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Citing Census Data

From the Census Bureau FAQ

When creating Dynamically generated tables, maps, and files from data.census.gov always include:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau as the author
  2. Name of the database or other data repository/source (e.g., data.census.gov), set off by quotation marks, or follow publication citation style;
  3. The name of the person who generates the tabulation, etc., e.g., "generated by John Smith;"
  4. The name of the software package used to generate the tabulation, if known, e.g., "using data.census.gov;"
  5. The URL of the application software's main or first page set off by angle brackets, e.g., <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/>;
  6. The date, within parenthesis, when the user generated the tabulation, e.g., (8 April 2020).

Examples:

U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table B01003; generated by John Smith; using data.census.gov; <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/> (8 April 2020).

U.S. Census Bureau; Economic Annual Surveys, Table CB1700CBP; generated by Jane Jones; using data.census.gov; <https://data.census.gov/cedsci/> (1 April 2020).

Citing Social Explorer

When using Social Explorer to generate maps or data tables use the following format examples:

Map Format

Title of map, dates. Social Explorer, permalink URL (based on data from <identify data source>; date accessed).

Format Example:

Population Density, 1960. Social Explorer, (based on data from U.S. Census Bureau; accessed Jul 27 17:16:03 EST 2010).

Report Format

Data source. Title of table, dates. Prepared by Social Explorer. permalink URL (date accessed).

Format Example:

U.S. Census Bureau. Population Density, 1960. Prepared by Social Explorer. (accessed Jul 27 13:58:03 EST 2010).

All examples are from Social Explorer's "How do I cite information on Social Explorer" FAQ

Citing Maps

From Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition - 14.237 Citing Maps

Examples

1. Samuel de Champlain, cartographer, Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse, 1612, 43 × 76 cm, in The History of Cartography, vol. 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007), fig. 51.3.

2. Satellite view of Chicago, Google Earth, accessed April 2, 2016, https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7682665,-87.723154

 

For more guidance on citing maps, including how to cite GIS produced maps, see NC State Library's Citing Maps Guide

Specific Examples

Common Citation Examples: 

In-Direct Sources:

Because authors are generally expected to be intimately familiar with the sources they are citing, Chicago discourages the use of a source that was cited within another (secondary) source. In the case that an original source is utterly unavailable, however, Chicago recommends the use of "quoted in" for the note:

N:

7. Ian Hacking, The Social Construction of What? (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999), 103, quoted in Manuel DeLanda, A New Philosophy of Society (New York: Continuum, 2006), 2.

IBIS World Reports:

N: 1 Nick Petrillo, “IBISWorld Industry Report 31212CA: Breweries in United States – May 2015,” 18-21, accessed July 12, 2015, IBISWorld.

B: Petrillo, Nick. “IBISWorld Industry Report 31212CA: Breweries in United States – May 2015.” Accessed October 14, 2015. IBISWorld.

Mintel Reports:

N: 1 Bryant Harland, “Mobile Apps – US – October 2014.” Mintel.  Accessed October 17, 2015, Mintel.

B: Harland, Bryant. “Mobile Apps – US – October 2014.” Mintel.  Accessed October 17, 2015, Mintel.

Simmons OneView Survey Data:

N: 1 Experian Simmons, “Fall 2012 National Household Consumer Survey Adult Study 6 Month.” Accessed October 14, 2015. Simmons OneView.

B: Experian Simmons, “Fall 2012 National Household Consumer Survey Adult Study 6 Month.” Accessed October 14, 2015. Simmons OneView.

Personal Communications:

N: 1 Constance Conlon, e-mail message to author, April 17, 2016.

B: References to conversations (whether face-to-face or by telephone) or to letters, e-mail or text messages, and the like received by the author are usually run in to the text or given in a note. They are rarely listed in a bibliography.

Citing Information Generated by ChatGPT/AI

Ask your program about their guidelines for incorporating information generated by ChatGPT and other AI in your papers. When permissible to utilize AI, use the suggestions below.

The newly issued 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style provides guidelines for citing AI-generated content in Section 14.112. To ethically incorporate the information product generated by ChatGPT or other AI, the Manual’s recommendation is to cite “[a]ny specific content, whether quoted or paraphrased,...where it occurs, either in the text or in a note. Like personal communications (see 14.111) and social media posts (see 14.106), chatbot conversations are not usually included in a bibliography or reference list.” The specific information to include in the text or in the note when citing AI-generated content is as follows:

  • The prompt you used when utilizing ChatGPT or other AI; 

  • The AI software used to create the content (e.g., ChatGPT) and the software’s publisher or developer (e.g., OpenAI);

  • The date when the content was generated;

  • The URL (if available) of a publicly archived copy of the conversation;

In-text example:
The following definition of a multi-site case study comparison method was generated on September 9, 2024, by ChatGPT-4o, using the prompt “Explain what is a multi-site case study comparison method using recent published examples."

Note example:
1. Response to “Explain what is a multi-site case study comparison method using recent published examples," ChatGPT-4o, OpenAI, September 9, 2024, https://chat.openai.com/share/90b8137d-ff1c-4c0c-b123-2868623c4am4.

 

Please note that similar guidelines apply to citing an image created by/with the help of AI (see 3.38): 

In-text example:

Fig. 3. Image generated by ChatGPT-4o, September 12, 2024, from the prompt “Create an image of libraries in France.”

Please also remember that if AI connects you to another resource, you need to cite that resource, just as you would in a literature review.

 

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