How to Cite Ben's Guide
When
you use Ben's Guide (or other parts of the World Wide Web) for
your research it is important to provide citations, just as you would
for books, videos, periodicals, or other materials you use. Identifying
sources in this manner gives recognition and credit to the originator
whose ideas or information you have used. Ever heard the saying "Give
credit where credit is due"?
Ben's Guide citations should have these
elements:
- Government agency (e.g. U.S. Government Printing
Office)
- Title of the part of the Web site you used,
in quotation marks (e.g. "Ben's Guide (9-12): How Laws Are Made")
- Name of complete Web site, in italics or underlined
(e.g. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids)
- Date of publication or last revision (e.g.
February 23, 2001)
- Address for the page you used, in angle brackets
(e.g. <../9-12/lawmaking/index.html>)
- Date you accessed the page, in parentheses
(e.g. August 27, 2001).
Citing Ben's Guide for a bibliography
or references page:
- U.S. Government Printing Office. Superintendent
of Documents. "Ben's Guide
- (9-12): How Laws Are Made." Ben's Guide
to U.S. Government for Kids. February 23, 2001. <../9-12/lawmaking/index.html>
(August 27, 2001).
Citing Ben's Guide for a footnote or
endnotes page:
�U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent
of Documents, "Ben's Guide (9-12): How Laws Are Made," Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids, February 23, 2001, <../9-12/lawmaking/index.html>
(August 27, 2001).
The difference?
Bibliography/references:
- The first line is at the left margin and any
other lines are indented.
- Elements are separated by periods.
Footnote/endnote:
- The first line is indented and any other lines
extend to the left margin.
- Notes are numbered and should be in superscript
style.
- Elements are separated by commas, but end with
a period.
NOTE: This model is based on the
Chicago Manual of Style for citing Web sources.
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