to find this on the OWL site. I’m citing form an Internet article on NPR by Andrei Codrescu, and in my sentence I’ve already mentioned his name. Do I still need to cite anything in parenthesis even though the article doesn’t have any pages? Thanks!

How do I quote from an article when the author used a quote from another indivdual?

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

I am trying figure out how to quote a quote. The aticle was written by one person, the quote I am using was said by another in his book, but the quote was used in the article that I found. Do I quote the author of the article, the person who actually made the quote, [...]

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