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Understanding Your Search Results -- What is a Citation?

A citation provides you with the information you need to find an article and to create your bibliography. Here is what each part of the citation means:

Book Citation:
Henriques, Zelma Weston. Imprisoned Mothers and their Children: a descriptive and analytical study. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982.

Henriques, Zelma Weston	Author
Imprisoned Mothers and their Children: a descriptive and analytical study	Title
Washington, D.C.	Place of Publication
University Press of America	Publisher
1982	Date of Publication

Journal Article Citation:
Katz, Pamela Covington. "Supporting families and children of mothers in jail: An integrated child welfare and criminal justice strategy." Child Welfare 77.5 (Sep/Oct 98): 495-512.

Katz, Pamela Covington	Author
Supporting families and children of mothers in jail: An integrated child welfare and criminal justice strategy	Title of the Article
Child Welfare	Title of the Journal, often refered to as Source
1998	Year of Publication
77.5	Volume 77 of the Journal, Issue 5
495-512	Page Numbers of the Article

Unless the full-text of the article is linked directly from the citation, you will need to search Jouranl One Search to find the journal in which the article is located. Remember to search for the title of the journal rather than the article title.


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