This course follows the professional style guide from the American Association of Anthropologists.
You can download the style gude at: http://www.aaanet.org/pubs/style_guide.htm
Properly citing the various potential sources of information is a complex time consuming process. The key goal of proper citation is not avoiding plagiarism, but rather, ensuring that information is trustworthy. Proper citations are essential for the reader to properly evaluate the validity of the authors data and analysis. In this class, I expect you to adhere to the following minimum citation practices:
Immediately following every quotation or paraphrase, the author's last name, date of publication, and page numbers should be included in parenthesis. For example:
(Levin 2006: 1).
It is not always possible to determine page number, particularly with online documents. You can omit the page number when this is the case.
Any source referenced in the body of text must also be included in the "references cited" section at the end of your paper. For example:
Levin, Joshua
2006 Proper Citations. Electronic document, http://joshualevin.org/anth/propercitations.htm, accessed January 6th.
Models for properly citing: Books, Online Resources, and Journal Articles
Books:
Root, Deborah
1996 Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation, and the Commodification of Difference. Westview Press.
Online Resource:
Levin, Joshua
2006 Proper Citations. Electronic document, http://joshualevin.org/anth/propercitations.htm, accessed January 6th.
Journal Article:
Shay, Anthony with Barbara Sellers-Young
2003 Bellydance: Orientalism- Exoticism- Self- Exoticism. Dance Research Journal. Summer, 35(1)
For other sources, please consult the style guide at http://www.aaanet.org/pubs/style_guide.htm
Joshua Levin Ph.D. 2006