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Where to cite from?

Draeger - 27-8-2020 at 13:03

I'd like to cite some sections of pages, especially safety sections, but I can't find any place where you can freely access certain information, especially not somewhere you can cite from.

Does anyone know a place where lots of free information can be accessed?

[Edited on 27-8-2020 by Draeger]

macckone - 27-8-2020 at 14:43

Free Online > Available via Sci-hub/gen.lib.rus.ec > Readily Available Offline > Paywalled Online > hard to find offline

Examples in order:
Main Wiki - MSDS online - archive.org or hathitrust (full views)
Books and articles we can get via those resources
Fire code - available at every public library and many government buildings - or other common reference works
Articles sci-hub doesn't have access to
Some esoteric book hidden in the toledo public library or your private library

If you have access it doesn't hurt to scan or quote the relevant excerpts, provided the amount of quoting or scanning amounts to fair use. Quoting half a chapter or half of a paper isn't fair use.