CTH - Citations (Lesson)

Citations

Ways to Cite Sources

We have talked about fair use, copyright, and plagiarism but we have not talked about how we would cite the use of another's work. There are many ways to cite sources. Here are just a few with a short description

MLA Format – Modern Language Association. This style of citation is generally used by the Humanities.
APA Format – American Psychological Association – This style of citation is generally used in Education, Psychology, and Sciences.
IEEE Style - Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers is generally used by Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Technology.
Chicago Style – This style of citation is generally used in History, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences
Turabian Style – This style of citation is generally used by Business, History, and the Fine Arts.

There are many more. You should always check with your teacher for the style preferred. For this class, we will use the MLA format. An MLA style paper should

Be on a normal 8.5” x 11” paper
Double space all parts
Use 12-point Times New Roman or a similar font which would be easy to read
One space after punctuation.
Page margins should be 1 inch on all sides
Each paragraph should be indented ½ inch.
Each page should have your name and a page number in the upper right corner.
Works cited should begin on a separate page at the end of the document.

The first page of the MLA style paper should

List your name, your instructor’s name, the course, and date in the upper left-hand corner
Center the title of your paper next
No title page

MLA format consists of two parts, in-text citation and a works cited section.

In-Text Citations

This course and many other courses that you take are based on technical subjects. Some of these subjects include computer science, engineering, and many more in the fast-growing information technology fields, all of which contain the commonality of having the math of formulas and logic as an underlying perspective and essential portion of understanding. There are two main styles with variations depending on the area of content, and if you are in school, the instructor's preference. Technical writing uses a numbered style for in-text citations (IEEE) versus the author-date style (MLA). The formatting technique is the same, but the contents within the format differ between the styles.

IEEE number style of in-text citation examples:

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School provides . . . [3].

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School [3] provides . . . .

or if multiple sources for this statement

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School provides . . . [1], [3].

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School [1], [3] provides . . . .

MLA author-page style in-text citation examples (includes pages numbers if available)

In the following examples (author last name-page) stands for the author last name and page that the information was found on, or other identifying information like publisher, company, etc. if the author-page is not available. Note that this can be come long as an in-text citation.

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School provides . . . (author last name-page).

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School (author last name-page) provides . . . .

Alternately, if there are multiple sites that you used for the information in the sentence

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School provides . . . (author 1 last name-page, author 2 last name-page) .

The online catalog of Georgia Virtual School (author 1 last name-page, author 2 last name-page) provides . . . .

In this course, the IEEE in-text citations will be used with Works Cited page for all of your used sources. Notice the difference in style and the clean, easy to find source numbers in the IEEE style. In the technical area, writing the detail is needed only once. The IEEE in-text citation [1] is the first reference source found in your document, and [2] is the second reference source.

Works Cited page

Did you use a source while you were creating the artifact? If so the source should be cited. A works cited section of your paper provides credit for using the resources, to direct the reader where to find additional information, and to demonstrate your work is based off of information found in other sources.

A works cited page contains the full reference for others to be able to locate and access the material that you have used. In IEEE format provides the details for locating the source in MLA format for this course using the in-text citation numbers beginning with [1]. The rest of the in-text citation numbers are listed in order. After the number using a hanging indent is the MLA format of the online site, article or other source. Many online sources do not have authors or dates. In this case use the direct URL address to the information and follow up with the date you accessed the information (Why? Because online sources can continue to change.). On the Works Cited page the numbers of the in-text citation are listed in order and then MLA format for the resource will be used.

[1] https://gavs.gavirtualschool.org/GAVSRegWeb/Courses/CourseCatalog Links to an external site. . [Accessed June 24, 2021].

[2] Georgia Virtual Learning > Home, gavirtuallearning.org/. [Accessed June 24, 2021].

[3] https://gavirtualschool.org/CourseInfo.aspx Links to an external site.. [Accessed June 24, 2021].

[4] Georgia Virtual School. “Are You Interested in Taking an AP Course.” https://uat.gavirtualschool.org/Students.aspx Links to an external site..

[Accessed June 24, 2021]

[5] “Georgia to Spend Additional $5 Million on Online Education.” GovTech, GovTech, 21 Apr. 2021,

www.govtech.com/budget-finance/georgia-to-spend-additional-5-million-on-online-education.html Links to an external site.. [Accessed June 24, 2021].

All material used from websites, print, or other material must be cited. To cite an image that you would like to use you must find the direct URL that takes you to the picture only on the internet. If I wanted to use the Ga Virtual School Register Logo and had permission the citation would look like

[6] GaVS Register Logo. www.gavirtualschool.org/portals/2/registration%20login_GaVS.png Links to an external site. ,

https://www.gavirtualschool.org/ Links to an external site.. [Accessed June 24, 2021].

If the image has a name, provide the name of the image or an appropriate identifying name, the direct URL where the image will appear independently of any words or site information, and then the site on which it resides. Of course, don't forget your access date.