[nabs-l] Citations

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Rahul,
Is it possible to use APA format for citations? APA format puts the
citations in parentheses rather than footnotes, and the bibliography
is at the end of the paper, so it's much more JAWS-friendly. Many of
my professors allowed us to cite in the format of our choice,
including APA. But law may have a specialized format.
I agree that footnotes are tough to navigate, and I would suggest
putting all your citations in the body of a document and having a
sighted reader move them to the footnotes.
Best,
Arielle

On 9/28/14, Rahul Bajaj via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I hope this message finds you well.  As a law student, I am required to
>> write multiple research papers every semester.I sometimes find it hard  to
>> cite sources correctly in  my research papers. Citing cases is not
>> difficult, but I struggle with news articles, research papers in journals,
>> etc. Even though I have repeatedly gone through the blue book, I haven't
>> been able to fully internalize the myriad citation formats.
>> This problem is further exacerbated by the fact that JAWS acts in a very
>> sluggish and unresponsive manner when you try to access or modify
>> footnotes, so this makes the experience all the more unpleasant.
>> The upshot of this problem is that my research papers usually contain very
>> few footnotes- nothing more than fifteen or twenty. As you can imagine,
>> this greatly reduces the quality and veracity of the paper.
>> I would love to know what strategies you guys employ for grappling with
>> this issue.
>>
>> Best,
>> Rahul
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>
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