Croatti's Term Paper

comp. pol

type of sources

scholarly: from academia, the government, and peer published media that has a hard copy

qualities of peer published media sources that are reliable

has a hard copy version with online version and is cited by original urls, not databases

footnotes

Notes at the bottom of a paper acknowledging sources or providing additional references or information for only the info/material mentioned on that page with numbering done throughout the paper

when do you transition from footnotes to endnotes?

when you have more than 5 footnotes on any page of content

where are endnotes located in a paper?

after the content section of the paper, one at a time, in order, before the bibliography

what is the difference between a bibliographic citation being mentioned the first time versus the second time in the footnotes or endnotes?

the first mention is in a full citation, the second mention is abbreviated

how is a source cited in the footnotes/endnotes if it is mentioned for the third time/every time after?

just the name and page number

what do you use to indicate consecutive citations from the same source?

Ibid

what do you use to indicate that your citation is a web based source

(online)/(internet)/(web)

what order is the bibliography in?

alphabetical order

in the bibliography, provide a _________________ for the article used if it is from a journal, newspaper, or magazine

page range

in footnotes or endnotes, provide the ___________________ of the book, journal, magazine, or newspaper used

page number of that the info cited was found on

how do you cite 2 articles from the same journal?

cite them each separately

does your bibliography need to be annotated?

yes, each citation should have text explaining why it is a good scholarly source

do you need the url of every online source on each citation in your bibliography?

yes

if your source came from a scholarly database, do you list the database name?

yes

what do you use to bind a physical paper

a staple or paperclip

do you need a cover page?

yes

what is included on a cover page?

full name, course title and number, and title of the paper

do you need page numbers?

yes, starting after the cover page and on the first page of text

are quotes preferred? or paraphrasing?

paraphrasing (only when possible)

how do you offset lengthy/block quotes?

use single spacing and distinct margins on the left and right side of the quote

where do charts, graphs, and pictures go?

after the content/text section

how are quotes integrated?

with attribution \n ex. "according to..."

where can the thesis be found?

both the intro and conclusion

what is the point of the thesis statement?

to explain the significance of the paper

can a paragraph be a page long?

no, especially the intro