1.
Be sure to understand key terms. Some
examples are the following (although this is not an exhaustive list):
bibliography, (list of) works cited, index, summary, paraphrase, indirect source
(or indirect quotation), isolated quotation, plagiarism, and so on.
(Some of these terms were defined in class.)
2.
Review the proper means of punctuating quotations: double quotation
marks, single quotation marks, quotations within quotations, placement of
periods and commas, square brackets, dots used to indicate an ellipsis, and so
on. You will be asked to correct
the punctuation in sentences containing quotation.
3.
Review especially these sections in Keys
for Writers (3rd ed.): 9d-e,
10b-f, 11a-b, 12 (items covered in class). Remember that ---. is used for
repeated authors. Review also the library information booklet. You will be asked
to identify types of information in a computerized catalogue entry and in a
computerized index entry.
4.
Review the following scholarly abbreviations: bibliog. or bibl.
(bibliography), c. or ca. (circa,
about), ed. (edition, editor[s]), e.g. (for example), et al. (and others), i.e.
(id est, that is), illus. or il. (illustrated, illustration[s],
illustrator[s]), rev. (revised), sic (thus), trans. (translated, translator[s]),
vol. (volume).
5. Review the basic elements of an entry for a book in the electronic library catalogue: full call number, full title (including any subtitle), author(s), editor(s) if given, publication information (publisher, place, and date), life span of author.
6. Review the basic elements of an entry for a periodical article included in a database: author(s), full title (including any subtitle) of article, title of periodical, volume of periodical (whether needed for a bibliographical entry or not), page numbers, date, suggestions for further reading offered in the database entry.
7.
IMPORTANT:
Be prepared to write bibliography
entries from information to be provided according to the four basic forms (book,
popular or general periodical, scholarly periodical, website). You should plan to arrange the entries into a works cited
page in conventional style and order (there will be at least one example of two
works by the same author). Be
prepared also to make proper use of in-text
documentation. You will be
asked to work with scrambled information as
if you were writing an actual research paper with both in-text documentation
and a works cited page. Review the three basic forms and the various means of using in-text
documentation.
Take pains! Be perfect!
--Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream