Citations (Evidence Style): Difference between revisions

= The Basics  =

Contrary to the terminology used by [[PAF]] and other genealogy programs, a ''source'' is a person or artifact that supplies information. A ''citation'' is the entire textual reference to the source.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 820, 828. Also note this quote from p. 42: "The term ''citation'' is obviously not synonymous with the term ''source,'' and the two should not be used interchangeably."</ref>  

#'''Source list'''. CMS calls this a ''bibliography''. Each citation—called a ''source list entry''— is punctuated as if it were a paragraph and each citation element were a sentence. Published works are sorted by the last name of the author. To effectively organize the source list, Mills gives considerable latitude in the treatment of unpublished works. Examples here and in her books often illustrate ordering unpublished works geographically. However, elements of the source list entry can be reordered to effect other organizations when appropriate. One source list entry can apply to multiple reference notes and excludes the detailed citation elements present in the notes. For example, page numbers would be present in notes but not the source list entry.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 43, 60-1, 67-71.</ref>  

#'''Source label. '''This is the citation that should appear on the front of all photocopies and prints of original records, transcriptions, and abstracts. Mills does not specify whether this citation type should be punctuated like a paragraph or like a sentence. Suffice it to say that the citation should be complete in case the page is shared independently of other documents.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 43, 66-7.</ref><br>

= Examples  =

== Published Works  ==

=== Simple Book<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 646.</ref>  ===

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| 2007.

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=== Editor instead of author  ===

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=== Revised edition<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 649.</ref>  ===

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This example is online. For a paper source, leave off the elements starting with "online archives." To facilitate this change, this example deviates from Mills's example by placing the page number in the citation to the paper source instead of the online source. No change is required for the short note.  

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== FamilySearch Sources  ==

=== Historical Books  ===

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! bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="right" | ORIGINAL BOOK  

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| Raymond, Samuel,<br>

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| 2009.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;;<br>

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| digital images,<br>

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| accessed 10 September 2009),

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| reference URL is http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH15,32222 .<br>

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=== New FamilySearch (Common Pedigree)  ===

*"Cite what [source] we actually used," not a source cited in the source we used.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 52.</ref>  

*"Clarity always beats consistency."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 462.</ref>  

*Redundant information need not be repeated in a citation.  

**When publishing a genealogy article, once a reference note identifies the archive housing a collection, subsequent references to the collection do not have to repeat the archive information.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 384.</ref>  

**Do not redundantly add the periodical's publication place in parentheses when already specified in the title.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 806-7.</ref>  

**Do not specify creator if identified in the title.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 807, 812.</ref>  

*Default values in citations do not need to be specified.  

**"Author" is the default creator's role.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 666.</ref>  

*Cite websites like publications and web pages like subdivisions.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 57-60 (par. 2.33-7), 626 (par. 11.55).</ref>  

*Information that is common knowledge can sometimes be excluded from a citation.  

*When citing a record that degrades over time, then one should specify when the record was seen. For example, grave markers degrade over time, so the citation should include the date the marker was read.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained'', 214.</ref>

= Differences from Chicago Manual of Style  =

*Mills italicizes series titles if it "is considered a formal title for [the] set of materials."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 716.</ref> If "the name of the series is not self explanatory," the title is not italicized.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 718,721-2.</ref> CMS never italicizes a series title.<ref>''CMS'' 15th ed., 669.</ref>  

*Mills allows an optional space after the colon separating volume and page numbers.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 77.</ref> CMS, on the other hand, specifies that no space be present. "But when parenthetical information intervenes,"<ref>''CMS'' 15th ed., 692.</ref> such as "12 (Winter): 345" then a space after the colon is required.

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