BCE Before the Common Era (aka BC)
CE The Common Era (aka AD)
c. Century
For our purposes, the Chicago Style of in text citation as well as references is preferred, as it is used in history and anthropological texts.
Citations should follow the Author-Date method.
For easy of reading, we recommend putting the references in bullet points.
For books, use the following formula:
Last Name, First name (and First Name Last Name). Year. Title. Publisher.
In text citation:
(Last Name Year) or with pages (Last Name Year, page number)
OR as part of the text:
Last Name (Year) or with pages Last Name (Year, page number)
Snyder, T. Patrick. 2017. Everyday Old English. Tiw’s Arm LLC.
In text citation:
(Snyder 2017) or to mention page 34: (Snyder 2017, 34)
If discussing the author in narrative, do it as
Snyder (2017) or to mention page 34: Snyder (2017, 34) .
As in the example sentence below:
Snyder (2017), indicates that the letter c in Old English has two pronunciations.
Please cite images and include a date, location, material, if applicable. If using external sites, please link them, and include license and license requirements (i.e. attributation) if necessary. If you created the image yourself, include that, so that it's source is known. If you have your own license requirements, put it there.
For foreign words, include them in bold. If it's in another script, please include this in bold as well. Put the plural form in parenthesis, and if the language has cases, please use the nominative or dictionary forms. The translation can be in quotations. Future uses of the word in the same text do not need to be bold, but can be if desired. Plurals can be indicated in parentheses with pl. Proper names can also be treated this way.
Examples:
ὁπλίτης hoplites "heavily armored soldier, hoplite"
wer "man" (pl weras)
For Titles of books, poems, or other texts, please write them in italics.
Examples:
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales