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Old 09-20-08, 04:01 AM   #8
clive bradbury
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Originally Posted by Platapus
This is why in the higher levels of academia books are not a valid citation source. Anyone can write anything in a book and perhaps get it published. Just because the author makes the claim that their piece is non-fiction does not mean it is not fiction.
Er...yes they are. It is sources such as websites which are frequently not accepted as valid. If you think that books are not accepted as valid sources then what are?
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