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ISRP 9

Edit 12/6:  As discussed in class, citations will not be a large part of your grade, so don't stress too much about this.  The most important thing to do is somehow give credit to your sources.

Today we learned how to cite sources using footnotes/Chicago style.  We discussed, and students turned in their Morals & Ethics assignment (a lot of them ignored the instructions: at least 3 sentences per response, and it has to be typed - if you were one of the instruction-ignorers, remember that you want to get that assignment in TOMORROW done correctly), and I gave back the rough drafts of your essays.

The homework is to write the final draft of your essay.  It is due next Monday, 12.10.12.   

If you were absent, you need to go into Liz's office and get your rough draft that is pinned to the board by Liz's printer.

As promised, here are resources for citing in the Chicago Style, and how to use footnotes.

Resources






If you use some other text editing program, it is probably very easy to add a footnote, just search the Help menu.  If you are having trouble, make a Google account, and use Google Drive.  It is easy and free, and all you have to do is click "Insert" then "Footnote."


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