Academic poll: when citing experimental work, is it academically acceptable to only cite a summary and not the work itself?
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- Yes15.6%
- No84.4%
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FWIW, I usually cite whatever allowed me to learn and then I try to find the relevant foundational work.
Just citing the summary seems like a really terrible idea.
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Only if you trace the source, since this was just a summary.
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