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Some automatic citation makers you might want to try . . .
Bib Me
This citation maker has some great features that even help fill in some information on your book or Website.
Citation Maker from OSLIS
Choose from print or electronic resources (in yellow box on right) and fill in the blanks to format your MLA style works cited list that can be put into a word document and saved to your computer.
Easybib.com
Includes a template for different types of sources and creates a single citation or complete works cited list you can print or copy and paste into your project.
WorkscCited4U
Includes a template for different types of sources and creates a single citation or complete works cited list you can print or copy and paste into your project.
Slate Citation Maker
Includes a template and generates a correct citation that can be copied and pasted into your document. Also shows how the source should be cited when using parenthetical documentation.
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Print BIB SHEETS for these commonly used resources:
PLAGIARISM
*Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism *What is Plagiarism?
scroll down for specific examples
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BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED GUIDELINES
- For each source listed, begin first line at
margin and indent each line
that follows.
- Underline or use italics for titles of books,
periodicals and software.
Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.
- Note punctuation and follow exactly.
- If required information, such as author or
place of publication, is not
available, just leave it out.
- Arrange all sources in one list, alphabetically
by first word, which
will
generally be either the author's last name or the first important word
of the title.
- Center the words Works Cited (or Bibliography) at the top
of the page.
Book with one author:
1. Author.
2. Title of book. (underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date of publication.
Cohen, Daniel. America's Very Own Ghosts.
New York: Doubleday, 1985.
Book with two or three authors:
1. Authors
(in the
order they are given in the book).
2. Title of
book.
(underlined)
3. City of
publication:
4.
Publisher, date.
Wright, David,
and Elizabeth
Smith. Rocks and Minerals. Chicago:
Macmillan,
1995.
Book with more than three authors:
1. Name the
first
author, then add et al. ("and others").
2. Title of
book.
(underlined)
3. City of
publication:
4.
Publisher, date.
Gillis, Sander,
et al. Grammar
of the English Language. New York: Random House, 1987.
Encyclopedia and other familiar reference
books:
1. Author of
article
(if available).
2. "Title of
article."
3. Title of
book.
(underlined)
4. Date of
edition.
(Volume and page number not necessary if articles are arranged
alphabetically).
Eiselen,
Malcolm
R. "Franklin, Benjamin." The World Book Encyclopedia.
1999.
"France." Compton's
Encyclopedia. 1998.
Article in a periodical (magazine or
newspaper):
1. Author
(if available).
2. "Title of
article."
3.
Periodical title
(underlined) date: page.
Haverkamp,
Beth. "Bad Women and Bandit Queens." Cobblestone May
1996:
20-22.
"N.F.L.
Training Camp
Report." The New York Times 21 August 1996: B12.
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1. Name of
person
interviewed.
2. Type of
interview.
3. Date of
interview.
Whitman,
Christie.
Personal interview. 20 August 1999.
Ford,
Harrison.
Telephone interview. 26 January 1999.
Videocassette, Filmstrip, Slide Program:
1. Title of
program
(underlined).
2. Type of
multimedia.
3.
Responsible company,
year.
4. Length of
presentation
in minutes.
Bears of the
North.
Videocassette. National Geographic, 1997. 49 min.
Television or Radio Program:
1. Title of
segment
(in quotation marks).
2. Title of
program
(underlined).
3.
Television station.
4. Local TV
station,
city, state.
5. Date the
program
aired.
"Crime and
Punishment." Nightline
in Primetime. ABC. KAKE, Wichita, KS. 3 Sept.
1998.
Encyclopedia and other publications on
CD-ROM:
1. Author
(if available).
2. "Title of
article."
3. Title of
product
(underlined or in italics).
4. Edition
or version
(if relevant)
5. CD-ROM.
6. City of
publication:
Publisher, date of publication.
Cashman,
Katharine
V. "Volcano." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia.
1999
ed. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book Inc., 1999.
Solnick,
Bruce
B. "Columbus, Christopher." Grolier MultiMedia
Encyclopedia.
1994 ed. CD-ROM. Danbury, CT: Grolier Electronic
Publishing,
Inc., 1992.
Leicester,
Henry M. "Chemistry." Microsoft Encarta. 1998
ed. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 1998.
Periodical article from an online database
(Electric Library, SIRS Discoverer, Thomson Gale, ProQuest):
1. Author.
2. "Article
Title."
3. Original
Source
of Article Date: page numbers.
4. Name of
Database
Used. Name of the service (if available).
5. Library
where
database was accessed, Location of library (city and state).
6. Date of
access
7. <URL
of service's
homepage>.
Leo, John."Your Own Lincoln
Bedroom."
U.S.
News & World Report 17 Mar. 1997: 18. Electric
Lib.
Sterling Secondary Media Center, Sterling, KS. 25 Oct. 2000
<http://www.elibrary.com>.
Maddren, Gerry. "Against All Odds." Cricket Feb. 1998: 21-23. SIRS Discoverer. SIRS Discoverer
on
the Web. Sterling Secondary Media Center, Sterling, KS. 25
Oct. 2000 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Tucker, Patrick. "The over-mediated world: according to a media expert, technology creates its own value systems.." The Futurist 41.1 (Jan-Feb 2007): 12(2). Thomson Gale. Expanded Academic ASAP. KanED Learning Station. Sterling, KS. 17 Apr. 2007 <http://find.galegroup.com>.
Stone, Brad. "Social Networking's Next Phase." New York Times [New York , NY] 3 Mar. 2007. ProQuest. KanED Learning Station, Sterling, KS. 18 Apr. 2007. <http://proquest.umi.com>.
World Wide Web:
Remember, you can't just list a search engine
(Yahoo,
Google, Ask Jeeves, etc.). You must give the information from the
site where you actually got your information.
1. Author
(if known).
2. "Title of
article."
3. Title of
complete
work. (if available, underlined)
4. Date of
visit
5. <Full
http
address>. (enclosed in angle brackets)
Boritt, Gabor S.
"Civil
War." World Book Online. 10 September 1999
<http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar117060.htm>.
Norton, R.J. "An
Overview
of John Wilkes Booth's Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln." Abraham
Lincoln's Assassination. 28 November 1999
<http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.html>.
"Statistical
Summary:
America's Major Wars." The U.S. Civil War Center. 14
August
1999 <http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/stats/warcost.htm>.
Arnett, Bill.
"Callisto." The
Nine Planets. 21 May 1999
<http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/
callisto.html>.
Winter,
Mark. "Nitrogen."
WebElements.
9 July 1999
<http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/web-elements/N/key.html>.
Images:
1.
Creator/Author's Last Name, First Name
(if known).
2. Title or description.
3. Online
Image.
4. Date of
visit to the site
5. <URL of image>.
Galaxy Centaurua A Lithograph.
Online Image. 14 Apr. 2003
<http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/blackholes/preview-centaurus.php>.
Sounds:
1. Last Name,
First Name of person recorded or creator of sound
(if known).
2. Title or description.
3. Online Sound.
4. Date of
visit to the site
5. <URL of sound>.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Four Freedoms. Online
Sound. 14 April 2003
<http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audio.html>.
Video clips:
1. Creator's Last Name,
First Name (if known).
2. Title or description.
3. Online Video
Clip.
4. Date of
visit to the site
5. <URL of video clip>.
Planet Quest.
Online Video Clip. 14 April 2003
<http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/overview_index.html>.
Personal e-mail:
1. Author.
2. <Author's e-mail address> (enclosed in angle brackets)
3. "Subject line from posting."
4. Date of publication.
5. Personal e-mail.
Thompson, Barry.
<bthompson@aol.com>
"Computer Viruses." 26 Nov. 1999. Personal e-mail.
Adapted from a document created by:
© Susan Aroldi
Oradell Public School
Oradell, New Jersey
Used with written permission of author.
Online images, sounds and video clips citation information from Oregon
School Library Information System
http://oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/howto/cited/
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This guide has been adopted
for use at
Sterling High School and Sterling Jr.
High in Sterling,
Kansas.
Last updated March 26, 2008.
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