Copyright Bibliography © OER 1.5.2 Copyright Bibliography © Citing where you found your information Explain that because the students are working on educational projects for school, that most of what they use in books and online falls into the Fair Use category. However, the best way to avoid plagiarism and breaking copyright is to cite any sources they use and create a bibliography of resources.

Bibliography A bibliography is an alphabetically arranged list of resources that you used to assist you in your research or project, or that you are suggesting others to use for their own research or project.

Sample Bibliography Copyright. 26 Feb. 2009. U.S. Copyright Office. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.copyright.gov/>. Linz, Kathi. Chickens May Not Cross the Road and Other Crazy (but True) Laws. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Discuss the following with the students in your class Point out that the 2nd line in a bibliographic citation is indented slightly, it is in alphabetical order by the author or sometimes title of there isn’t an author provided. Ask students to identify the website citation in this bibliography.

Citing Websites Title of the website Date of last update to the website Organization responsible for the website Copyright. 26 Feb. 2009. U.S. Copyright Office. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.copyright.gov/>. Date that this website was accessed by the person creating this bibliography The URL of the website being cited As you click through this slide in the slide show view, the labels will appear and you can discuss each with your students.

Sample Bibliography Copyright. 26 Feb. 2009. U.S. Copyright Office. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.copyright.gov/>. Linz, Kathi. Chickens May Not Cross the Road and Other Crazy (but True) Laws. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 15-17. Now ask for students to identify the book citation in this bibliography.

Citing Books Author of the book – last name, first Title of the book Linz, Kathi. Chickens May Not Cross the Road and Other Crazy (but True) Laws. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 15-17. City where the book was published Company that published the book Page numbers of the book you used to find your information Year the book was published As you click through this slide in the slide show view, the labels will appear and you can discuss each with your students.

To Cite or Not to Cite If you are ever unsure as to whether or not you should cite a resource, ask yourself these three questions; 1.) Did I take a direct quote from this source to include in my project? 2.) Did I take notes from or paraphrase information from this source for my project? 3.) Did I consult this resource to verify any questions I had about the content of my project? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then, “yes” you need to cite that resource in a bibliography!