Making a BibliographyUsing the Correct Format

Citing Sources

•Who•What•When•Where

• Author (last name first)

• Title (book, website, webpage)• Date published, date accessed• Publishing city, website URL

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm

Citing Sources

Sansal, Burak. “All About Turkey: The Hittites.” http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm. 2010. Web. 16 November 2010.

Citing Sources

• If you cannot find a piece of information required for your bibliography, skip it:• No author listed:"Hattusa." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Nov. 2010.

Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattusa>.

• Incomplete online date:Sansal, Burak. "The Hittites." All About Turkey. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010.

<http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm>.

Citing Sources

• When you have collected the correct information from each source and written it in the correct format, alphabetize your sources by the first word in each citation (usually the author’s last name; sometimes the title of the book, article or webpage if no author is listed).• See the example on the next slide.

Example:

• "Hattusa." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Nov. 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattusa>.• Sansal, Burak. "The Hittites." All About Turkey. 2010. Web. 18 Nov.

2010. <http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm>.• "Wikijunior:Ancient Civilizations/Hittites - Wikibooks, Collection of

Open-content Textbooks." Wikibooks. Wikimedia Foundation, 7 July 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Ancient_Civilizations/Hittites>.

Help Is On the Way!

• Easybib.com• Register (Use KSD email and password).• Save lists. Use the assignment name or topic as the list title.• Fill in the blanks. Do some additional searching in your website as

needed to find details.• Export to Word for print project or use the “Copy & Paste” link for

electronic work.

Works Cited

• "Hattusa." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Nov. 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattusa>.

• Sansal, Burak. "The Hittites." All About Turkey. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm>.

• "What Is MLA Style?" Modern Language Association (MLA): Format, Bibliography, Style, Convention. Modern Language Association, 30 July 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.mla.org/style>.

• "Why Is a Bibliography so Important?" Monash University Library. Monash University, 26 Sept. 2003. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/scholar/scholar03.htm>.

• "Wikijunior:Ancient Civilizations/Hittites - Wikibooks, Collection of Open-content Textbooks." Wikibooks. Wikimedia Foundation, 7 July 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Ancient_Civilizations/Hittites>.