Authors & Titles
Containers & Other Contributors
Versions & Numbers
Publishers & Dates
Locations & Misc.
100
What is the correct format (including punctuation) for a source with one author?
Last Name, First Name.
100
What is a container?
A source that contains more than one other source within it.
100
What is another term for version?
Edition
100
What is one type of source that has a publisher?
Books
Movies & TV Shows
A Blog Network
100
List two pieces of information that are locations for sources.
Page number
Paragraph number
Line number
URL
Physical location
Venue and City of a live performance
200
What is the correct format (including punctuation) for a source with two authors?
Last Name, First Name, and First Last.
200
List three examples of containers.
•Websites (YouTube, Wikipedia, NCS Website)
•Magazines
•Anthologies
•Newspapers
•Journals
•Blogs
•TV Series
200
What is the most common source that you will be citing that has a version?
The Bible
200
How can you tell the difference between a container and a publisher?
A container is a source that contains many sources within it; a publisher publishes one source within the physical space it takes up.
200
What type of punctuation goes at the end of the Location?
A period.
300
What is the correct format (including punctuation) for a source with more than two authors?
Last Name, First Name, and First Last, et. al.
300
What is the correct formatting for a container (including punctuation)?
Title of Container,
300
What is the correct format for a KJV Bible (including punctuation)?
King James Version,
300
How do determine which is the correct publication date when there are multiple dates listed on the copyright page?
The date most relevant to the source you are viewing is the correct date; if there's no further identifying information, the most recent date is correct.
300
What if you don't have a location? Where does the ending period go?
At the end of the last piece of information included in the citation.
400
For a source that would sit flat inside a folder, what is the correct formatting (including punctuation)?
"Quotation Marks."
400
What is another contributor?
A person who helped contribute to the source in some way?
400
What types of sources typically have numbers? List two.
Journal issues
Magazines
Comic Books
TV series seasons/episodes
Newspapers
400
When you have a publication date that contains month, day, and year how do you format it? Why do you format it that way?
Day Month Year (to avoid extra commas)
400
All pieces of information in a citation receive a comma except which ones?
Author, Title, and the last piece of information.
500
For a source that wouldn't sit flat inside a folder, what is the correct formatting (including punctuation)? Include formatting for both handwriting and typed citations.
Underline. (if handwritten)
Italics. (if typed)
500
List two ways someone could be another contributor.
Adapted by
Directed by
Edited by
Illustrated by
Introduction by
Narrated by
Performed by
Translated by
500
What is the correct formatting for the following numbers (including punctuation):
Volume 24, Issues 7
vol. 24, issue 7,
500
Which is the correct publication date for this source?
May 2018
500
What is one reason I gave for why you have to do all this citation stuff?
1. Your teachers and professors want you to
2. You don't want to plagiarize anything
3. It makes your writing more authoritative