Documentation

Citation's documentation includes short pieces providing introductory essays and background definitions that reinforce research writing guidelines.

Purpose and importance of citations.
Significance of different citation styles


General descriptions of different types of citation systems.
Footnotes
Endnotes
Numbered citations
Short form citations intext (Author-Date or Author-Page), with an alphabetical reference list.
Full citation in text (for bibliographic essays, court documents, etc.)


Glossaries and definitions.
Basic Definitions
Glossary of terms for bibliographies & Citation


StyleGuide


Citation's comprehensive styleguide answers questions of formatting for all types of sourceworks.
Most styleguides are designed to address the needs of students in a specific discipline. Citation's Styleguide is unique in it's comprehensiveness, basing examples and instructions on sources encountered in a wide range of disciplines: Anthropology, Biology, Geology, Literary Studies, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology - etc. As a result, students and teachers will find Citation's styleguide more useful than any other.

Included in the Citation StyleGuide are helpful indexes using the numbering systems for examples in the most widely used styleguides for students: APA, MLA, and Turabian.

Forms


Special data-entry forms for different types of sources help teach students about basic pieces of bibliographic information.
Forms for different types of source works, with labels for the different bibliographic information items associated with that type of source, (click here to view the complete list of data entry forms in Citation) are much more effective than ordinary styleguides for teaching students the basics of documenting sources.

Entering bibliographic information on a source, using Citation's forms, teaches a student to recognize different kinds of sources more readily, and to grasp the importance of things like edition descriptions and specific page references.

Citation provides a structured system for researching a topic, recording bibliographic information necessary for proper references, and keeping notes organized, documented, and easily searched.

Citation and the Process of Writing a Research Paper
The Citation ABCs
Surviving Your Dissertation

Often students select topics for research projects that are generally of interest to them personally. Citation helps them develop a sense of "ownership" of this research - and lets them see how continuing research can further one's expertise in an area.

Citation lets students build a personal database with their own research efforts on issues that are of interest to them - letting them add to research sources and findings as they move through coursework toward the thesis writing process.

Researching a topic on a continuing basis, building one's understanding - a process that will become invaluable in the professional world - becomes a basic part of a routine with Citation.

Teachers can require that students submit Citation datafiles along with their papers, and include call numbers, links to library records or websites with sources Helps teachers identify intentional plagiarism incidents, - it is easier to find papers sold on the internet using sources cited and the information provided in the Citation datafile.

Following Citation's ABCs, students won't lose bibliographic information on sources, & then invent (or omit) info on sources. When a bibliographic record is added, students can simply click the Add Note button to write a notecard. Notecards added with Citation are automatically "stamped" with CiteKeys that help students cite the source properly.

Citation makes it easy for instructors to store information on required readings for different courses, as well as supplemental readings lists - and then easily generate course handouts; using Citation, instructors can link bibliographic records to lecture notes, full texts of articles, handouts, internet versions, library records.

Submitting articles to different editors, with differing requirements for references, is easily managed with Citation.

Citation EasyGuide