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A new citation guide from a bestselling author of college writing guides.

Cite Right
A Quick Guide to Citation Styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More

Charles Lipson

Plagiarism has reached epidemic proportions on college campuses across the nation. A recent study by Duke University's Center for Academic Integrity found that about forty percent of all students surveyed admitted to some form of "cut and paste" or Internet plagiarism. And while the electronic database services many colleges invest in can catch students who cheat, they don't get to the root of the plagiarism problem—learning how to cite sources correctly. Charles Lipson, a veteran teacher and director of undergraduate studies in political science at Chicago, has changed the way many schools address this problem with his revolutionary guide Doing Honest Work in College.

Now Lipson demystifies the process of preparing citations in research writing in his latest book, Cite Right. With the humorous, no-nonsense approach he is known for, Lipson offers sound advice for citing in every major style, including Chicago; MLA; APA; CSE (biological sciences); AMA (medical sciences); ACS (chemistry, mathematics, and computer science); physics, astrophysics, and astronomy; Bluebook and ALWD (law); and AAA (anthropology and ethnography). Using simple, easy-to-understand examples from a wide range of courses in the arts, law, and medicine, Cite Right offers an unparalleled range of information on how—and why—it's so important to cite correctly. At $10 in paperback, no student or researcher can afford to write without it.

Charles Lipson is professor and director of undergraduate studies in political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Doing Honest Work in College and How to Write a B.A. Thesis, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

 

Charles Lipson is available for interviews. For more information, please contact Laura Andersen at (773) 702-3233 or lea@press.uchicago.edu