Thursday, October 10, 2013

Citation Machine Directions

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CITATION MACHINE

Go to Citation Machine

1.      The first thing you do is look to the left hand side of the screen. Click the citation style you wish to use in your document (Teacher Ed uses APA).

2.      Then, again on the left hand side of the screen, click the type of resource you are citing (book, journal, government document). There are two sections there – one for paper documents (print) and one for web-based. Most of the sources you are going to find on a Google or Bing search are considered web-based sources. Then you have to decide, “Is my source a journal article or a magazine article?” Don’t worry too much about getting this right. I’m more interested in the process at this point.

3.      After you’ve selected the type, complete the web form that appears with information from your source. If you don’t know what to put into one of the boxes, leave it blank.

4.      When you’ve entered the information, click [Make Citations] to generate standard bibliographic and in-text citations.

5.      You’ll notice the box that appears is highlighted. This is so you can copy and paste easily. Copy the citation that is highlighted and paste it into your Word document.

6.      After you’ve copied and pasted the citation of your source into your Word document, compose the paragraph describing the information (referred to as the annotation) you found at this site.
 
7.   For directions with images, go to this site: Citation Machine Directions
 
8.   As always, let me know if you have questions!

 
 
 
 

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