Credits REQUIRED for Visual Sources in Exhibits and Websites In 2015, National History Day updated contest rules to require that website and exhibit entries Include brief credit: for all visual sources. To reduce student and parent frustration, teachors shoud make students avare ofthis rule anc provide guidance on this requirement IN ADVANCE of competitions. THE RULE Students must include 2 brief crecit, on the oxhibit or website itsolf, for all visual souress (e.g. photographs paintings, charts, graphs, ete). They must also fully cite these sources in thelr annotated bibliography. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CREDIT AND A CAPTION? Credit + Acrecit is much shorter. in eneral,a credit includes the visual’ title, when it was reated, and the name of the ‘orsanization or source where you found Ie © A-crecit s NOT the full citation from your bibliography. For ‘example, a erect snould not include the @ website URL. + Abrief, factual credit does NOT count toward your student-composed word limit. + Acredit is REQUIRED for each Caption © Accantion is usually longer than f credit. Captions include more Getails than a ered + You can use & caption totell the viewer more sbout the visual or help the viewer understand how the visual helps to support your argument, ‘= Astudent-written caption DOES count toward the student-composed word fit, + Accaption is NOT required for ‘each visuel souree. Ibs your choles! A This ts a credit! ——» Nice Pa. 18, tibrey of Congress ‘lice Pal was respi fete ‘ign far women slg rk thetutedacon of he Bue igh ‘vedi WHERE SHOULD | PUT THE CREDIT? ‘There are ne specific rules about where students should put credits, Credits must be included in the project itself, Students should try to Include eredite ae nearto the visual 0s possible For websites, stucients should use the Image sub- menu to include the eaption, For banners on websites, students may need to Inckide the credit in the footer for that page. +— This is a caption! WHAT DO | PUT IN MY BIBLIOGRAPHY? Students must include @ fll citation in thelr bibliography for each visual History Day requires thet you separate your bibliography into primary and secondary sources. While rot required, many students will choose to put their ilustrations into a third section, “illustrations” ‘Alice Pau 1912, Library of Congress, Wathington, D.C. {ibrery of Congress Pts and Photographs Divsion. Web, 28 day 2015 aa This is 2 citation! For complete category rules, download the Contest Rule Book at www.nhd.org