Formatting Citations in Microsoft Word

To format a hanging indentation in Word 2003:

1. Go to the Format menu and click Paragraph. Choose the Indents and Spacing tab.
2. In the Special list under Indentation, select Hanging
3. In the By box, set the amount of space for the hanging indent. Use preview to see the results of your adjustments before making your final decision.

OR

1. Use the ruler by grabbing just the bottom arrow and moving it in five spaces.

To turn off automatic underlining for Web addresses

1. Go to the Format menu and click AutoFormat, then click Options
2. Under the AutoFormat tab, if the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks box is checked, click to remove the check mark.
3. Click the AutoFormat as you type tab, and remove the check mark from Internet nad network paths with hyperlinks box.
4. Click OK in the AutoCorrect window; click OK inthe AutoFormat window.

I do not have Word 2007 at home and the interface is different. When I get to the library I will update this post using Word 2007.

Welcome to Spring Quarter

Hello everyone and welcome to spring quarter 2008. This is the blog I have created for this class. I will mainly use the Announcements section on Blackboard to communicate with all of you but, on occasion, I will post tips, relevant articles or other information on my blog. So you might want to check it every now and then.

My blog has several posts on it from previous quarters and I will add to those as spring quarter moves along. I have organized these various posts using labels because it makes it easier for others to navigate around your blog and read different posts. Right now, my blog has three labels: Blog Tips (helpful suggestions), Pathfinders (two examples of pathfinders from previous classes), and Librarian Talk (information you might find useful in your research process). You do not need to organize your blog using labels but I would recommend it. I have posted instructions about how to set up labels under Blog Tips.

Feel free to be creative with your blog and experiment as much or as little, as you would like. You will not be graded on the "look" of your blog, just the content. But many students have been pleasantly surprised when they see how easy it is to set up a blog, they are inspired to play with the format, change colors, and add photos or other graphics. It's really up to you.

Setting up labels

If you want to organize your blog, using labels, I suggest you include at least the following three labels:

Weekly Blog
Research Assignments
Pathfinder

If you think you might be posting entries on your blog above and beyond those assigned in the class, you might want to include additional labels that describe other entries, such as:

Musings or Rants
Research Notes

To create a label: You first need to add the labels to your blog template. Follow these steps:

Click Template
Click Page Elements
Click "Add Page Element"
Scroll to "Labels" and click "Add to Blog"
Click "Save Changes"

You're done. (You might want to move the element box with the labels to the right or left of your blog content so the links will show up near the top.) Your links should show up on your blog.

Formatting tips

Be forewarned: Moving text from a Word document or from within BB to your blog will wreak havoc with your formatting. So please do not just copy and paste without proofing your blog entries. You will need to clean up the text and, very likely, fix punctuation and spacing. But the main mess will be with your citations. Things to watch for:

- Underlining will disappear. I suggest using italics for titles, rather than underlining, because that feature is available on the tool bar in your blog (small i icon). You can underline if you want, but then you will need to switch to HTML mode and use the correct code.

- The URLs for your citations might also disappear completely. To make your URLs appear,do the following:

• Type up your citation (or copy and paste from Word but be sure to remove any formatting)
• Highlight your URL (not the brackets)
• Click on "links" icon on your tool bar (between the italics and quotations marks). A box will pop up asking you to reenter the URL. Click okay.
• Use the Preview option to see if your link is working. Here's one I created:

Alexie, Sherman. shermanalexie.com. 2004. 21 April 2006 <http://fallsapart.com>.

It's not hard to do; it just takes time and attention to detail.