Page Guidelines
What font should your citation be?
12 pt font
Is the name of the author important, or optional?
Important
what do you need to put inside the brackets when making an in-text citation?
the author's name and the page number
When should you use square brackets?
Lowercase or uppercase a letter from the original quote or when adding your own words.
What font should your citation be?
When citing a book, where should the first name of the author go?
The first name of the author should go after the last name.
Do you need to add a bibliography when you embed a quote?
yes (true)
When you use square brackets to add or take out a few words from the original quote, should you change the sentence?
No
What type of spacing should your citation have?
Double spaced
Is the date of original publication important or optional?
Optional
Where should the bibliography go?
At the end of the paper.
Is the use of these brackets correct?
A year after the deportation of Acadians, the 'Seven Year'sbroke out in Europe between the two nations, [changing] history of North America forever.yes, it is correct
Should your title be centered or to a side?
It should be centered
Where should the page range go in your citation?
after the publication date or before the name of the database
why is it important to add a bibliography?
It is important to add a bibliography because you need to tell the reader where you got the information.
It is better to sleep 8 hours rather than 6 hours because you can get more rest and be ready for [the] next day.
no, it is not correct.
True or false: You should not indent in your citation.
false! You do need to indent.
What are 4 core elements you need to include in your citation?
any of these: author, title of source, title of container, other contribuitors, version, number, publisher, publication date, location.
Where should the brackets go?
Young adults (ages 18 to 29) continue to bethe most likely users of social media. In 2015,90 percent of young adults used socialmedia, compared with 12 percent in 2005.This increase is evident in all age groups.AUTHOR: Jamyang Hemming
PAGE: 2
after the quote, or:
“Young adults (pages 18 to 29) continue to be the most likely users of social media”[Jamyang Hemming 2]
Is the use of square brackets correct?
It is always better to take risks because "[i]t is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life".
yes, it is
What is a works-cited page?
Whenever you embed a quote, you have to include a bibliography at the end of the paper to tell the reader where the information was found.