What Am I?
What types of citation uses volume numbers and issue numbers?
Journals
Identify the first two items that are capitalized in a book citation.
Author's last name, then first name
Not including punctuation, what is the first item in an encyclopedia entry?
"Entry"
What type of punctuation goes between the book author's last name and the first name?
Comma
What needs to be underlined in a book citation?
The book title
What types of citations put quotation marks about some titles?
Magazines, journals, encyclopedias, newspapers
There is one error in this citation. What is it?
Staff, Melvin. The Unquiet Bones. oxford: Monarch Books, 2008.
Oxford needs to be capitalized
Please list the order of the last three items in a book citation
Publishing city, Publishing company or house, and the Year Published
Where does the colon appear in a book citation?
Between the publishing city and the publishing house/company.
Where does the underlining/quotation marking take place in a magazine article?
The magazine title and the magazine article title
Please list the citation formula that underlines titles? Are there any titles that don't fit the rule?
All of them except the article titles found in magazines and journals
Please correct all capitalization mistakes in this citation.
corbett, edward P.J. and Robert j. conners. Style and statement. new York: oxford University Press, 1999.
Corbett, Edward P.J. and Robert J. Conners. Style and Statement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Please fix the one mistake in this citation.
Starr, Melvin. The Unquiet Bones. Monarch Books: Oxford, 2008.
Monarch Books and Oxford need to be switched
Please place the missing piece of punctuation.
Marillier, Juliet Daughter of the Forest. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000.
Period after Juliet
Please identify the error in the following citation:
Starr, Melvin. The Unquiet Bones. Oxford: Monarch Books, 2008.
The Unquiet Bones. needs to be underlined
What is the shortest citation formula? Why do you think it is so short?
Encyclopedia or dictionary entries are short because they are so common and well known
Please place the proper capitalization in the following magazine citation.
despain, edie. "make your own munchies." simple and delicious. mar. 2010: 44.
Despain, Edie. "Make Your Own Munchies." Simple and Delicious. Mar. 2010: 44.
Please identify what citation parts are missing from the magazine citation (3 things)
"Cake-Mix Creations." Simple and Delicious. Mar.
Author name, year published, page number
Please fix the 3 punctuation mistakes.
Marillier, Juliet. Daughter of the Forest. New York Tom Doherty Associates 2000
Colon after New York
Comma after Tom Doherty Associates
Period at the end of the citation
Please identify the errors in the following citationL
Despain, Edie. Make Your Own Munchies. Simple and Delicious. Mar. 2010: 44.
Make Your Own Munchies should be in quotes
Please identify the following citation:
Dunnigan, Patrick. Marching Band Techniques: Designing, Rehearsing, and Perfecting Marching Band Shows With School Ensembles. Northfield: the Instrumentalist, 2007.
Book
Why is it important to capitalize titles, names, businesses, and cities when citing research?
They are all proper nouns.
Unscramble the following citation:
New York: Daughter of the Forest. 2000. Juliet, Marilier. Tom Doherty Associates.
Marillier, Juliet. Daughter of the Forest. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000.
Please place the punctuation or fix the punctuation in the following magazine citation
Eli, Andrea... "Cake-Mix Creations" Simple and Delicious, Mar, 2010, 44.
Eli, Andrea. "Cake-Mix Creations." Simple and Delicious. Mar. 2010: 44.
Place the underlining in the following citation. Are there any quotation marks needed?
Corbett, Edward P.J. and Robert J. Conners. Style and Statement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Corbett, Edward P.J. and Robert J. Conners. Style and Statement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.