Recognizing Bibliographic Citations

LSC 150 Section 1

Fall 2005

Session 4

Key Elements of a Citation

• FOR A BOOK

• Author(s)

• Title of Book

• Place of Publication

• Publisher

• Date of Publication

• FOR A PERIODICAL• Author(s)• If no author is listed, use

the next element to begin your “reference”

• Title of Article• Title of Publication• Volume/Issue/Pages • Date of Publication

However, many “references” in printed indexes and electronic databases appear differently to the researcher.

Authors Title of Article

Name of Publication

Date of pub.

Vol/issue/pages

author

author Title of article

author Title of articleTitle of publication(often called SOURCE)

author Title of articleTitle of publication(often called SOURCE)

volume

author Title of articleTitle of publication(often called SOURCE)

volume

issue

author Title of articleTitle of publication(often called SOURCE)

volume

issue

date

author Title of articleTitle of publication(often called SOURCE)

volume

issue

date

pages

Then write up the bibliographic elementsfor your bibliographic citation:

Here’s an example for this article in APA style:

Fischlin, D. (2003). Rescripting Shakespeare: the text, the director, and modern productions. Theatre Research

International, 28(2), 212-213.

Chapters in a book – a slight twist

This article

appears in

this book

Chapters in a book – a slight twist

Greenberg, D. F. et al (2002). The Generality of the self-control theory of crime. In E. Waring & D. Weisburd (Eds.),Crime and social organization (pp. 49-94). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.

Bibliographic citation elements should be familiarregardless of the information “vendor”

publication

date

page

titleauthor

Bibliographic citation elements should be familiarregardless of the information “vendor”

Databases themselves may offer help for correctlyciting information.

Article in a journal (APA Style)

Author. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Vol#(issue#), pages.

For example:

Fischlin, D. (2003). Rescripting Shakespeare: the text, the director, and modern productions. Theatre Research International, 28(2), 212-213.

Chapter in a book (APA Style)

Author. (Year). Title. In editors of book (Eds.), Title of book (pages of the chapter).Place of publication: Name of Publisher.

For example:

Greenberg, D. F. et al (2002). The Generality of the self-control theory of crime. In E. Waring & D. Weisburd (Eds.),Crime and social organization (pp. 49-94). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.

Annotated Bibliographies

• Contain significantly more information than a simple bibliographic citation.– Comments on the author’s credentials– Compares the article/book being cited with

other resources– Comments on the currency of the article/book

being cited.

Sample annotated bibliography citationGoldschnieder, F.K., Waite, & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily

living and the erosion of traditional values. American Sociological Review, 51, 541-554.

The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations. Their hypothesis is strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams (cited below) shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.

In Class Hands-On Assignment

• Using the Academic Search Premier database, perform a search for articles that discuss the topic of

drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

• Using the information presented in class, correctly cite one of the articles you have retrieved in correct APA format.

Help with In Class Exercise

Greenberg, D. F. et al (2002). The Generality of the self-control

theory of crime. In E. Waring & D. Weisburd (Eds.),Crime and social organization (pp. 49-94). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.

For a chapter in a book (APA format):

For a journal article (APA format):

Fischlin, D. (2003). Rescripting Shakespeare: the text, the director, and modern productions. Theatre Research International, 28(2), 212-213.