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What I ended up doing was putting the latest date accessed after the short reference when it was using an online database. I see what you mean by double checking citations and putting the latest one in, but then I would be looking at the specter of checking citation after citation after citation….I had 77 footnotes in total and certain sources I used throughout the paper, so it would have been a chore to do too much checking (but I did do some!).
Subscribed (and referral given).Phid, do you have any troubles with the citation "cheat"? I try it, says it's supposed to download, but never does. (this is at work, maybe my home computer with all the latest IE stuff will work)
My sister uses PERLA, but I think that only works for APA, but then again, they probably have software for all the citation styles.
The Questia citation creator is built into the web site itself. When you're on a page that you want to cite, you click on the “Quote/cite” button and a window should pop up. If the window doesn't pop up your pop up blocker might need to be tweaked. From there you can have the citation be in parenthetical or footnote/endnote form, as well as MLA, Turabian, Chicago, etc form. You click ok and get to some “Citation Rules” page, click next and….you get your citation in that little window. I just copy it and paste it directly into my footnote of my document since it's already formatted correctly. You can change the format to load up to whatever you'd like automatically (e.g. Turabian, MLA) by going to your preferences area.If something (like a pop up window) isn't working then you might have to change some settings on your browser. But I'm using Firefox and it works, and Firefox is less friendly than IE is to displaying web sites correctly. If you have any problems let me know. And thanks for that referral.BTW I've never heard of PERLA...is it citation software?
Have any of y'all heard of The Citation Machine?I haven't tried it professionally yet, but it looks pretty good. Not sure if it follows regulations to the letter of the law.Busy weekend (quiz, midterm, paper, and Christmas shopping. oy) So if I don't happen to get around the boards too much, you all have a very nice and Merry Christmas!
Yeah PERLA is citation software. It is a plugin for MS Word. Yes Merry Christmas to you too Ken and to you Phid.
I don't really like singers whose largest fan base is old ladies, but has anyone ever heard Josh Groban's version of O Holy Night? It's really good!Here's a link to listen online.http://sami711.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c22526f03b549d00cd970313fb4cd5.html
Yeah I kind of soured on Josh Groban when I read in his blog that he wanted to get rid of the Second Amendment or something like that. But he does have a good voice, almost out of place in a pop context. But I remember a few years ago they released a song of his that said the word “Christmas” in it like once, and they played it around Christmas that year but then I heard it months later on the radio as well. I haven't heard it since.Actually I'm just joking about the Second Amendment thing above....I haven't read any blog of his and don't know if he even has one.
...the Second Amendment thing....
Whatever!! ;D ;DWell, if he does have a blog and he mentions gettingout of Iraq now, let me know and I'll throw away his CD (Oh Oh. Did I just admit I bought a Josh Groban CD? nothing to see here...move along)
Well I'm at the same conundrum here that I was some six months ago, not surprisingly because my paper is due tomorrow. It's with that darned “last accessed” designation after subsequent citations. I really am not that big on using "last accessed" with online books to begin with since they also exist in print form. I can see where it's useful for online sources such as web sites, but that's about it.
I've been omitting the “found on Questia” that the auto-citation thing inserts. I just leave the URL and change the access date to whenever the final revision was written.
I did that initially since it just seems like a marketing ploy. But then I changed my mind because I thought it was required. If it's not required I'd just rather leave it out as well.
According to the Turabian book, only the URL is required.Best wishes with your paper, Phid. Let the A be your kharmic center.
Just to let everyone know. I have a copy of the 15th edition of Chicago as well as the latest edition of Turabian's style manual. i know that AMU history students are required to use the 15th edition. It is updated to cover most kinds of electronic sources. If anyone has questions that the other editions dont cover, i will be happy to look them up and answer them for you.Patrick
Not that bibliographies/works cited pages are that hard to do, but here's a simplistic way of making one:http://www.easybib.com/
