Lecture Six: Citations & Citation styles

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What is the difference between a Subject and a Multi-disciplinary database?

Where can you find databases? What are the different periodical formats

available at the Library? What does Findit@Concordia do? Does Google Scholar have full-text papers?

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Cite vs citation Citation styles - APA Editing references in RefWorks Creating an outline

Review of the Assignment

Mid-term Quiz (after Reading week) – Feb 24th

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From http://libguides.lvc.edu/paraphrase

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“Citing your references, or the sources of information that you use in your research, is critical for a number of reasons. 

◦ strengthens the authoritativeness of your work;

• shows you've incorporated other scholarly research into your work;  

• gives a record of the sources you've used in your research;”

• .

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“provides the reader with valuable information, indicating where to go to find further information

extends professional honesty and courtesy.  Writers have a responsibility to indicate when they have used someone else's ideas or words.”

From http://libguides.lvc.edu/citingreferences

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In-text citations

When using your own words to refer indirectly to another author's work, you must identify the original source.

A complete reference must appear in the Reference List at the end of your paper.

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Many choices – check with your professor Related to the academic discipline

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Cite - the act of acknowledging sources when you are writing your paper

in-text citations

Citation – a reference that describes the source in your bibliography

Citation styles – a way for formatting the parts of a reference for the bibliography AND in-text citations

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The data elements (metadata) varies depending upon the type of source and its format

Contains information that allows another scholar to find the source that you used

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https://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html

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Does the Library have this style guide?

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Style rules

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http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/MLA-Format4Websites.htm

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Citations

Source of the reference

Annotation:◦ Notes that you have written to summarize in your

own words what is in the article that relates to your research topic

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Quotation marks

Use quotations when you wish to include the exact words from the article.

Indicate the page that the words were taken from.

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References Beaumier, M., & Ford, J. D. (2010). Food insecurity among Inuit women

exacerbated by socio-economic stresses and climate change. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(3), 196-201.

Data Source: Google Scholar

Annotation: This article provides the results of a study of Inuit woman in Igloolik, Nunavut. It has a good definition of food security in the introduction. The researchers interviewed Inuit women and health professionals in the community to collect information about the women’s eating habits. As part of their daily routine, the women said that they skipped meals and ate less food. They let their family eat first. They were also anxious that there was less access to country food (caribou) as there was less hunting done in the household. The researchers conclude that “Few studies have focused on the food security of Inuit women in Nunavut. This is one of the first studies linking climate change and food insecurity.” (page 200)

Why?

Journal abbreviations – check!

Record the data source – database name

Record your notes (annotation) in personal notes

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Why?

Roughly organize your thoughts to produce an outline that will give direction to your reading and note-taking

http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/researchpaper.html

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Identify the subject (Introduction)◦ Explain the problem◦ Provide background information◦ Frame a thesis statement

Analyze the subject (Body)◦ Examine the first major issue◦ Examine the second major issue◦ Examine the third major issue

Discuss your findings (Conclusion)◦ Restate your thesis and point beyond it◦ Interpret the findings◦ Provide answers, solutions or a final opinion

◦ Lester, pages 158 - 161

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For each source that you have consulted, be sure you have all the information necessary to cite it in your bibliography.

Accuracy at this stage will save you the trouble of having to re-trace your steps when you are writing your final draft.

Be sure to record the page number if you copy a direct quote.

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For a book, - author(s), title, place of publication, publisher and copyright date.

For an article from a journal - author(s), title of the article, title of the journal, volume and issue number, date and inclusive page numbers.

For a Web document – author(s), title, date, URL (Web address) and date consulted.

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50 multiple choice questions Worth 25 marks Covers the course content to date In class on February 24th

Will have entire class time to do the quiz – there will be no lecture afterwards

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On Moodle Worth 30 marks Covers the course content to date Due March 10th

Submit in paper in class (preferred) or in Moodle

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Start working on the Assignment as this can help with the studying for the mid-term

Review lecture slides on Moodle Review Lester readings (course

textbook) to compliment class lectures ◦ No questions on the mid-term will be pulled only

from Lester

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