Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Cite This Item

Having time off this week is great! You know I'm a nerd when I start playing around with WorldCat. I discovered the Cite This Item feature today. When you pull up a book record, it is cited in five formats: e.g.
Citation Styles for

"The essay on man and other poems"

APA

Pope, A. (1822). The essay on man and other poems. Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham.

Chicago

Pope, Alexander. 1822. The essay on man and other poems. Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham.

Harvard

POPE, A. (1822). The essay on man and other poems. Chiswick, From the Press of C. Whittingham.

MLA

Pope, Alexander. The Essay on Man and Other Poems. Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham, 1822.

Turabian

Pope, Alexander. The Essay on Man and Other Poems. Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham, 1822.

Does anyone even use Turabian anymore? All formats of materials seem to have the citation feature. It's worth noting when showing students.

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