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A BibTeX for Reference-Style Links in Markdown?

Both Daring Fireball and Markdown Guide suggest that in Markdown writing, reference-style links can be put at the end of the document (say) or right after the reference is made. My question arises when you might want to use those same links across…
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Is Calling Out A Brand or Show Protected By Copyright?

So I'm working on a series of books and I was wanting to check if I would need to seek out permission from content owners to refence them in the books? Example Being: They were wearing a black sleeveless shirt with the Starfox Logo on it. OR They…
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Are there any legal issues with referencing nonfiction works and actions in fictional writings?

Sorry if this question seems redundant to some others, but I'm having a really hard time trying to figure this one out. I've been searching the internet on this for a while now and can't seem to get a clear answer. So let me explain. I want to put a…
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Citing the Same Source Multiple Times in a Book

I am currently writing a non-fiction book which I intend to self publish. Regarding the citations and references, I intend to list them at the end of the book as endnotes and have decided to organise them by chapter which means the numbering will…
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What is the most appropriate way to cite a tweet or social media post?

I was writing an essay discussing the history of a particular concept in recent times. Because a lot of social interaction, even amongst academics, is on social media like Twitter nowadays, I was wondering what is the most appropriate way to cite a…
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Is there a good reference for improving my penmanship?

Over the years I've used the traditional Palmer method for writing different things. However I often developed confusion when trying to integrate this with mathematical formulas and other technical stuff. During my high school, my writing was a…
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How do I manage my online references?

I am writing a non-fiction book. I am doing lot of research online for the same. Most of the material I have included is from youtube videos, blogs, some other websites but none of it is from scientifically published research papers. I am wondering…
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Devising system for noting secondary sources in block quotation. New edition of previously published work

Working with a text that makes extensive use of a secondary source that will be given in block quotation and, of course, cited. The secondary source, however, contained many original source citations which are to be included here as well. We'll note…
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Can the APA references section be broken down into subsections?

I'm writing an article and it's time for references. The problem is it needs to be APA style in alphabetical order. There are so many references, I'd like to put them in sections. Is that acceptable for a…
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Referencing Two Works Together

I am reviewing a research paper. In the reference section of the paper, the authors have mentioned two previous works that are based on the same topic: Author X, Author Y, Author Z, "Topic_Name" appeared at ABC conference 2020. Author P, Author Q,…
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Referencing figures, tables, sections and chapters: When to capitalize and when to use lower case letters

I know this question has been asked before, but I am still confused. That’s why I am asking again, but in a detailed way. In a scientific work, a master’s thesis for example, you will insert figures and tables. Each figure and each table should be…
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Do the references need to be in sequential order with the chapters?

I am writing a non-fiction book. I am not writing the chapters sequentially e.g. the first chapter first and then second etc. I have started with the sixth chapter and now writing the second chapter. As a result, the references in the sixth chapter…
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Order of Chinese names in APA-7 reference lists

Say that I am writing a scholarly paper in APA-7, and I want to reference a Chinese author's journal article. Let's use this one as an example. How would I go about writing the author's name in the reference list? From what I understand, Chinese…
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How to reference a quote that I found on another website

I have found the following quote of Weston Walch on https://philosophy.lander.edu: It cannot be proved that government ownership of railroads has succeeded in other countries. Therefore, government ownership of the railroads should not be adopted…
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When are references a copyright infringement?

References to other media are usually not an infringement, but can they infringe copyright in some rare cases? Can I reproduce short quotations or slightly long phrases (prases around 9-15 words long)? In this case I would be writing a novel and…
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