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It can be difficult to construct a citation when no matching example is given unless you know the underlying principles | It can be difficult to construct a citation when no matching example is given unless you know the underlying principles. This list is an attempt to summarize principles from Mills style. As such, citations are given to Mills's works in support of each principle. | ||
*Mills Style is grounded in the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), Humanities style.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 61.</ref> | *Mills Style is grounded in the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), Humanities style.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 61.</ref> | ||
*"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> | *"Clarity always beats consistency."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 462.</ref> | ||
**Cite a newsletter like a journal when the extra parentheses are necessary to separate a volume number from an issue month.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 806-7.</ref> | **Cite a newsletter like a journal when the extra parentheses are necessary to separate a volume number from an issue month.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 806-7.</ref> | ||