Bibliography:How to cite a source• Plagiarism:

to steal the ideas or words of another and pass them off as one’s own; to commit literary theft.

• Source: materials that provide information (book, encyclopedia, magazine, website…)

• Cite/citing: acknowledge that you have taken information from a source by writing specific information down (like author and title)

• Bibliography: a list of sources used (aka works cited)

Book (formula)

Author (last name, first name). Title of book.

City of publication: Publisher, Year of

Publication.

Book (example)

Connor, Paul. Benjamin Franklin’s World.

Boston: Little Publishing Co., 1954.

Encyclopedia article (formula)

Author. “Title of Article.” Name of

Encyclopedia. Edition.

(if no author is given, begin with the title of the article)

Encyclopedia Sample

• author• title of article (bold)• name of encyclopedia• edition

Encyclopedia article (example)

Pollock, George H. “Elephants.” World

Book Encyclopedia. 1992 ed.

Website (formula)

Author. “Article Title.” Date of Posting.

Name of Website. Date of Access. URL

Address.

Website Practice

EB Online—some sites provide the citation for you. Easy!

Carl Hiaasen—some sites have missing information. Omit what is missing in your citation

Burrowing owls—some sites have what you need, but you have to search closely for it.

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*Alphabetize by the first word in each citation*All lines after the first line are indented for each citation*EVERY line is double-spaced

Bibliography

Barron, Neil. “Vertebrates.” Grolier’s Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM.

Grolier’s, 1998.

Marano, Hubert. “Extinctions.” National Geographic. June 1990: 621-625.

Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Snakes. New York: Simon and

Schuster, 1995.

Pollock, George. “Elephants.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2000 ed.