1. Research
You will be assigned to a research team. Your team will gather information on one of three different citation styles (APA, MLA and Chicago Style). You can find a lot information by searching the Internet, and pretty much everything you need to know can also be found in the course textbook. Your job is to present information on your citation style to the class. Be sure that after hearing your presentation, the class is able to answer the questions at the bottom of this post.
Here are some useful websites that you can use:
Owl Purdue
APA
MLA
Chicago Manual of Style and HERE too.
2. Three citation styles
The specific versions you want to search for are APA (American Psychological Association)
-6th edition. 2010, MLA (Modern Language Association)
-7th edition. 2009 and Chicago: Author-Date System
-16th edition, 2010.
3. Guidelines for what to search
You will need to be able to answer the following questions because you will be asked to present your assigned citation style to the class.
General Information
1. What fields or major is this citation style intended for?
2. What should be the title of the list of sources (title of the sources page)?
3. How should you arrange the reference list?
How to cite a typical source of (give examples)
1. A Whole Book
2. Journal Article
3. Newspaper Article
4. Websites
How are sources cited in the text of your essay for
1. Books
2. Websites
