Citation for Beginners

Shellee Morehead, PhD, CG
Dec 13, 2018
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About this webinar

Learning to write genealogical citations is part art, part science and potentially terrifying. Learn what important components to note while researching, and how to put them together while writing to subdue the panic, and produce quality work.

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About the speaker

Shellee Morehead, PhD, CG, has a Ph.D. in evolutionary ecology from the University of Utah and is an associate professor of Biology at the New England Institute of Technology. She was certified by BCG...
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  1. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    7 years ago

    A great foundation for capturing source information and creating citations! Much needed and well-done! Thanks!\n\nAbsolutely great. Made sense of a confusing topic.\n\nAs I am organizing my past research, I hope I documented enough to put on my Legacy 9 program!\n\nAwesome webinar and presenter! Shellee communicates clearly at a level all can understand. Shellee’s method is comfortable and interesting. She makes you want to jump into correct citation starting today! Thanks to all!\n\nbest yet for explaining the process\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of helpful hints and tips for Citing our materials.\n\nClear and concise presentation! I have a better understanding of citations. Thank you!\n\nEverything was explained very well.\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent as usual.\n\nExcellent information for citations\n\nExcellent refresher (at least for me) webinar on citing sources!\n\nExcellent seminar both in facts and presentation. Although I have been doing family research for more than 12 years, I am a complete novice when it comes to creating citations, and this was a huge help.\n\nExcellent speaker and exactly the information I needed.\n\nexcellent speaker. \n\nFabulous!!! Great Webinar!\n\nGave succinct information and I will be documenting better.\n\nGood explanations!\n\nGreat\n\ngreat beginner information\n\nGreat seminar! It is a good introduction to citations....I had a lot of anxiety about figuring out how to correctly cite a source.\n\nGreat Speaker! Great information! Thank you!\n\nGreat step-by-step clarifying presentation helped remove my mental block about creating source citations. Thank you!!!\n\ngreat teacher, easy to understand.\n\nGreat webinar! Shellee made it very easy to understand. Thank you! : )\n\nGreat webinar, lots of information presented in a manner anyone can understand.\n\nGreat!\n\nHelpful information and excellent examples, easy to follow. Look forward to future webinars.\n\nI am not a beginner citationist but I learned tons!\n\nI liked that Shellee broke down the citation into its components of who, what, when, where in, and where at. This makes it much easier to create the citation by answering these 5 questions.\n\nI really liked her approach to citations!\n\nInfo-filled. Thank you.\n\nInteresting topic \n\nIt was easy to follow and organized in a systematic way.\n\nIt was great!\n\nIt was not only informative, but also inspiring. I was on audio only and having key information visually presented was extremely helpful. I realized how lax I have been in documenting because saw it as a chore, but now see it as an adventure and am eager to start adding more information to my meager citations. \n\nI've had other citation lectures and this was so simple and well explained. Glad I signed up!\n\nMore down to earth than many explanations. \n\nMuch useful information presented in an easily understandable format. \n\nNow I can really understand the reason for the citation info!\n\nReally enjoyed today!\n\nshe was very enjoyable to listen to\n\nShellee did a great job teaching the basics of citations. Lots of good information. Thank you.\n\nShellee kept topic moving, spoke well without dah moments, easy to follow and a few new tips - maybe the best webinar/seminar I have taken in 5 yrs. \n\nSo very informative. Thank you.\n\nStill struggle with citations - this told me what I need to do even if it isn't formatted correctly . . . now maybe I can relax!\n\nThank you for a great webinar an easy method for writing citations. \n\nthank you for another wonderful webinar. Happy Holidays\n\nThank you so much for making a subject that I have been avoiding. I have in my mind made this much more complicated than it needs to be.\n\nI hope for a deeper seminar on this subject.\n\nThank you! Very helpful\n\nThe information was presented clearly which I appreciate as a beginner. It was very helpful!\n\nThe topic was put in very simple terms that will make it easier for me to cite my citations in future. Thank you.\n\nThis sure takes some of the stress out of citing sources. I know I get all of the information I need, but stress over the proper order each piece goes in.\n\nVery good info on citations. Very helpful.\n\nVery good Presenter and very well presented.\n\nVery helpful and very clear. Thank you.\n\nVery helpful information. Thanks!\n\nVery helpful, clear and concise review of citations. Thanks. \n\nVery helpful.\n\nVery informative. As a beginner, I would like to have seen a few more examples.\n\nVery interesting and clear presentation\n\nVery organized and informative. Thank you.\n\nVery simple instructions and easy to understand. Followed in very logical order and made the whole citation process non-threatening.\n\nVery useful and clear webinar about citation. Thank you.\n\nWell done - like that I don't have to panic and re-do all the ones in a more academic way!\n\nWish I'd known all this forty years ago! :)

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