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A full citation, in contrast, gives the author, title, publisher, publication, and date of the work. So, if the web site address changes, the additional information may assist in finding the new location. If the source is no longer available on the internet, then the additional information may assist in tracking down the source if it is in printed form, microfiche archives, article/paper collections, published as books, and the like. Fully dressed citations may be filled in manually, or there are semi-automated tools online, such as: reFILL (can be installed as a Toolbox link or as a Bookmarklet), or Yadkard. For Google Books, try the: Wikipedia Citation Tool for Google Books.
Welcome, I am BigPadresDUDE. My actual name is Jake Alexander Martinez Jr, but forget about that... just call me BPD, Padres Or Just Jake. i was a batboy for san diego
I live in San Diego and am a student at the San Diego State. And i study the medical practice I am Happily Married And have 3 beatuful Baby girls Mary Katie And Anna
Im Interested in all things ESSPECILY SPORTS including baseball, hockey, football, b-ball, golf and pro wrestling and thats most of my edits here at pedia i am also a video game Addict AND ADDICTED To Wikipedia
Well there i am enjoy seeing ya around
For your contributions, as small as they may be. Remember that minor edits are like rainbow sprinkles on the delicious ice cream sundae that is Wikipedia. :D A little insignificantTalk to me!(I have candy!) 17:51, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
For signing my guestbook - I, SchnitzelMannGreek, hearby present you with this unique barnstar. Thanks for reviewing my userpage and hoped you enjoyed it. Happy Editing:)--SchnitzelMannGreek. 20:33, 23 June 2009 (UTC)