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Glossary of Selected Terms
Annotation
Brief summary of or your personal thoughts on a source. An annotation can be added to the end of a citation and can answer questions like:
- What is the quality of the source?
- How does this source relate to your paper or project?
- What does the source focus on?
- What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Author
Person who originally wrote or made a book, blog, poem, play, article, podcast, digital image, etc.
Contributor
Either a person, group, or organisation that contributed to a piece of work. This includes, but is not limited to, an editor, writer, performer, interviewer, and director.
Date Accessed
The month, day, and year a work was accessed or reviewed online. This information only applies to online resources like websites, online journal articles, etc.
DOI
DOI stands for “Digital Object Identifier.” A DOI can be used to identify a digital object and each is unique. Many journal articles have one.
- Example DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06948-9
Electronically Published
The date (month, day, year) a work was published online. Not always shown on a webpage.
Medium
The form in which a work was shared or published. Here is one example:
- Painting/Artwork: Oil on wood, Watercolors on paper, Bronze, etc.
Place of Publication
The city, state, or country of the publisher. Depending on the style, you may or may not need this information.
Publisher/Sponsor
Organisation or individual that facilitated the publishing or sharing of a source.
Suffix
Abbreviation tagged on to the end of a name that provides additional information about a person. This includes suffixes like Jr., Sr., II, etc.
Title
The title is what the work you are citing is called. If there is no title, some styles ask for a description of the source instead.
URL
URL is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator. It is how you find a page on the Internet; the address of the web page. http://www.citethisforme.com/ is an example of a URL.