Documentation

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Documentation

• Chicago
• APA
• MLA

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What Needs to be Documented

• Quotes
• Paraphrases
• Summaries
• Any material from a source which is not Common
  Knowledge

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Parts of Proper Documentation

• Citation
• Parenthetical (in text)
• Numbered Note (footnote or endnote
• Bibliographic information
• Works Cited
• References

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Parenthetical Citations

• MLA (author, page)
• APA (author, date) for paraphrases (author,
  date, page) for quotes
• Chicago style 2 (author, date, page)

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Numbered Note Citations

• Chicago style (Humanities)
• Note number in superscript
• Foot or End note
• Author, Title of article, Title of Publication
  Volume, issue (date)

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Basic Bibliographic Information

• Author(s)
• Title of Article
• Title of Publication
• Volume
• Issue (if paginated separately)
• Date of publication
• Pages (full run)

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Bibliographic Information for Digital Texts

• Date of Access
• Database
• URL (for web-based sources. Do not give URL for
  articles retrieved from a Database)

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Online Style Guides

• Diana Hacker Research and Documentation Guide
  (Bedford/ St. Martins)
• Chicago Style Quick Guide (U. of Chicago)