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How to use documentation

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How to use documentation

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- Various citation methods are possible. As always, first check to determine if your company has a preferred method. If not, then decide which method to use. Whether you're quoting directly from a source or whether you are paraphrasing anything other than what is considered common knowledge, you must cite your sources. The source must be given at the exact location within the report's body. And then, also include it as part of a complete list of the sources at the end of the report. We'll look at each of these examples. First, let's examine whether to use in-text citations, endnotes, or footnotes. The in-text citation identifies the source at the exact point in the body, with parentheses around the name of the author or the article's title. Here's an example. The complete source that will be in the summary list of sources will look like this. So the reader will look at the list, locate Brown, and see the rest of the information about the source. Another choice the writer has is using…

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