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Locating Material

You've amassed a collection of citations. They were found in research databases, footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies. But what do they represent? Each citation contains clues or hints as to what type of source it represents.

What Type of Citation is it?

To begin, you must determine what type of material is represented by a citation you retrieve. Is it an article from a journal, a book, an essay, a government document, or something else? Knowing what type of material it is will help you locate the item. For example, the Essay example below looks suspiciously like a citation for a journal article. If you assume it is a journal article, you may never locate it. Here are four common examples. Look at the characteristics of each type before moving on to Citing Your Sources.

 
Journal article Example
Book Example
Essay Example
U.S. Government document Example

 
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