Monday, June 21, 2010

HOW TO USE In-text Citations to Web Sources PT2




Instructions for practice with in-text citations –

Three Web sources are cited in References, below. Provide in the sentences on the Right the proper in-text citations to the sources in the References on the Left. Follow the preceding examples of in-text citations in the illustrated page.

A Reference for a single Web page whose author is an organization:  


The L.A. Community Policing Association. (2005).  The

     first steps of a neighborhood officer.  Retrieved






 Assume that the following information about the starting assignment of a rookie officer appears in the third paragraph on the Web page whose Reference is shown in the Left column.      
         
     The L. A. Community Policing Association (…….…………….), recommends

that the “starting assignment for a rookie officer be the patrol of neighborhoods,

which are partially representative of the officer’s ethnicity” (……..….……).   

A Reference for a very early Web page in the larger site for the Occupational Outlook Handbook. When you identify the name of the larger site, italicize the site’s name, and use normal font for the page inside it:
               
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1901, December). 
   
     Lamplighters. Occupational Outlook Handbook.

      Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/oco/oldInternet       

Assume that the information about street lamplighters comes from the thirteenth paragraph of the chapter from the early OOH whose Reference is shown in the Left column.


“The increased use of incandescent electric lamps on streets in our urban areas

 is anticipated to lower the demand for gas lighters over the next few years,

although the need for town watchmen will remain steady” ( .............................

.................................................................................).



A Reference for a Web page whose author is an individual and in which no date is provided:



Greenspan, F. (n.d.). Richmond’s police management.

     Retrieved from http://www.policefoundation.org/pdf/

     richmondsecondresponders.pdf

Assume that the following information about field officers occurs in the fifth paragraph or section of a Web page whose Reference is shown in the Left column.   


“Commanders“ are senior police managers, who supervise field officers. The

 field officers may be assigned to a geographic area for a long time in order to

 develop familiarity and a sense of “ownership” (……………………..……........

 ……………………………………………………………………..).