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History, WH1: Middle Ages: Final Works Cited - Check this before and after you print.

Middle Ages Project

Common Citation Errors

All Titles: Capitalize the first letter of the first word, last word, subtitle, and all principle words.

Do not capitalize...

  • Articles (a, an, the)
  • Prepositions (against, as, between, in, of, to)
  • Coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, or, yet) NOT: Eleanor Of Aquitaine  - YES: Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • The to in infinitives (e.g., How to Make Cookies)

Always capitalize...

  • The first and last words of the title
  • The first word in a subtitle
  • All other principal words (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, etc...)

NO ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!!! 

  • Fix anything that is normally not in ALL CAPS!

  • "LOOKING IN THE GUTTER"  --- Change to "Looking in the Gutter" 

  • What is ok? 
    • ESPN
    • EBSCO
    • Some journals: BMJ: British Medical Journal

Works Cited format