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==Citing Sources==
==Citing Sources==


If you use literature references for overall organization, for finding other literature, or in summarizing or paraphrasing information, you have to cite it (see [[Help:Editing#Citing_Literature_References|How to Cite Literature References]]). In order to cite literature, you have to have full-text access to it (i.e. you should not cite a paper after just reading the abstract). Paraphrasing extended sections, while ethical, will not help in creating a great Proteopedia page because the genre (scope, audience, style) of your source will not match that of your page.
When you use literature references for overall organization, for finding other literature, or in summarizing or paraphrasing information, you have to cite it (see [[Help:Editing#Citing_Literature_References|How to Cite Literature References]]). In order to cite literature, you have to have full-text access to it (i.e. you should not cite a paper after just reading the abstract). Paraphrasing extended sections, while ethical, will not help in creating a great Proteopedia page because the genre (scope, audience, style) of your source will not match that of your page.


If you use other sources (Wikipedia, other electronic resources, or anything else lacking an [https://isbn.org/ ISBN], [https://www.issn.org/understanding-the-issn/what-is-an-issn/ ISSN], or [https://www.doi.org/ DOI]), you have to cite them as well, including the date when you accessed them.
If you use other sources (Wikipedia, other electronic resources, or anything else lacking an [https://isbn.org/ ISBN], [https://www.issn.org/understanding-the-issn/what-is-an-issn/ ISSN], or [https://www.doi.org/ DOI]), you have to cite them as well, including the date when you accessed them.

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Jaime Prilusky, Eric Martz, Wayne Decatur, Karsten Theis