Perdue Online Writing Lab & Citation Machine - 1 views

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  #1 empfinkenstein on 03 Mar 18

   

  *Short Description:* Perdue Online Writing Lab is a website database that allows for easy access on Research and Citation style formatting (both MLA and APA). Considering all the source types, it is hard to keep track of how to properly cite them (both in text and works cited page requirements). Citation Machine is an online citation generating application that allows students to enter a web address or a book title and the program will compose a bibliographical citation in MLA, APA or Chicago style. I recommend having students learn to access both.
  
  *Examples of Uses*: While many of my students try to use Easybib.com, it isn't always accurate and only offers MLA citations for free, while they require users to pay for Easybib Pro. The Perdue Online Writing Lab site is easily navigated and both lays out how each citation type is formatted, but also models the format with sample citations. For something similar to Easybib, the Citation Machine is where you can enter the web address and receive the citation, however it will have points where it won't be able to come up with a citation for certain types of websites (online pdf document, for example, may cause problems with the system). For this reason I teach students about both so they can do accurate citations for bibliographies and can check them against the Perdue site as a reference resource that is easily accessible online.
  
  As a class activity, I give students a citation from an online source but it has errors. The students have to figure out how to fix the citations and re-format them into a new citations page using the two resources to help them.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">*Short Description:* Perdue Online Writing Lab is a website database that allows for easy access on Research and Citation style formatting (both MLA and APA). Considering all the source types, it is hard to keep track of how to properly cite them (both in text and works cited page requirements). Citation Machine is an online citation generating application that allows students to enter a web address or a book title and the program will compose a bibliographical citation in MLA, APA or Chicago style. I recommend having students learn to access both. <br /> <br /> *Examples of Uses*: While many of my students try to use Easybib.com, it isn't always accurate and only offers MLA citations for free, while they require users to pay for Easybib Pro. The Perdue Online Writing Lab site is easily navigated and both lays out how each citation type is formatted, but also models the format with sample citations. For something similar to Easybib, the Citation Machine is where you can enter the web address and receive the citation, however it will have points where it won't be able to come up with a citation for certain types of websites (online pdf document, for example, may cause problems with the system). For this reason I teach students about both so they can do accurate citations for bibliographies and can check them against the Perdue site as a reference resource that is easily accessible online. <br /> <br /> As a class activity, I give students a citation from an online source but it has errors. The students have to figure out how to fix the citations and re-format them into a new citations page using the two resources to help them.</div>

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