Annotations_Citations

=How to Annotate (or Cite) Your Sources on a Wikispace=

Please follow the instructions below to create annotations (or citations) for your Wikispace content. These instructions came from the Flat Classroom Project

Reference and Citation Steps:


 * 1) Go to [|Son of Citation Machine] to Generate the MLA Citation
 * 2) Return to your wiki page.
 * 3) Click on "Edit" to edit your page.
 * 4) Insert your blinker just after the quotation or paraphrase that needs a citation.
 * 5) Type a bracket and ref and ending bracket (example: )
 * 6) Paste the reference into the wiki.
 * 7) Type the page number and a period after it if it is a book.
 * 8) Close the reference tag by typing a bracket forward slash (/) ref and an ending bracket (example: < / ref >)
 * 9) If it is a website, turn the hyperlink into a "true" hyperlink as shown in the graphic by copying the hyperlink, clicking the link button, and pasting the hyperlink into the external link box.
 * 10) If this is the first reference on this page, go to the bottom of the page and type the word "References." DO NOT PUT A LINE UNDERNEATH IT!
 * 11) Click "Save"
 * 12) A new reference must only be listed in full length THE FIRST time it is used. From then on use the author's last name and the page number, or in the case of an online article, the Article Name (which MUST be hyperlinked.)

Example of what a reference will look like on your page