<p>So, I'm curious, I know we're all hard workers, but we also all know how to work the system to simpify the work. How many people use sparksnotes for anything other than books? Have you ever actually cited it on a bibliography/works cited page? If you didn't what did you cite instead?</p>
<p>Just curious. </p>
<p>I was thinking about it since sparksnotes is the only place I can seem to find the info I'm looking for for an essay.</p>
<p>-___- everytime I see this sn I miss the "a" and think your name is a synonym for tubgirl</p>
<p>^ Ha...maybe I should chnage it. :D</p>
<p>Wait, no, if I change my name it will be to Planehumper!</p>
<p>Generally speaking, I've used sparknotes as a beginning guide to something I don't understand (like an Eliot poem). I get hints for the main ideas of it from sparknotes and google other sources from those hints. </p>
<p>I don't think you can cite sparknotes. It doesn't give an author, or the quals of the writer, which make it a questionable source in the eyes of the teachers, for some reason.</p>
<p>Hahha I can imagine that it'd be kind of awkward actually "citing" SparkNotes... like... citing somebody else's paper in yours lol.</p>
<p>Uhh, no, I wouldn't cite Sparknotes. Unless I was doing a research paper on kids using it or cheating with it and was giving an example or something, I wouldn't use it.</p>
<p>I only use Sparknotes as a guide throughout my reading; I wouldn't go as far as cite the material.</p>
<p>^ Ditto.</p>
<p>Never cite SparkNotes. Or Wikipedia. One, they're not legit sources; and two, it'd be embarrassing for you.</p>
<p>"I cited Wikipedia cause I fail at research. :("</p>
<p>^ Lol, at my school, you get an instant F if you quote wikipedia .</p>
<p>My teachers don't even like encyclopedias as sources, and the school computers block Wikipedia. But it usually has the exact information I need, so it's really a shame I can't use it. As for SparkNotes, I avoid it as much as possible, but I guess I've used its ideas in my papers. I honestly never realized all the homosexuality in As You Like It until I saw it on SparkNotes, but then, once I read that, it made sense. If I were to state that in a paper, it would be correct to cite SparkNotes. But I think it's also correct to just cite page numbers from the book, since one can argue that the material necessary for the conclusion is there.</p>
<p>Don't cite it. Just use it to get a general idea of what you're reading, and develop your own thoughts.</p>
<p>I've cited it before, didn't really give a rat's ass what my teacher thought because quite honestly research papers on stupid crap are just dumb assignments. </p>
<p>Worked out in the end.</p>