HOW TO TURN THE INFORMATION ON YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY WORKSHEET INTO A CITATION

THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD DIRECTIONS AND EXAMPLES ON EVERY BIBLIOGRAPHY WORKSHEET

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Directions!!!

But, if I look at those examples it might help me!

I’m confused!!!

START WITH THE AUTHOR’S NAME

Name formatting is: Last, First Middle.

Guide to Formatting Authors’ Names in Citations – What to do if there is more than one author, one or more editors, a corporate author, or other challenges.

Middle names and middle initials follow the first name.

Don’t turn middle names into initials or skip the middle name.

Tomecek, Stephen M.

Check assignment directions for formatting, font, and size requirements!

One period follows the author’s name.

ADD THE TITLE:

Capitalize all titles correctly! Capitalizing Titles Guide

AND SUBTITLE

Use a colon after the title, if there is a subtitle.

What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World.

Notice that titles are in italics!!!

Tomecek, Stephen M.Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea

Titles are in italics!

: Inventions that Changed the World.

Put punctuation at the end of the title. Put punctuation at the end of the title. It’s almost always a period.

THE EDITION

The X on your bibliography worksheet is just a place holder. It shows that you looked for the edition and there either wasn’t one listed, or it was the 1st edition.

When you write up your citation, you will skip over the X if you have one, but include any other edition information. Ex: 6th ed.

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World.

CITY OF PUBLICATION:

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World.

Follow the city of publication (not the city where it was printed) with a colon.

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New

York:

All citations more than one line long require a hanging indent.

Double space and indent a half inch.

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New York:

Follow the name of the publishing company with a comma.

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New

York: Scholastic,

PUBLICATION DATE

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New York: Scholastic,

Follow the publication (copyright) date with a period.

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New

York: Scholastic, 2003.

MEDIUM

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

Follow the medium (format) with a period.

Tomecek, Stephen M. What a Great Idea: Inventions that Changed the World. New

York: Scholastic, 2003. Print.

The medium is the physical or virtual form of the resource.

Traditional book with pages = PrintBook read on computer, Kindle, Nook, etc = eBookAudiobook on iPod, iPhone, Fuze, etc = MP3

NEXT STEPS

Follow the directions on your assignment

Did your teacher request that you use a specific size and type of font?

Create a Works Cited or Works Consulted list

List all your citations in alphabetical order

Looking at the List of Works Cited will help you!

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