Notes, References, and Resources
From LIS5313 Course Wiki
The body of your Web 2.0 Project Articles should contain sections and headings (that you select) to help with the overall flow and organization of your report. In addition to this, each report should contain three sections at the end of your report, in the order provided below.
Notes
- Use Footnotes, if and when needed, to add material that explains a point in greater detail, but that would be distracting if included in the main text.
- To create a footnote, place this code: <ref> YOUR NOTE TEXT </ref> where you want a footnote reference number to appear in an article. (Type the text of your note between the ref tags, where I've written "YOUR NOTE TEXT."
- This text will then appear in a "Notes" section at the bottom of your report if you:
- Create a section towards the bottom of your Wiki Report that you label "Notes."
- Under your "Notes" section, write this code: <references /> . This code will automatically generate a list of your notes.
References
- Use APA or Harvard referencing to cite your sources (both of which are examples of the author-date, or "parenthetical," system). Whichever you choose, be absolutely consistent.
- Under parenthetical referencing systems, a book (or article, etc.) is cited in the text in parentheses, following the section, sentence, or paragraph in which the book was used as a source, using the surname of the author and the year of publication only, with the parentheses closing before the period, as in (Author, 2005). A complete citation is then placed at the end of the text in an alphabetized list of "References".
- Many citation and reference style guidelines for Harvard referencing can be found online. See for example, Wikipedia: Harvard Referencing and Citing your sources - Harvard style from The University of Western Australia.
- There are also many online resources and manuals for APA Formatting. One that I like is The Owl at Purdue.
- CITING INTERVIEWS: In both APA and Harvard systems, interviews interviews are considered personal communication. For interviews, letters, e-mails, and other person-to-person communication, cite the communicators name, the fact that it was personal communication, and the date of the communication. Note: Do not include personal communication in the reference list.
- Here is an example of citing personal communication in HARVARD style (from usq):
- The research utilised both qualitative and quantitative measures, which proved to be complementary (Peters, K.L., 1997, pers. comm., 27 June).
- K.L. Peters (1997, pers. comm., 27 June) explained that the use of both quantitative and qualitative research methods proved to be complimentary.
- Here is an example of citing personal communication in APA style (from the Owl at Purdue):
- (E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2001).
- A. P. Smith also claimed that many of her students had difficulties with APA style (personal communication, November 3, 2002).
Resources
- Your reports should also include links to relevant web-based materials that help illustrate the issues and examples addressed in the report, and/or that provide a useful resource for those interested in following up on the topic.
- These links should be included and referenced in the body of the report where appropriate, and at the end of the report in a section called "Resources."
- In the "Resources" section, please provide a bulleted list that includes the name of the website (as a link to the site) and a short description of each resource.
