CitationsinAcademicPresentations
Rememberingtociteanyoutsidesourcesyouuseonaposter,visualpresentation,orPowerPointisessentialtohonestacademicwork.Onewaytodothisistohaveaspecificsectionforreferences,asseenhere:
Anothermethod,especiallyusedforPowerPointandotherpresentationswhichareprimarilyvisualinnature,istolistthecitationatthebottomoftheimageorslideitself:
Inthismethodthecitationshouldbelargeenoughtoread,butnotsolargethatitdetractsfromtheimageitself.
FindingCitationStyleGuidesManydifferentcitationstylesexistanddifferentdisciplinesfavordifferentstyles.AneasycollectionofonlinesourcesforexploringthemisourCitation&StyleGuide,foundatgo/citations.TheGuidealsoincludeslinkstovariousbibliographictoolslikeRefWorks,EndNote,Zotero,andothers.
Inyou’reinthelibraryandwanttolookattheprintversionsofvariousstyleguides,whichoftencontainmoreguidanceforcitationswhentheitemyou’recitinghasmultipleformatsorisararekindofformat,here’ssomehandycallnumbersforthemost‐usedcitationstyles:AmericanChemicalSociety(ACS):QD8.5.A25–inReferenceareaatArmstrong
AmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APA):BF76.7.P83–inReferenceareasatDavis&Armstrong
Chicago:LB2369.C57–inReferenceareasatDavis,Armstrong&Music
ModernLanguageAssociation(MLA):LB2369.G53–inReferenceareasatDavis,Armstrong&Music
Turabian:LB2369.T8–inReferenceareasatDavis&Armstrong
Andremember,librariansareavailabletohelpwithcitationquestions.Visitgo/askustoseeourReferencehours,askaquestionviaourwebform,andfindouthowtouseourtextingservice.
