This document provides guidelines for properly attributing and documenting sources in PowerPoint presentations. It recommends attributing the creator and source on each slide. The attribution should include the name of any databases, websites, or root URLs used to find the source. It also advises listing the date the source was retrieved and providing a credits slide at the end to attribute any content not easily cited on individual slides. Consistency in documentation style is emphasized.

1. Attribution & Documentation in
PowerPoint Presentations:
Examples for VSB Students
Linda Hauck
Research Support Librarian
Falvey Memorial Library
July 19, 2010

2. Walden Social Equity Fund WSEFX Total Returns 2001-present
From subscription database.
Source: Morningstar
Retrieved: July 19, 2010

3. Walden Social Equity Fund WSEFX Returns 2001-present
Source: www.morningstar.com
Retrieved: July 19, 2010 From web site. Home or
root URL only.

4. Walden Social Equity WSEFX Stock Price 2001-present
Source: Google Finance
Retrieved: July 19, 2010 Name for web site provided
instead of URL

5. Walden Social Equity WSEFX Stock Price 2001-present
Source: http://www.google.com/finance
Retrieved: July 19, 2010 Root URL provided,
equally correct.

6. Source of underlying data
for graph created in Excel
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey
Retrieved: July 22, 2010

7. “Linda & Jay: Research Winners” (2010), Laura Hutelmyer, photographer
My co-worker took this photo and gave me a copy to use. The
partial inclusion of Jay Wright’s cardboard image is “fair use” for an
educational purpose. Attribution for photographer is provided

8. Farm Families Suffered During the Great Depression
Source: Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lang, Photographer (1936), Library of Congress, Prints &
Photographs Reading Room
Retrieved: July 19, 2010 The source lists creator
(photographer) AND web
publisher.

9. Credits
Audio Source Slide 1: Beethoven, Composer, Symphony No. 9, iTunes
Retrieved: July 19, 2010
Audio Source Slide 5: Woody Guthrie, Artist/Composer, Hobo Lullaby, Internet Archive
Community Audio
Retrieved: July 19, 2010

10. Attribution & Documentation in
PowerPoint Presentations:
Summarized
• Include attribution on each slide
• Attribution provided for creator and/or source
• List name of database or website
• May use root URL instead of database or website name
• Avoid using lengthy URLs
• List date of retrieval
• Credits slide at end for content not easily attributed in
body of presentation.
• Be as consistent as possible