Citation Styles
What is a citation style?
Dictates what is neccesary to include in a citation
OR
Dictates how citation is organized or formatted
What is an In-Text Citation?
A short citation inside the text/body of the paper that leads viewers to the full source in the reference list/bibliography.
What is the reference list title for MLA?
Works Cited
What word is ALWAYS spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Incorrectly
Nicole’s mother has three daughters. One is called Sara, the other one is Lara. What would the name of the next daughter be?
Nicole
What does APA stand for?
American Psychological Association
What is considered a Long Quotation for APA?
When there are 40 words or more.
What's the difference between a bibliography and a reference list/works cited page?
Bibliography includes sources you read even if you didn't mention it in the paper, but reference list only includes sources you directly mention in the paper.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest
Name the most recent year in which New Year’s came before Christmas.
This year/Every year
What discipline is MLA commonly used for? And give at least two examples.
Humanities (Literature, History, The Arts, etc.)
What happens when there is no author for the source?
Cite the title of the work instead.
What is a DOI and what does it do?
Digital Object Identifier. It is a permanent adress for a certain work so that it is easier to find and cite.
If you were in a race and passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?
Second place
If you had only one match and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some kindling wood, and a newspaper, which would you light first?
The match
Two documentation systems for Chicago/Turabian style?
(1) Author-Date
(2) Notes & Bibliography
What is considered Long Quotation in MLA?
When there are 30 lines of length or more.
What citation style is this?
Ocampo, J. (2015). How poverty affects health. In N. Galvez (Ed.), The health situation in the Philippines (pp. 85–98). University of the Philippines Press.
APA
A plane boarded from United States and going to Greenland crashes on the border between the United States and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors and why?
You don't bury survivors
A young boy and his father were in a car crash. The father died upon impact, but the boy miraculously survived and was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The doctor saw the boy and refused to operate out of distress, saying “I can't operate on this boy.. he's my son." How could this be?
The doctor is the mom
Why is it important to know different citation styles?
To be flexible and know which one to use according to the nature of your research paper.
State the in-text citation format for both APA and MLA. Starting with the parenthesis..
For APA: (Author, Date, Page)
For MLA: (Author, Page)
Game where you mine and craft?
Terraria or Stardew Valley
When your bus arrives in the morning, 10 students come in at the first stop. At the second stop 20 minutes later, 3 students come out and 5 students come in. At the third stop 5 minutes later, no students come out and 8 students come in. What is the age of the bus driver?
Your age. You are the bus driver.
How was it possible that every single person in an airplane crash died, but two people survived?
The two survivors were married