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Cite-Checking 101 by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS

Cite-Checking 101 by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS. Cite Checking is a Three Part Process. Locate the original source materials. 2. Verify that the content of the quoted materials is in the source as cited. 3. Verify that the citation itself is a) accurate and b) formatted properly.

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Cite-Checking 101 by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS

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  1. Cite-Checking 101by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS

  2. Cite Checking is a Three Part Process

  3. Locate the original source materials. 2. Verify that the content of the quoted materials is in the source as cited. 3. Verify that the citation itself is a) accurate and b) formatted properly. Cite Checking is a Three Part Process

  4. Locate the original source materials. Decipher the citation. Check all available sources through U Windsor. Place ILL request for sources that are not available on campus.

  5. Step 1: Decipher the citation Book Citation Example: Mitch Kowalski, Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2012).

  6. Step 1: Decipher the citation Journal Article Citation Example: Ronald A Brand, "Comparative Forum Non Conveniens and the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments" (2002) 37 Tex Int'l LJ 468. Abbreviations Help can be found through Law Library Gateway under “Legal Reference”.

  7. Step 1: Decipher the citation Case Citation Example: Health Services and Support -- Facilities SubsectorBargaining Assn. v British Columbia, 2007 SCC 27, [2007] 2 SCR 391. Nova Scotia (Ag) v Morgentaler(1990), 69 DLR (4th) 559, 96 NSR (2d) 54 (CA). Abbreviations Help can be found in the Appendices to the McGill Guide.

  8. Step 1: Decipher the citation Statute Citation Example: Access to Information Act,RSC 1985, c A-1. Access to Information Regulations,SOR/83-507. Absentees Act, RSO 1990, c A3. Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, O Reg 429/07.

  9. Step 1: Decipher the citation SEEK LIBRARY ASSISTANCE FOR: Treaty Citations United Nations documents Government Documents Law from foreign countries Newspaper articles

  10. Step 2: Check all available sources through U Windsor Books: Library Catalogue: http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library Leddy (e-books) WorldCat (through Leddy)

  11. Journals: • Hein Online • Library Catalogue: http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library • Leddy Library • Quicklaw /Westlaw Step 2: Check all available sources through U Windsor

  12. Step 2: Check all available sources through U Windsor Cases: Pre-2000 – locate the print version in the law library using the catalogue. After-2000 – locate using an online source.

  13. Step 2: Check all available sources through U Windsor Cases: Pre-2000 – locate the print version in the law library using the catalogue. After-2000 – locate using an online source.

  14. Step 3: Interlibrary Loans If you absolutely cannot find – check with the Reference Librarians before moving to step 2 below. 2. Place ILL request for sources that are not available on campus. You must give us sufficient notice (2 weeks prior to your deadline, minimum).

  15. Examples to Try: Locate this journal article on Hein Online: (2012) 36 Dalhousie L J 215. We will do some searching for materials cited therein.

  16. Examples to Try: Locate this journal article on Hein Online: 43(2) Ottawa Law Review 165 We will do some searching for materials cited therein.

  17. Examples to Try: Locate this journal article on Hein Online: 55(1) Harvard Int’l L J 151. We will do some searching for materials cited therein.

  18. THANK YOU! Annette Demers ademers@uwindsor.ca http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library Judicial Decisions

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