1. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Accurate bibliographies are essential for good scholarship. This chapter is about recognizing the elements of a bibliographic entry, so that you can track down the source being referred to. Press any key to advance. Press “P” (previous) to back up. Press escape to end the program.

2. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations McCarthy, C.(1993.)All the pretty horses. author date title A book citation. New York:Knopf. place of publication publisher

3. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Journal of Social Issues Volume No.Issue No.DatePages 54  Issue No. 1 (Spring 1998)1- 236 54  Issue No. 2 (Summer 1998) 237- 446 54  Issue No. 3 (Fall 1998)447- 628 54  Issue No. 4 (Winter 1998)629- 848 Journals are usually paginated continuously throughout a volume. Frequently the issue number is omitted from the citation.

4. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Vol. 47 Number 1 October 1998 Pages 1 - 236 Vol. 47 Number 2 January 1999 Pages 237 - 469 Vol. 47 Number 3 April 1999 Pages 470 - 700 Vol. 47 Number 4 July 1999 Pages 701 - 935 A complete volume.

5. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Notice that vol. 47 issue number 4 starts on page 701. Issue number 3 ended on page 700. Continuous pagination is a distinguishing feature of most journals. Magazines start each issue on page 1.

6. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Mitas, L., W. Brown, and H. Mitasova. (1997.) Role of dynamic cartography simulations of landscape processes based on multivariate fields. Computer and Geosciences23(4):437-46. authors datearticle title source (journal title) Volume number issue number pages A journal citation.

7. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Affleck, G., & Tennen, H. (1991). The effect of newborn intensive care on parents’ psychological well-being. Children’s Health Care, 20, 6-14. Is this citation for a book or a journal? How can you tell?

8. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Little, Meredith Ellis. "Minuet." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. Stanley Sadie. Vol. 12. Washington, D.C.: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1980. A more difficult example. What’s this referring you to?

9. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations Here’s another more difficult example. What does this citation from The Essay and General Literature Index refer to? Kammen, M.G. The enduring challenges and Changing role of cultural institutions. (In Kammen, M. In the past lane p 143-57. Answer: It’s a citation to an essay in a book called In the Past Lane.

10. Introduction to Lamson Library Chapter Two: Reading Bibliographic Citations This presentation showed only A few simple examples to help you recognize the elements of a bibliographic citation. How to write a bibliography is presented in more detail in chapter six. End. Press escape to exit.