1. 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)

2. Book (formula) Author (last name, first name). Title of book. City of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

3. Book (example) Connor, Paul. Benjamin Franklin’s World. Boston: Little Publishing Co., 1954.

4. Encyclopedia article (formula) Author. “Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Edition. (if no author is given, begin with the title of the article)

5. Encyclopedia Sample author title of article (bold) name of encyclopedia edition

6. Encyclopedia article (example) Pollock, George H. “Elephants.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1992 ed.

7. Magazine article (formula) Author. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine. Publication date: Pages of article.

8. Magazine article (example) Smith, Rick. “Whales.” National Geographic. June 1999: 661-665.

9. Website (formula) Author. “Article Title.” Date of Posting. Name of Website. Date of Access. URL Address.

10. Website Practice EB OnlineEB Online—some sites provide the citation for you. Easy! Carl HiaasenCarl Hiaasen—some sites have missing information. Omit what is missing in your citation Burrowing owlsBurrowing owls—some sites have what you need, but you have to search closely for it.

11. Culture Gram (example) “Tennessee.” State Grams for Kids Edition. Culture Grams, 2001.

12. Culture Grams Online “Peru.” CultureGrams World Edition. 2007. ProQuest Information and Learning. 8 January 2007 <http://online.culturegrams.com/secure/wo rld/world_country.php? contid=7&wmn=South_America&cid=1 25&cn=Peru>.

13. Personal interview (example) Fox, Karen. Personal Interview. Nov. 11, 2005.

14. Video (example) Butterflies and Moths. Dir. James Jones. Videocassette. National Geographic, 1989.

15. *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.