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What's the most common style used for essay/research papers? Does it depend on the subject? Instructor?I just picked up a few books: Hacker's Guide, Strunk's Elements of Style, and the MLA Handbook.ay yi yi - there's a lot to learn here! 😮
Strunks is considered one of the best by both fiction and non-fiction wrietes. Its small but it packs alot into those pages.
You might want to get a copy of Kate L. Turabian's handbook for writers. The Chicago Manual style (Turabian) is preferred in most History departments. Political Science writers bounce between MLA and Turabian, but some use American Psychology style…which sucks btw. I prefer Turabian now that I got weened off of MLA. ;D
You might want to get a copy of Kate L. Turabian's handbook for writers. The Chicago Manual style (Turabian) is preferred in most History departments. Political Science writers bounce between MLA and Turabian, but some use American Psychology style...which sucks btw. I prefer Turabian now that I got weened off of MLA. ;D
I'll pick that up, thanks! Why does ASA suck? Is it because of the way it looks?And why do they all use different citation regulations??? >:( That's stupid. How do "ibid" a different page number? Ibid. p. 27 (for example)?
How do “ibid” a different page number? Ibid. p. 27 (for example)?
The way I do ibids are:Ibid., 57.I only use one space after the comma. 🙂
I'm glad this page was here. I'm needing to write footnotes in a paper I'm currently on and I'm using Turabian, but needed to find how to do subsequent citations. Now I see it uses Ibid….here's a source for further reference:http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.htmlWriting legal papers uses Id. for subsequent citations, which is actually an abbreviation for Ibid (if you can believe a four-letter word needs an abbreviation!).
Good link. Univ of Wisconsin has some good links too. Have to do Chicago for history. (just when I was starting to get the hang of MLA)
Good link. Univ of Wisconsin has some good links too. Have to do Chicago for history. (just when I was starting to get the hang of MLA)
Told ya so. 🙂
And I should have listened. :-[ (well, MLA was a requirement in that other class anyway. So that's my excuse)BTW, got a 100 on my first history quiz. (even got the Peloponnesian War question correct) Thank you for being here Western Civ forum!!
How would you do this?Should I go:In the text taken from the Cyrus Cylinder (discovered in 1879 by Hormonz Rassam during excavations at Babylon),or should I footnote it?In the text taken from the Cyrus Cylinder11discovered in 1879 by Hormonz Rassam during excavations at BabylonAnd, if I want to quote sections from the Cyrus Cylinder, doI have to cite it? If so, how?
Footnote things like that as much as you can. If you mention something, anything from an accredited source, you have to give a citation unless it's common knowledge and not necessarily an original idea from the source you're using. If in doubt, cite.
Footnotes should always be at the end of a sentence. Never put a footnote into the middle of the sentence. It breaks the folw of the sentence, I now that if I was grading papers that would be a huge gig. the footnote should always be at the end of the sentence to which the footnote is referring.
Footnotes should always be at the end of a sentence. Never put a footnote into the middle of the sentence. It breaks the folw of the sentence, I now that if I was grading papers that would be a huge gig. the footnote should always be at the end of the sentence to which the footnote is referring.
Then tell me....how would you write a sentence in which you take from the argument of a secondary source for part of the sentence but not for the second half of it? For example,"The House of Octavius Quartio was used in Cult of Osiris fertility rituals1, suggesting that Egyptian religious influence extended well into the heart of the Roman Empire."I just made that up but you can see how the first part references an outside source and the second part references an authors (mine) analysis.
Footnote goes at the end as always and you can add “emphasis mine” if you italicize your words to distinguish them from the secondary source. The only time you want a footnote in the middle of a sentence is when you want the reader to stop immediately and read a point about whatever it is you have footnoted such as a person's name or a place name etc….Usually this is done to denote that such and such a person is not so and so or not to be confused with someone else etc…This can be awkward at times and shouldn't be overdone. Just use discretion where possible.
