Handbook of Scholars HOS Citation Style

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Handbook of Scholars (HOS)Citation Style

• CSE 120 - Fall 2006

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Why Cite?

• Ethical use of information
• To acknowledge or give credit (avoid plagiarism)
• So others can consult the same source

• Demonstrates your integrity
• Share the benefit of your research
• Supports your arguments
• Demonstrates the research work you have done

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What do you need to include?

• Enough information for the reader to be able to
  find the original source.

• Typically
• Author(s) or Inventor(s)
• Title (book, article, journal, conference)
• Date (volume, issue, article number)
• Publisher (name and location URL, DOI)
• Pages

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Tips for Citation Success

• Record all sources as you go
• Refer to the style to capture needed elements
• Use RefWorks (optional)

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HOS Style - Reference List

• Arrange in order of mention
• Number serially ()
• Right bracket after number
• Single-space the list
• Do not abbreviate journal names

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Sample HOS Style Reference List
1 M. Atamer. Prehispanic Art in Mexico, page
279. Pennsylvania State University Press,
1958. 2 M. Klingfield, B.C. Mangino, and J. A.
Betts. Foci of cortical degeneration.
Cerebrum XIV (2) 134-191, 1974. 3 A. Scalia.
Motor skills at fourteen months. In P. G.
Enriquez, editor. Infant Development, pages
300-342. Macmillan, third edition 1984.
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HOS Style - In-Text Citation

• Place reference number in brackets without
  punctuation at the appropriate place in the text.
  

Experiments were performed as described by
Chambrey et al. 3
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Book

• 1 M. Atamer.
• Prehispanic Art in Mexico, page 279.
• Pennsylvania State University Press, 1958.

• Author first initial followed by period
• Author last name period
• Title in italics and title case
• Comma then page number(s)
• Publisher Name, Year.

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Journal Article - Authors

• 13 M. Klingfield, B.C. Mangino, and J. A. Betts.
• Foci of cortical degeneration.
• Cerebrum XIV (2) 134-191, 1974.

• First or first and second initials
• Periods between initials
• Last name
• Comma between authors
• and before last author
• Period after final name

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Journal Article Journal Title

• 2 Klingfield, B.C. Mangino, and J. A. Betts.
• Foci of cortical degeneration.
• Cerebrum XIV (2) 134-191, 1974.

• Use Italics
• Do not abbreviate

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Journal Article Numbers Date

• 2 Klingfield, B.C. Mangino, and J. A. Betts.
• Foci of cortical degeneration.
• Cerebrum XIV (2) 134-191, 1974.

• Volume in Roman Numerals
• Issue in parentheses
• Colon before page numbers
• Use all digits for page spans
• Comma before publication date

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Web resource

• Author/editor (if known)
• Title in italics.
• Publisher, publication date if known, (date of
  access).
• URL.

3 N. Friedman, M. Linial, and D. Peer D.
Using Bayesian networks to analyze
expression data. Stanford University, 2000
(accessed Dec. 5, 2006). http//robotics.stan
ford.edu/people/nir/Abstr acts/FLNP1Full.html
2000.
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Not sure what format to follow?

• Consult A Handbook for Scholars
• Engineering Library Reserve
• PN146 V36 1992
• Consult Columbia Manual of Style for required
  elements of formats not covered by HOS, but
  still follow HOS style.
• Engineering Library Reference Collection
• Z253 C57 15th Edition
• Still not sure? Ask.