Transcript Reality #1: YOU HAVE TO DO IT!

Usual goal of Ms. Oddo & Mr. Lombardo
But not today:
Bibliographic Citation:
Bibliographic Citation:
Reality #1: YOU HAVE TO DO IT!
Bibliographic Citation:
Reality #1: YOU HAVE TO DO IT!
Reality #2: MUST follow formal Rules!
Bibliographic Citation:
Reality #1: YOU HAVE TO DO IT!
Reality #2: MUST follow formal Rules!
3 basic styles of citations: APA, MLA, Chicago.
Bibliographic Citation:
Reality #1: YOU HAVE TO DO IT!
Reality #2: MUST follow formal Rules!
3 basic styles of citations: APA, MLA, Chicago.
Your job is to apply the existing rules to your type of
information resource...you must know how to follow
these rules.
Bibliographic Citation:
Purpose:
• Avoid claim of plagiarism (issue of Academic Honesty).
• Acknowledge other people’s work that you consulted.
• Tell other people where they can find information you
consulted.
• Let other people know what sources exist.
Bibliographic Citation:
Purpose:
• Avoid claim of plagiarism (issue of Academic Honesty).
• Acknowledge other people’s work that you consulted.
• Tell other people where they can find information you consulted.
• Let other people know what sources exist.
If these don’t matter to you...return to
Reality #1
Bibliographic Citation:
Reality #1: YOU HAVE TO DO IT!
ALL analytical papers require citations.
You have to accept that you must learn how to do it
correctly...NO INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY.
Bibliographic Citation:
Good News:
• Manuals exist for APA, MLA, Chicago Style that have EXPLICIT
instructions and examples for how to cite each type of source...NO
ONE does this from memory.
• Information needed in citation is usually right in front of your
face...if you know where to look.
• Train yourself to pay attention to this information (know you will
need it).
• Sites that exist that will automatically build citations.
Bibliographic Citation:
Bad News:
• MUST follow formal citation directions EXACTLY...all small
details matter.
• Will take time when you first start...tedious...frustrating.
• Either all right or it is wrong.
• Many professors are a stickler for precision.
• YOU may not use automated citation sites for this project...output
only as good as input...must know if system did it right...know what
was supposed to be in citation.
• ONLY way to get good at this is doing it by hand.
What kinds of small details:
• Order of name.
• Capitalization of some words and not others.
• When to underline, use quotation marks, use italics in titles.
• Punctuation—when to use coma, colon, parentheses and/or
period.
• What order do all the parts go in.
• Spacing within a citation and between citation.
• How to order final citations list.
• Indentation.
Bibliographic Citation:
Most common type of resource you will probably
consult:
Website.
El Dio de los Muertos Project:
Website citations:
Not every Web page will provide all of the information.
However, collect as much of the following information as
possible both for your citations and for your research notes.
El Dia de los Muertos Project:
Website citations:
Common Information to Include:
• Author and/or editor names (if available)
• Article/Web page name in quotation marks (if applicable)
• Title of the Website, project, or book in italics.
• Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting
dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
• Publisher information, including the publisher name and
publishing date.
• Take note of any page numbers (if available).
• Medium of publication (Text, Web, Database).
• Date you accessed the material (ex. 14 Oct. 2011).
• URL (if required, or for your own personal reference).
Citing an Entire Web Site
It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often
updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later.
Be sure to include the complete address for the site.
Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing
date is given.
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site (NOTE: may be
different from name of page/article). Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or
publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of
publication. Date of YOUR access. URL.
Skip Citation for full Website...
Has no context for this assignment.
Citing A Page on a Web Site (Most people rarely pay attention to this).
For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by
the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no
publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
Author. “Article/webpage title.” In _________________ (not always used),
Website. Publisher, Date of Publication/posting. Medium of
Publication. Date accessed. URL.
Lets Practice...
Handout Template, Checklist, explain activity.
Purdue University: OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap/