Writing Resources
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Writing Aids and Resources
- Electronic Library Carthage's own gateway to a
rich collection of online research sources including MUSE, Eric, First Search, etc.
- Grammar and Style Notes by Jack Lynch of University
of Pennsylvania's English Department.
- University of Missouri Writing Online
- Writing a Core Studies 1 Paper General advice
on how to write a judgment paper, using texts.
- Research Paper A comprehensive guide to writing
research papers step-by-step. Discusses such topics as, narrowing topics, taking notes, forming a thesis, drafting,
etc.
- A Grade Above List of helpful online resources for
editing, proofreading, etc.
- Inkspot: Sources for Writers
- Grover Furr's Documentation and Research Page
- Using Sources: MLA
- MLA
Bibliography Format Allegheny College.
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As more information is obtained from online sources, it becomes increasingly important to know how to cite material you
have obtained from the Internet. Below is a guide I received through one of my discussion groups. In addition to Mr.
Page's Internet Citation Style Sheet, here are some other Internet Style sheets:
INTERNET CITATION STYLE SHEET
THE INTERNET: A BRIEF CITATION GUIDE FOR INTERNET SOURCES IN HISTORY AND THE
HUMANITIES
compiled by Melvin E. Page
pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu
30 October 1995
The best book on this topic is Xia Li and Nancy Crane Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic
Information. Westport: Meckler, 1993 (SOON TO BE AVAILABLE IN A 1996 EDITION).
Until that resource is available (Tina has a number of guides in the Library and is familiar with the subject),
the following should suffice.
"Since the Internet is an evolving institution, this guide is not intended to be definitive."
FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BASIC CITATION COMPONENTS AND PUNCTUATION
Author's Last Name, First Name. [author's internet address, if available]. "Title of Work" or "title
line of message." In "Title of Complete Work" or title of list /site as appropriate [internet address].
Date, if available.
SAMPLES BELOW INDICATE HOW CITATIONS OF PARTICULAR ELECTRONIC SOURCES MIGHT BE MADE:
- LISTSERV MESSAGES Walsh, Gretchen. [gwalsh@acs.bu.edu]. "REPLY: Using African newspapers in
teaching." In H-AFRICA. [h-africa@msu.edu].
- WORLD WIDE WEB Limb, Peter. "Relationships between Labour and African Nationalist/Liberation
Movements in South Africa." [http://neal.ctsateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/limb-html].
May 1992.
- FTP SITE Heinrich, Gregor. [100303.100@compuserve.com]. "Where There Is Beauty, There is Hope: Sau
Tome e Principe." [ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/gen/saoep.txt]. July 1994.
- GOPHER SITE "Democratic Party Platform, 1860." [wiretap.spies.com.Wiretap Online Library/civic
& Historical/Political Platforms of the U. S.] 18 June 1860 Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. "Making
Difference [sic]." [gopher.uic.edu The Reasearcher/History/H-Net/H-Amstdy (American Studies)/Essays &
Discussions About American Studies]. 20 July 1995.
- USENET GROUP MESSAGES Dell, Thomas. [dell@wiretap.spies.com]. "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred Texts Networked
Electronic Versions)." In [alt.etext]. 4 February 1993.
Legg, Sonya. [legg@harquebus.cgd.ucar.edu]. "African history book list." In [soc.culture.african].
5 September 1994.
- E-MAIL MESSAGES Page, Mel. [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu]. "African dance...and Malawi."
Private e-mail message to Masankho Banda, [mbanda@igc.apc.org]. 28 November 1994.
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FOOTNOTE AND ENDNOTE CITATIONS
BASIC CITATION COMPONENTS AND PUNCTUATION
Author's first name, author's last name, [author's internet address, if available], "Title of
Work" or "title line of message," In "Title of Complete Work" pr title of list /site as
appropriate [internet address], Date, if available. Please note that you use a comma instead of a period for footnotes
and endnotes.
SAMPLES BELOW INDICATE HOW CITATIONS OF PARTICULAR ELECTRONIC SOURCES MIGHT BE MADE:
- LISTSERV MESSAGES <1> Gretchen Wlash, [gwalsh@acs.bu.edu]. "REPLY: Using African newspapers in teaching."
In H-AFRICA, [h-africa@msu.edu],
- WORLD WIDE WEB <2> Peter Limb "Relationships between Labour and African Nationalist/Liberation
Movements in South Africa," [http://neal.ctsateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/limb-html]., May 1992.
- FTP SITE <3> Gregor Heinrich, [100303.100@compuserve.com]. "Where There Is Beauty, There is Hope:
Sau Tome e Principe." [ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/gen/saoep.txt], July 1994.
- GOPHER SITE <4> "Democratic Party Platform, 1860," [wiretap.spies.com.Wiretap Online
Library/civic & Historical/Political Platforms of the U. S.], 18 June 1860
<5> Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, "Making Difference [sic]." [gopher.uic.edu The
Researcher/History/H-Net/H-Amstdy (American Studies)/Essays & Discussions About American Studies], 20 July
1995.
- USENET GROUP MESSAGES
- <6> Thomas Dell, [dell@wiretap.spies.com], "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic
Versions)," In [alt.etext], 4 February 1993.
- <7> Sonya Legg, [legg@harquebus.cgd.ucar.edu], "African history book list." In
[soc.culture.african], 5 September 1994.
- E-MAIL MESSAGES <8> Mel Page, [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu]. "African dance...and Malawi,"
Private e-mail message to Masankho Banda, [mbanda@igc.apc.org], 28 November 1994.
ADDITIONAL SOURCE MATERIAL ON INTERNET CITATIONS
Dodd, Sue A. "Bibliographic References for Computer files in the Social Sciences: A Discussion Paper."
[gopher://info.monash.edu.au:70.00/handy/cites]. Revised May 1990. {Published in IASSIST Quarterly, 14,
2(1990): 14-17.}
Li, Xia and Nancy Crane. Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information. Westport: Meckler,
1993.
University of Chicago Press *Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts: for Authors and Publisher*. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Walker, Janice R. "MLA-Style Citations of Internet Sources." [http://www.was.usf.edu/english/walker/janice.html].
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