Transcript Median Gross Rent by Counties of the United States, 1970

Interdisciplinarity:
Clues from Citation
AMST 127
January 8th
Iris Jastram
What is Citation Good For, Anyway?
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Shows respect for your community
Communicates clearly within a community (like jargon)
Reveals what kinds of evidence are most important to a
community
Builds context for your argument
Gives credit where credit is due
Three Basic Rules of Citation
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Rule of Least Confusion
Rule of Brevity
Rule of Readability
Comparing Bibliographies
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The next three slides will show examples of MLA, APA,
and Chicago style so that you can compare the
differences.
MLA – Privileging the author’s words & ideas
 In Text
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Parenthetical citation: (Santiago and Wilder 492)
 Works
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Citation
Cited Page
Santiago, Anne M. and Margaret G. Wilder. “Residential
Segregation and Links to Minority Poverty: The Case of Latinos
in the United States.” Social Problems. 38 (1991): 492-515.
APA – Privileging Author and Date
 In Text
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Citation
Parenthetical citation: (Santiago and Wilder, 1991, p. 492)
 References
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Page
Santiago, A., & Wilder, M. . (1991). Residential Segregation and
Links to Minority Poverty: The Case of Latinos in the United
States. Social Problems, 38, 492-515.
Chicago style – Privileging the Author’s words, but
acknowledging the importance of other information.
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the text, place a footnote number
Footnote: 2 Anne M. Santiago and Margaret G. Wilder,
“Residential Segregation and Links to Minority Poverty: The
Case of Latinos in the United States,” Social Problems 38 (1991):
492.
 Bibliographical
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Reference Page
Santiago, Anne M. and Margaret G. Wilder. “Residential
Segregation and Links to Minority Poverty: The Case of Latinos
in the United States.” Social Problems 38 (1991): 492-515.
Basic Elements
Author
Title
(sometimes two, if you’re working with a short piece
within a larger collection)
Information about the specific publication
Year
Information about a place within the publication
Note that in footnotes, there are commas between each of these elements. In
bibliographies, there are generally periods there instead.
Books
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Footnote:
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David H. Richter, Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading
Literature (New York: Bedford Books / St. Martin’s Press, 1994),
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Richter, Falling into Theory, 10.
Bibliographical Reference:
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Richter, David H. Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading
Literature. New York: Bedford Books / St. Martin’s Press, 1994.
Articles
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Footnote:
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Juanita Heredia, "Voyages South and North: The Politics of
Transnational Gender Identity in Caramelo and American
Chica," Latino Studies 5, no. 3 (2007): 347.
Bibliography
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Heredia, Juanita. "Voyages South and North: The Politics of
Transnational Gender Identity in Caramelo and American
Chica." Latino Studies 5, no. 3 (2007): 340-57.
Web Sites
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Footnote:
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Northfield AreaConnect, “Northfield Population and
Demographics,” AreaConnect,
http://northfield.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
Bibliographical Reference:
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Northfield AreaConnect. “Northfield Population and
Demographics.” AreaConnect, Jan. 10, 2006,
http://northfield.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
Government Information
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Footnote:
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U.S. Bureau of the Census, Median Gross Rent by Counties of the
United States, 1970, Prepared by the Geography Division in
cooperation with the Housing Division, Bureau of the Census
(Washington, DC, 1975).
Bibliographical Reference:
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U.S. Bureau of the Census. Median Gross Rent by Counties of the
United States, 1970. Prepared by the Geography Division in
cooperation with the Housing Division, Bureau of the Census.
Washington, DC, 1975.