[nabs-l] citation question

[James Hulme]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/101884/how-should-cite-gallup-my-work.aspx


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On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:30 PM, James Hulme <jim.hulme at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Type of Entry* *Reference List**Reference Citation in Text* Data
> retrieved from a database (e.g., poll questions and results)
>
> *Gallup, C.N.N., U.S.A. Today Poll, February 9-12, 2004*. Poll questions
> retrieved July 9, 2004, from LexisNexis Academic database.
> (Gallup, C.N.N., U.S.A., 2004)
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The citations are APA style. I have cited this statistic before too,
>> but always had to give secondary sources like the NFB website or other
>> articles who have quoted the statistic. I am sending this to a
>> prestigious psychology journal and most of the papers they publish
>> cite only academic sources (not usually organization websites), so I'm
>> hoping to find the original primary source if I can.
>> Best,
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 5/13/13, Bridget Walker <bridgetawalker13 at aol.com> wrote:
>> > At the very least you can create a citation without giving an author. It
>> > will be credible because I have used the statistic in a paper. Are your
>> > citations in MLA or APA?
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > On May 13, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Probably Chris Danielsen would know at least where to look.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 5/13/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> No sources are listed on the fact sheet. Does anyone know who at
>> >>> national would be coordinating this information?
>> >>> Arielle
>> >>>
>> >>> On 5/13/13, Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Hi Arielle ,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Have you tried contacting someone from the national center about
>> this?
>> >>>> It
>> >>>> would seem to me that whoever wrote the factsheet would have the
>> >>>> original
>> >>>> source for this information. Although, I am rather surprised that the
>> >>>> source
>> >>>>
>> >>>> for this information is not listed on the factsheet itself.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Good luck,
>> >>>> Elizabeth
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------
>> >>>> From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
>> >>>> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 3:52 PM
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>> >>>> Subject: [nabs-l] citation question
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi all,
>> >>>>> I'm unsure if any of you know the answer to this, but hoping that
>> you
>> >>>>> could either find the answer for me or send this to someone who
>> would
>> >>>>> know. On the NFB website there is a fact sheet about blindness,
>> which
>> >>>>> states that according to a recent Gallup poll, blindness is the
>> third
>> >>>>> most feared "disease" among Americans, surpassed only by AIDS and
>> >>>>> cancer. I've heard that statistic several times but can't find the
>> >>>>> citation for the actual Gallup poll where this was reported. I'd
>> like
>> >>>>> to include this statistic in an academic article I am writing about
>> >>>>> blindness simulations and it would be great if I could cite the
>> >>>>> original Gallup poll. Could anyone please send me the primary
>> citation
>> >>>>> for this fact, or at least an academic source where this fact is
>> >>>>> stated? Thanks!
>> >>>>> Arielle
>> >>>>>
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>> >> Mary Fernandez
>> >> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
>> >> forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
>> >> feel."
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