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Notes 2. Citations: Brief descriptions of an item that identify specific articles. No matter what kind
of index you use, citations follow a similar format and contain the same basic parts.

10.3.2 Parts of a Citation

The information appearing in an index about an article is called a citation. The citation usually
includes:
1. Title of the article
2. Author’s name or names if there is more than one author (sometimes a shorter article or
news item has no named author)
3. Title of the periodical. Some indexes label the periodical title as the “source” (abbreviated
as “so”) because the periodical is the source for the article.

4. Volume and issue number of the periodical in which the article appears. A volume often
covers one year of publication and an issue is an individual copy within a volume. A
volume and/or issue may not be included.
5. Date of the periodical issue in which the article appears.
6. Pages on which the article appears.
7. Additional information about the article such as illustrations, maps, charts that appear in
the article.

10.3.3 Sample Citations

Here’s an example of a citation from ArticleFirst, an online index that includes periodicals
covering a wide range of subjects. (ArticleFirst can be accessed through OCLC FirstSearch.)
Author(s): Keenan, Jeremy
Title: The theft of Saharan rock-art
Source: Antiquity. 74, no. 284, (2000): 287 (2 pages)

Additional Info: Antiquity Publications [etc.]
Alt Journal: Key Title: Antiquity
Standard No: ISSN: 0003-598X CODEN: ATQYAF

OCLC No: 1481624
The following citation labels the periodical as “SOURCE.” TITLE refers to the actual article.
Author: Pennisi, E.
Title: Grasshoppers change coats to beat the heat.
Source: Science, v. 140, n. 8, p. 119–120

The “source” of the article “Grasshoppers change coats to beat the heat” is the periodical Science.
The article appears in volume 140, issue number 8 of Science and is on pages 119 through 120 of
that issue.
This citation uses abbreviations for title (TI), author (AU) and source (SO):
TI: School literacy: the real ABC’s. AU: Greenspan, A.C. SO: Phi Delta Kappan, vol. 72, no. 4, pp.
300–304, Dec. 1991.

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