Citations

Question 1

Chicago Style

Answer 1

Style Used

Question 2

Why use citations?

Answer 2

• Acknowledge other scholars’ ideas
• Show lineage of your own ideas
• Tell readers where to go for more information

Question 3

What should be included in a citation?

Answer 3

• Author
• Title of book or article
• Title of containing journal (for article)
• Publication

Question 4

Footnotes vs. Bibliographies

Answer 4

• A footnote is a single sentence. In a footnote, all elements of citation are separated by commas.
• A bibliographic entry contains multiple sentences. Most elements are separated by periods.

Question 5

What needs to be cited?

Answer 5

• Any idea you borrow from another scholar
• General information such as birth and death dates and other biographical information does not need to be cited (if you could find it on Wikipedia, you probably don’t need to cite it)
• Try to go to the original source

Question 6

Basic formatting information

Answer 6

• Basic Formatting guidelines
  - footnotes and bibliographies should always be single-spaced
  - Bibliographies should be organized alphabetically by the last name of the author or editor
  - The first line of each bibliographic entry should be
  - finish slide online

Question 7

Citation Guides

Answer 7

• Do not assume that citation managers (such as EndNote and RefWorks) will format your citations 100% correctly
• Do not use style guides from other universities unless you compare them with those from UGA

Question 8

Citation: Book

Answer 8

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