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- Documentation, as the term is used in this chapter, can be
defined as:
Methods used to provide
technical information to specific audiences who have specific needs for
that information
Descriptive information
about the construction and operation of a mechanism
Method used to indicate the
author, source, and related detail about information that a
writer has borrowed.
- You can tell whether the number system, which is the
documentation style for this course, is being used because the
textual citations look like this:
[2:142]
(2:142)
(Smith 1996, 142)
(Smith: 142)
(Smith 142)
(Smith, 142)
- When you are reading a report that uses the number system of
documentation, how do you determine who the author was and what the title
of the sources was for the borrowed information?
You use the name and year
in parentheses in the text to look up the complete citation (author's
full name, title of the source, and other bibliographic details) in a
list at the end of the report.
You use the source number
and page number in parentheses in the text to look up the complete citation
(author's full name, title of the source, and other bibliographic details)
in a list at the end of the report.
You use the source number and
page number in brackets in the text to look up the complete citation
(author's full name, title of the source, and other bibliographic details)
in a list at the end of the report.
- Failing to cite the source of information that you borrow is
called:
Felony
Misdemeanor
Documentation
Plagiarism
- Imagine that you wanted to cite your source for the following borrowed
information. The author is Jones, and the report is entitled Technical
Report on Atmospheric Ozone Depletion, which appeared in January of
1997. The specific information you are borrowing occurs on page 78. (Also,
this report occurs sixth in your alphabetical list of sources at the end of your
own document.) How would your textual citation for this borrowing look in the
pages of your document?
(Jones, Ozone, p. 78)
[Jones, Ozone, p. 78]
(Jones, 78)
[Jones, 78]
(6: 78)
[6: 78]
- Imagine that you wanted to cite your source of different borrowed
information. This time, the author is Gundavaram, but what you borrow occurs in
an article entitled "Recent Findings Concerning Atmospheric Ozone Depletion,"
which appeared in the January 1997 issue of Atmospheric Science. The
specific information you are borrowing occurs on page 37. (Also, this report
occurs third in your alphabetical list of sources at the end of your own
document.) How would your textual citation for this borrowing look in the pages
of your document?
(Gundavaram, "Recent," p. 37)
[Gundavaram, "Recent," p. 37]
(Gundavaram, 37)
[Gundavaram, 37]
(3: 37)
[3: 37]
- Although the chapter on documentation nowhere states a guideline on
this, based on your reading of the chapter, do you think you must cite the
author and source of information that you borrow but thoroughly paraphrase or
summarize when you place it in your own document?
Yes
No
As you know, the number system relies on a list of information sources at the
end of the document, and textual citations (in the actual main text of the
document) are keyed to that list. Items in the list at the end of the document
must use a standard format. In the following, choose the correct format for the
information supplied on the sources.
- The author is Cynthia Jones, and the book is entitled Atmospheric Ozone
Depletion: Global Dilemma, which appeared in January of 1997 and was
published by Wiley (located in New York, New York). The specific information
you borrow occurs on page 78. (Also, this report occurs fifth in your
alphabetical list of sources at the end of your own document.)
5. Jones, Cynthia.
Atmospheric Ozone Depletion: Global Dilemma. New York: Wiley, 1997.
5. Jones, Cynthia.
"Atmospheric Ozone Depletion: Global Dilemma." New York: Wiley, 1997.
5. Jones, Cynthia.
Atmospheric Ozone Depletion: Global Dilemma. Wiley: New York, 1997.
5. Jones, Cynthia.
"Atmospheric Ozone Depletion: Global Dilemma." Wiley, New York, 1997.
- The author is Hari Gundavaram; the source is
an article entitled "Recent Findings Concerning Atmospheric Ozone Depletion,"
which appeared in the January 1997 issue of Atmospheric Science. The
specific information you are borrowing occurs on page 37, although the article
begins on page 35 and ends on page 44. (Also, this report occurs fourth in your
alphabetical list of sources at the end of your own document.)
4. Gundavaram, Hari. "Recent
Findings Concerning Atmospheric Ozone Depletion." Atmospheric Science
(January 1997), 37.
4. Gundavaram, Hari. "Recent
Findings Concerning Atmospheric Ozone Depletion." Atmospheric Science
(January 1997), 35-44.
4. Gundavaram, Hari. Recent
Findings Concerning Atmospheric Ozone Depletion. "Atmospheric Science"
(January 1997), 35-44.
4. Gundavaram, Hari. Recent
Findings Concerning Atmospheric Ozone Depletion. "Atmospheric Science"
(January 1997), 37.
- Imagine that you e-mailed Hari Gundavaram with some questions concerning
his article on atmospheric ozone depletion. He wrote you back on January
17, 1997. Imagine further that he is the Director of the Atmospheric
Research Project in Alpine, Texas.
Atmospheric ozone depletion.
Gundavaram, Hari. Director of the Atmospheric Research Project. Alpine, TX.
E-mail correspondence. January 17, 1997.
Gundavaram, Hari. Director of the
Atmospheric Research Project. Alpine, TX. E-mail correspondence. January 17,
1997.
E-mail correspondence.
Gundavaram, Hari. Director of the Atmospheric Research Project. Alpine, TX.
January 17, 1997.