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Asian Worlds White Paper: Citation Resources

What are citations?

We use citations to communicate information about our resources with our audience and other researchers. By citing, we're letting the reader know that we're not claiming work that isn't ours. We're also giving them the information they need to locate our sources and to learn more about these ideas should they be interested in learning more.

Citation:

Avoiding Plagiarism - Cite Your Source (n.d.). Retrieved from https://integrity.mit.edu/handbook/citing-your-sources/avoiding-plagiarism-cite-your-source

Quick Guide

Turabian is the ~student~ version of The Chicago Manual of Style and aims to simplify some of the quirks of Chicago. 

Don't forget to indent your footnotes & bibliography

For a deeper dive into Chicago, check out The Chicago Manual of Style website.

Citing Websites

WEBSITES WITHOUT AUTHOR

Note:

  1. “Title of the Specific Webpage/Article,” Website Title, accessed date, URL. 

Shortened Note:

  1. “Shortened Title.”

 

Bibliography

Website Title.“Title of the Specific Webpage/Article.” Accessed date. URL.


 

WEBSITES WITH AUTHOR

Note:

  1. Author First Last, “Title of the Specific Webpage/Article,” Website Name, Publishing Organization, accessed date, URL. 

Shortened Note:

  1. Last, “Shortened Title.” 

Bibliography
Author Last, First. “Title of the Specific Webpage/Article.” Website Name. Publishing Organization, accessed date. URL.

Citing Legal & Public Documents

You only need to cite legal/public documents in your footnotes.

 

Cases and Court Decisions*

  1. United States v. Christmas, 222 F.3rd 141, 145 (4th Cir. 2000).
  2. Profit Sharing Plan v. Mbank Dallas, N.A., 683 F. Supp. 592 (N.D. Tex. 1988).
  3. Profit Sharing Plan, 683 F. Supp. 592. 

* When using a shortened note for court cases, italize the shortened version of the case title. 

 

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

  1. Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm’n, 558 U.S. 310 (2010).
  2. Citizens United, 558 U.S. at* 322. 

*at signifies the page number where in the document you can find the direct quotation

 

Lower Federal Cases

  1. United States v. Dennis, 183 F.2nd 201 (2d Cir. 1950).
  2. Dennis, 183 F.2d at 202.

 

Legislative & Executive Docs

  1. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010).
  2. American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pun. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4. 

 

Bills and Resolutions

  1. American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pun. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4

 

​​​​​​​Unpublished docs in U.S. Archives

  1. “Anti-Slavery Petition from Women of America,” Feb. 27, 1849, NAID 7741397, Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46, National Archives, Washington, DC. 

Citing News

NEWS SOURCES

Note:

  1. Author First Last, “Title of the Article,” News Source Title, Publication date, URL.

Shortened Note:

  1. Last, “Shortened Title,” URL. 

 

Bibliography 

Author Last, First. “Title of the Article.” News Source Title. Publication date. URL. 


 

NEWS SOURCES, MULTIPLE AUTHORS

Note:

  1. Author First Last and 2nd Author First Last, “Title of the Article,” News Source Title, Publication date, URL. 

Shortened Note:

  1. Author Last, “Shortened Title.”

 

Bibliography

Author Last, First, and 2nd Author First Last. “Title of the Article.” News Source Title. Publication date. URL. 


 

NEWS SOURCES WITHOUT AUTHORS

Note:

  1. “Title of the Article,” News Source Title, Publication date, URL. 

Shortened Note:

  1. “Title of the Article.”

 

Bibliography

News Source Title. “Title of the Article.” Publication date. URL. 

 

Multimedia Sources

YOUTUBE VIDEO:

Note:

  1. Author First Last, “Title of the Video,” Name of the Publishing Channel, Publication date, video, running time, URL. 

Shortened Note:

  1. Author Last, “Shortened Title.” 

 

Bibliography:

Author Last, First. “Title of the Video.” Name of the Publishing Channel. Publication date. video, URL.