How to Cite The
Sextant
You
may freely use of The Sextant as a resource in your own academic
work, but we ask that you please cite correctly. Since the 1990s the various style manuals
available had included guidelines for citing electronic journals such as The
Sextant. In general, these
citations resemble those for traditional print journals, with the major
exception that electronic sources are not consistently pagination. The current consensus recommends using
paragraphs in the article as internal subdivisions. Most manuals also point that the citation
should include the date the source was accessed. This is done generally because the locations
of electronic sources, and quite often the contents, sometimes change. Following the example of the University of Virginia's Essays in History, we
have included sample citations in several different formats of an article
from The Sextant:
American
Psychological Association (social sciences)
American
Psychological Association (APA) style is prevalent in the social sciences.
It prefers internal citations and gives prominence to the date of
publication.
Internal citation
(Wright,
2006).
In
addition, when using APA style, the citation will refer to paragraph
numbers only when directly quoting the source material.
List of References
Wright,
Laura (2006) "A Road Paved with Fear: The Post-War Allied
Breakdown," The Sextant [On-line serial], 4/5. 55p Available:
Wright.htm
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)
The
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) style is used in history and in many other
humanities fields. It prefers notes.
Note at first
citation
1.
Laura Wright, "A Road Paved with Fear: The Post-War Allied
Breakdown," The Sextant 4/5 (2006)
<Wright.htm> [30 June 2006], 23.
Note at subsequent
citation
2.
Wright, 40.
Bibliography
Wright,
Laura, "A Road Paved with Fear: The Post-War Allied Breakdown,"
The Sextant 4/5 (2006) Available: <Wright.htm>
[30 June 2006]
Modern Language
Association
Modern
Language Association (MLA) style is common in the study of languages and
literatures, as well as other humanities fields. It prefers internal citations.
For more detail, see the MLA's website at www.mla.org.
Internal citation
(Wright,
40).
List of works cited (Please
note that the citation includes the length of the article in total
paragraphs.)
Wright,
Laura, "A Road Paved with Fear: The Post-War Allied Breakdown,"
The Sextant 4/5 (2006): 55 pars. 30 June 2006.
<Wright.htm>
The
style of citation you use will depend on the course or publication for
which you are writing.
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