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The FamilySearch Research Wiki strongly encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. | The FamilySearch Research Wiki strongly encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. There is no one way to create a source. You will find many sources in the reference section of wiki pages are using ''The Chicago Manual of Style,'' but all are acceptable. If you don't know what to include in a source, use the following guidelines to cite your sources: | ||
#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br> | #Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br> | ||
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#Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article. | #Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article. | ||
Refer to the following wiki article for more guidance: [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]],br> | |||
The following sites have tools that assist in the automatic creation of source citations: | |||
*[http://www.bibme.org/ BibMe.org] | *[http://www.bibme.org/ BibMe.org] | ||
*[http://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat] | *[http://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat] | ||
*[http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] | *[http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] | ||
'''Genealogy Specific Citations:'''<br> | |||
The [[Citations (Mills Style)|Elizabeth Shown Mills style]] is preferred by genealogists in the United States because it is a genealogically-targeted adaptation of the popular Chicago and Turabian styles. It is also endorsed as the preferred style of the [http://www.bcgcertification.org/ Board for Certification of Genealogists]. <br> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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