Whatever census ID was created for the source list entry automatically became the first few words of the reference note—which meant that users, in order to begin a citation with an individual name, had to create a source list entry for every person they researched. Today's software developers can quite easily rearrange elements from one form of citation to another, although not all programs do so.
In the meanwhile, with the expansion of Evidence! EE's Chapter 2, "Fundamentals of Citation, discusses much background that will help researchers understand the relevant principles and practices. It also includes various options for source list arrangements that resolve a variety of debates of this type. Most of today's major genealogical programs incorporate EE, so that anyone who uses the guide alongside the software can interface smoothly.
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. I am re-reading Evidence again. I looked up Evidence Explained but will have to save my pennies to purchase it. It is definitely a much more detailed book. I'm also printing out this explanation so I can try and absorb it. Sad that so many of us enter the Family History field when our brains are older and more tired! I did order the guide for citing Ancestry.
It should come soon. I so much like the way your footnotes flow. There is no sign of a break between Master Source and Source Detail. Since I haven't reached the place where I have printed reports still entering data I should do that and may be happily surprised that the result looks more like your footnotes. Main navigation. General Question: Sources - Citations, Difference?
Log in or register to post comments views. Forums Citation Issues. Thank you, Peggy. Perry, J. Wood Eds. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Harcourt Canada. It is important to note that many students think they should just include references to show the sites they visited or read to complete the assignment. This is not correct. References should be listed to explain where the citation information was obtained. The differences between a citation and a reference, is that the citation is a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author in a scholarly work.
A reference is the information that guides the readers to the source. This information is so helpful It explains things in simple terms, easy to understand. I am an older student taking online courses and I work full time, so I need to have things broken down for me to grasp the meaning as quickly as possible. So, thank you. MLA and APA and the way that you weave the citation into your writing, but the basic elements of the citation that you need to include are:.
If you quote a source directly you must include the exact page number in your citation or it is incomplete. This is a list of the the sources you have cited. The references come at the end of your paper. Every source that is listed in your references also needs to be cited in the body of your paper.
Every source listed in your references should be accessible by others who read your work. Think of it as a trail of breadcrumbs that you leave for readers to show them where they can go to find the original source material for themselves. In APA style , not all work that is cited necessarily goes into the references. For example, personal communications get cited in the body of your paper, to show the reader that you have a source for your information. But if the reader can not track that source as a primary document because, for example, the information is contained within a private e-mail between you and someone else , then it does not go into the reference list.
It is not very common that sources are cited but not referenced. Use sources such as personal communications sparingly, if at all. The more credible sources you have in your references, the better quality your work will be perceived as having.
In general, there should be an exact match between the sources you cite in the body of your paper and those that appear in your references. The actual books, articles and other materials you consult are called your sources of information. You need to know how to cite and reference all your sources correctly.
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