Forum: Qualitative Social Research (English)

Social Science

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Website
World Health Organization (2023). Climate change, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health [Accessed: 15 October 2026].
In-text (World Health Organization, 2023)
Book
Lee, Harper (1960). To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
In-text (Lee, 1960)
Journal Article
Watson, James D.; & Crick, Francis H. C. (1953). Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. Nature, 171(4356), 737–738.
In-text (Watson & Crick, 1953)
Newspaper Article
Wilford, John Noble (1969). Men Walk on Moon. The New York Times, p. 1.
In-text (Wilford, 1969)

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