HIST 300: Citation

Tamara Smith, Reference LibrarianLangsdale Library

Plan for Today• Review: Maps• Why cite?• Citation Information• Turabian Style• Search Assignment (Due 10/8)• Wrap-up

• Atlas: collection of maps with index (historic, thematic, etc.)

• Gazetteer: alphabetical index of place names with coordinates and place name origin

• Use maps to give context to your research

Review: Maps

• Establish credibility (yours and others’)• Show due diligence (what else has been

done/written on this topic)• Make it easier for others to find your

sources (and get more information)• Preserve your grades/keep your job/etc.• Avoid plagiarism by distinguishing your

ideas from others’

Why Cite?

Why Cite? (cont.)Consequences of Academic Dishonesty at UB

(Plagiarism, cheating, etc.)• Non-credit for Work (likely failing class)• Disciplinary Probation (cannot represent UB)• Disciplinary Suspension (at least 1 semester)• Disciplinary Dismissal (reapply after 1 year)• Disciplinary Expulsion (permanent dismissal)

Source: UB Student Handbook

Avoid Plagiarism

• Signal every quotation• Don’t paraphrase too closely• If it’s not your idea, cite it• Don’t plead ignorance, misunderstanding

or innocent intentions• Guard against inappropriate assistance• Don’t procrastinate

Turabian, K.T. (2007). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations, Ch. 7

UB Plagiarism Tutorial• Starting in Fall 2006, required for all new

UB students (undergraduate and graduate)

• Must be taken in the first semester• Until completed, registration is blocked for

the second semester • Faculty can make it a requirement for all

students in a course (but not this one – yet)

• http://www.ubalt.edu/plagiarism/

Why Worry About Format?

Let’s Play

Spot the Author!

TA-S Fall 06

• “From Slip to Chip” in “Harvard Magazine” November/December 1990. Pages 52-57. Edward Tenner.

• PC WEEK, volume 16, Issue 5. page. 3. Dodge, John. 1999. “When Listening to Customers is the Wrong Thing to Do.”

• Special Section 361 (8246) 3. Drucker, Peter. The Economist. The Next Society. 2001

TA-S Fall 06

• Nieuwenhuysen, P. (2000). Information literacy courses for university students. Campus-Wide Information Systems 7(5), 167-173.

• Fishman, D.L. (1998). Managing the virtual reference desk. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 17(1), 1-10.

• Kuhlthau, C.C. (1993). Principle of uncertainty for Information Seeking. Journal of Documentation 49(4), 339-355.

TA-S Fall 06

Citation InformationGet all the info you need to properly cite the

source• Author(s)/Editor(s)• Article/Chapter Title• Journal Information (title, volume, issue,

pages, database name)• Book Information (title, edition, publisher

& location)• Publication date• Web address (URL) and date accessed

Parts of an Article Citation

Education for the twenty-first century. Eisler, Riane. Humanist, v. 60 no1 (January/February 2000) p. 5-8.

In a database, the article title (TI) appears first. Usually hyperlinked so

you can get the abstract/text.

Parts of an Article Citation

Education for the twenty-first century. Eisler, Riane. Humanist, v. 60 no1 (January/February 2000) p. 5-8.

Author/editor (AU) name may be listed in regular order, or last name first.

Parts of an Article Citation

Education for the twenty-first century. Eisler, Riane. Humanist, v. 60 no1 (January/February 2000) p. 5-8.

The journal title follows either the article title or the author, and it may be italicized. In some

databases, this is called the source (SO).

Parts of an Article Citation

Education for the twenty-first century. Eisler, Riane. Humanist, v. 60 no1 (January/February 2000) p. 5-8.

The first number is the volume number; the second is the issue number. The presence of one or both of

these indicates that this is a periodical (issued at regular intervals throughout the year).

Parts of an Article Citation

Education for the twenty-first century. Eisler, Riane. Humanist, v. 60 no1 (January/February 2000) p. 5-8.

This is the publication date. The presence of a month (or a season - Fall, Winter, etc.) is another

way to tell that Humanist is a periodical.

Parts of an Article Citation

Education for the twenty-first century. Eisler, Riane. Humanist, v. 60 no1 (January/February 2000) p. 5-8.

These are the page numbers of the article. For a bibliography, you need to give a page range, not just the starting page number.

Parts of a Book Citation

Regulating the lives of women : social welfare policy from colonial times to the present / Mimi Abramovitz.  Rev. ed. Boston : South End Press, c1996.

This is the book title. In the USMAI catalog, titles appear in sentence case.

Parts of a Book Citation

Regulating the lives of women : social welfare policy from colonial times to the present / Mimi Abramovitz.  Rev. ed. Boston : South End Press, c1996.

This is the author. If this were an anthology (collection of essays or stories) or a reference

work, this person would be the editor.

Parts of a Book Citation

Regulating the lives of women : social welfare policy from colonial times to the present / Mimi Abramovitz.  Rev. ed. Boston : South End Press, c1996.

New editions are published when there are substantial changes to the text (corrections, new concepts, etc.), so make sure you cite

the edition you actually used.

Parts of a Book Citation

Regulating the lives of women : social welfare policy from colonial times to the present / Mimi Abramovitz.  Rev. ed. Boston : South End Press, c1996.

The publication location is followed by the publisher. For less well-known

locations, note the city and the state (when in doubt, refer to a style manual).

Parts of a Book Citation

Regulating the lives of women : social welfare policy from colonial times to the present / Mimi Abramovitz.  Rev. ed. Boston : South End Press, c1996.

The last part of a book citation is the publication year. The little “c” in

front of it stands for copyright.

Citation Style: Turabian

• Named for Kate L. Turabian, the graduate school dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1958

• Condensed (but not identical) version of the Chicago Manual of Style

• Used by historians and publishers• Sixth edition in 1996; Seventh edition

released in 2007

• Turabian Manual (7th ed.), Ch. 15 – 17– Citation template: Figure 16.1 (p. 143-145)

• Style Manuals – at the Reference Desk• Academic Resource Center – AC 111

– Tutoring– Writing consultations– For-credit writing course (WRIT 200)– Call 410-837-5853

Citation Help

Questions?

• Due Monday 10/8• Hand in to Dr. Nix, or e-mail as an MS

Word attachment to tsmith@ubalt.edu• Need to have UB and public library

barcode• All presentations and handouts posted on

class website

Search & Citation Assignment

Thank You!

Reference Help:Phone: 410-837-4274E-mail: langref@ubalt.eduIM: ublangsdale

HIST 300 Course Page:

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