Citation
- 1. Scholarly Etiquette and The Anatomy of a Citation
- 2. Scholarly Etiquette What is it? What does it mean for this class? There are several levels of scholarly etiquette we are concerned with in this course: Daily Interactions Writing Style Papers and Projects
- 3. Scholarly Etiquette: Daily Interactions Common courtesy in class discussions and blog postings Respect your classmates and group members allow them to speak without interruption respond to each others comments fairly, even when you disagree Make sure that all group members are having input in group discussions and decisions.
- 4. Scholarly Etiquette: Writing Style Informal technologies, formal writing style When using the blogs and Google docs, remember that you are being graded on your grammar and style even though these are informal communication technologies. Use spell check and always re-read your assignments before they are due-those squiggly green and red lines mean something! Writing style doesn’t have to be overly elaborate, but don’t drop into slang, especially when writing in emails (and especially to other professors).
- 5. Scholarly Etiquette: Papers and Projects Research and writing locating and reading various pieces of information written by others and then creating a work of your own. Citations and Bibliographies show the research you have done give credit to those who did the work list where future researchers can find that information By showing where you located your information and on what you base your conclusions, your own work carries more significance to your reader.
- 6. What citation styles have you used? MLA APA Chicago Turabian Other What’s a citation style??
- 7. Why is proper citation important? Helps future researchers find relevant resources Provides acknowledgement for the research done before It’s not important
- 8. Just imagine….. You need to locate info on an item written by Gauntlett and you have a bibliography that looks like THIS
- 9. How about this one?
- 10. Style Guides Provide standards for formatting papers (fonts, title pages, etc.) Provide standards for in-text citations, endnotes, footnotes, etc. Provide standards for the final works cited list. Several popular ones: MLA: Humanities APA: Social Sciences Chicago: Various Scientific
- 11. Basics of MLA Style Formatting Spacing Indents Author’s Name Capitalization Underlining Subtitles Place of publication Electronic versions
- 12. Samples: Reference Article Smith, John. “Ulysses S. Grant.” Encyclopedia of the Civil War . Ed. Tom Jones. 5 vols. New York: Random House, 2007. "Grant, Ulysses S." Encyclopædia Britannica . 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 19 July 2007 < http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9037734 >.
- 13. Samples - Books Smith, John. This is My Book . New York: Random House, 2007. Jones, Tom. “How I Know John Smith.” Ed. John Smith. This is My Book . New York: Random House, 2007. 100-125.
- 14. Samples: Journal Articles Smith, John. “The Results of my Research.” Journal of General Science 14 (1): 2007. 100-125. Smith, John. “The Results of my Research.” Journal of General Science 14 (1): 2007. 100-125. JSTOR 17 July 2007 <http://jstor.org>
- 15. Sample: Web Site “ Children’s Advertising and Gender Roles.” MediaFamily.org. National Institute on Media and the Family. 24 April 2007. <http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_ Children.shtml>.
- 16. When trying to locate an item from a bibliography First determine what type of source it is Book Book chapter Journal Article Magazine Article Newspaper article Web site Then pay close attention to the parts of the citation so you can locate it.
- 17. 'If This Be Error': How Shall the Poem Be Translated? Five Modern Views of Shakespeare By: Bjorklund, Beth; Language and Style: An International Journal, 1983 Winter; 16 (1): 3-22 Book Citation Book Chapter Journal Article
- 18. 'If This Be Error': How Shall the Poem Be Translated? Five Modern Views of Shakespeare By: Bjorklund, Beth; Language and Style: An International Journal, 1983 Winter; 16 (1): 3-22 Volume 1983 Volume 1 Volume 16 Volume 3-22
- 19. Poetry in Motion: Animating Shakespeare By: Osborne, Laurie E.;. pp. 103-20 IN: Boose, Lynda E. (ed.); Burt, Richard (ed.); Shakespeare, the Movie: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, and Video. London, England: Routledge; 1997. x, 277 pp. Book Citation Book Chapter Citation Journal Citation
- 20. Poetry in Motion: Animating Shakespeare By: Osborne, Laurie E.;. pp. 103-20 IN: Boose, Lynda E. (ed.); Burt, Richard (ed.); Shakespeare , the Movie: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, and Video. London, England: Routledge; 1997. x, 277 pp. 277 page chapter 17 page chapter 1 page chapter
- 21. Mo(u)rning in America: Hamlet, Reagan, and the Rights of Memory By: Raphael, Timothy; Theatre Journal, 2007 Mar; 59 (1): 1-20 In this citation, the #59 is……. Page Number Volume Number Issue Number Date
- 22. The Year's Work in Service Studies: Shakespeare, 2005 By: Evett, David; Modern Philology: Critical and Historical Studies in Literature, Medieval Through Contemporary, 2007 Feb; 104 (3): 412-29 How long is this article?? 104 pages 17 pages 3 pages Can’t tell from this information
Editor's Notes
- #2: The purpose of this presentation is to teach students why citation style is important and how to take bibliographic information and find the source.