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A Bibliography page gives credit to the authors or creators who
originally researched and published the information you are using. Please do
not use their information or pictures as your own. You are committing
plagiarism when you use information that you have found in your research
without giving credit.
As you are gathering information for a research project, write down the
author, title, city, publisher, and copyright date of the sources you use.
Oregon School Library Information System
(http://elementary.oslis.org/cite-sources)
OSLIS Elementary
How to Cite Sources
Citation Examples:
Print Materials
Book (one author) (Citation Maker)
Parson, Alexander. Amazing Spiders. New York: Knopf, 1990.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright
Year.
Book (no author) (Citation Maker)
World Travel Guide. London: SF Travel Publications, 2002.
Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Book (two authors) (Citation Maker)
McKissack, Patricia, and Fredrick McKissack. African-American
Inventors. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1994.
Author1’s Last Name, First Name, and Author2’s First Name Last Name. Title of
Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Book (three or more authors) (Citation Maker)
Adams, Brian, et. al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. New York:
Shooting Star Press, 1994.
Author1’s Last Name, First Name, et. al. Title of Book. City: Publisher,
Copyright Year.
Book (one editor) (Citation Maker)
Middleton, John, ed. Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students. New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002.
Editor’s Last Name, First Name, ed. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright
Year.
Book (two editors)
Clark, Anne Rogers, and Andrew H. Brace, eds. The International
Encyclopedia of Dogs. New York: Howell Book House, 1995.
Editor1’s Last Name, First name, and Editor2’s First Name Last Name, eds.
Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Book (three or more editors)
Boehm, David A., et. al., eds. Guinness Sports Record Book, 1990-91.
New York: Sterling, 1990.
Editor1’s Last Name, First name, et. al., eds. Title of Book. City:
Publisher, Copyright Year.
Encyclopedia Article (Citation Maker)
Minch, Edwin W. “Spiders.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1997 ed.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Encyclopedia Title. Year.
(Author's name is found on the last page of the topic article in very tiny
letters.)
Magazine Article (Citation Maker)
Churchman, Deborah. “Be a Nature Detective.” Ranger Rick Mar. 1999:
28-31.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Magazine Title Date of
Magazine(day month year): Pages.(Include the day if it is part of the
magazine date, for example, 29 Sep. 2002.)
Newspaper Article (Citation Maker)
Stern, Henry. “Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile.”
Oregonian 9 Apr. 2003: D01.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper [City
if local and not in Newspaper Name] Date: Section&Page.
Electronic Sources
CD-ROM Encyclopedia Article (Citation Maker)
“Spiders.” Grolier's New Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Danbury,
CT: Grolier, 1998.
“Title of Article.” Title of the CD-ROM. CD-ROM. City: Publisher, Year.
Video (Citation Maker) Spiders: Backyard Science. Videocassette. Phoenix
Films, 1992.
Title. Videocassette. Distributor, Year of Release.
DVD (Citation Maker)
Lewis and Clark Expedition. DVD. Film Ideas, 2001.
Title. DVD. Distributor, Year of Release.
World Wide Web
Encyclopedia Article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Minch, Edwin W. “Spider.” World Book Online. April 9, 2003
(http://www.worldbookonline.com/).
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Encyclopedia Title. Date
of Visit to Site (URL of Article).
Magazine Article on the Web (online database) (Citation Maker)
Churchman, Deborah. “Super Spider Silk.” Ranger Rick May 1995: 36.
Primary Search. EBSCOhost. April 9, 2003 (http://search.epnet.com/).
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Original Source of
Article Date of Original Source: Pages. Database Title. Name of Service
Provider. Date of Visit
to Site (URL of Site).
Newspaper Article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Stern, Henry. “Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile.”
Oregonian 9 Apr. 2003. April 14, 2003 (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/).
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper [City
if local and not in Newspaper Name] Date of Article. Date of Visit to Site
(URL).
Web Page (Citation Maker)
Gilbert, Tim. Anansi The Spider. Manteno Community Unit School
District #5, Manteno, IL. April 9, 2003
(http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/elementary/LanguageArt
s/Anasi/timgilbertwebquest.html).
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Site or Page. Name of Institution or
Organization. Date of Visit to Site (URL of Page).
Other
Interview (Citation Maker)
Barquist, Carmelita. Personal interview. July 28, 2002.
Name of person interviewed (Last Name, First Name). Type of interview
(Personal or Telephone). Date of Interview.
Citation Maker is found on web site: www.ncwiseowl.org
http://www.easybib.com
Information on citing sources comes from the Oregon School Library
Information System (http://elementary.oslis.org/cite-sources)
A Bibliography page gives credit to the authors or creators who
originally researched and published the information you are using. Please do
not use their information or pictures as your own. You are committing
plagiarism when you use information that you have found in your research
without giving credit.
As you are gathering information for a research project, write down the
author, title, city, publisher, and copyright date of the sources you use.
Oregon School Library Information System
(http://elementary.oslis.org/cite-sources)
OSLIS Elementary
How to Cite Sources
Citation Examples:
Print Materials
Book (one author) (Citation Maker)
Parson, Alexander. Amazing Spiders. New York: Knopf, 1990.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright
Year.
Book (no author) (Citation Maker)
World Travel Guide. London: SF Travel Publications, 2002.
Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Book (two authors) (Citation Maker)
McKissack, Patricia, and Fredrick McKissack. African-American
Inventors. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1994.
Author1’s Last Name, First Name, and Author2’s First Name Last Name. Title of
Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Book (three or more authors) (Citation Maker)
Adams, Brian, et. al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. New York:
Shooting Star Press, 1994.
Author1’s Last Name, First Name, et. al. Title of Book. City: Publisher,
Copyright Year.
Book (one editor) (Citation Maker)
Middleton, John, ed. Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students. New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002.
Editor’s Last Name, First Name, ed. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright
Year.
Book (two editors)
Clark, Anne Rogers, and Andrew H. Brace, eds. The International
Encyclopedia of Dogs. New York: Howell Book House, 1995.
Editor1’s Last Name, First name, and Editor2’s First Name Last Name, eds.
Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Book (three or more editors)
Boehm, David A., et. al., eds. Guinness Sports Record Book, 1990-91.
New York: Sterling, 1990.
Editor1’s Last Name, First name, et. al., eds. Title of Book. City:
Publisher, Copyright Year.
Encyclopedia Article (Citation Maker)
Minch, Edwin W. “Spiders.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1997 ed.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Encyclopedia Title. Year.
(Author's name is found on the last page of the topic article in very tiny
letters.)
Magazine Article (Citation Maker)
Churchman, Deborah. “Be a Nature Detective.” Ranger Rick Mar. 1999:
28-31.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Magazine Title Date of
Magazine(day month year): Pages.(Include the day if it is part of the
magazine date, for example, 29 Sep. 2002.)
Newspaper Article (Citation Maker)
Stern, Henry. “Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile.”
Oregonian 9 Apr. 2003: D01.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper [City
if local and not in Newspaper Name] Date: Section&Page.
Electronic Sources
CD-ROM Encyclopedia Article (Citation Maker)
“Spiders.” Grolier's New Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Danbury,
CT: Grolier, 1998.
“Title of Article.” Title of the CD-ROM. CD-ROM. City: Publisher, Year.
Video (Citation Maker) Spiders: Backyard Science. Videocassette. Phoenix
Films, 1992.
Title. Videocassette. Distributor, Year of Release.
DVD (Citation Maker)
Lewis and Clark Expedition. DVD. Film Ideas, 2001.
Title. DVD. Distributor, Year of Release.
World Wide Web
Encyclopedia Article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Minch, Edwin W. “Spider.” World Book Online. April 9, 2003
(http://www.worldbookonline.com/).
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Encyclopedia Title. Date
of Visit to Site (URL of Article).
Magazine Article on the Web (online database) (Citation Maker)
Churchman, Deborah. “Super Spider Silk.” Ranger Rick May 1995: 36.
Primary Search. EBSCOhost. April 9, 2003 (http://search.epnet.com/).
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Original Source of
Article Date of Original Source: Pages. Database Title. Name of Service
Provider. Date of Visit
to Site (URL of Site).
Newspaper Article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Stern, Henry. “Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile.”
Oregonian 9 Apr. 2003. April 14, 2003 (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/).
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper [City
if local and not in Newspaper Name] Date of Article. Date of Visit to Site
(URL).
Web Page (Citation Maker)
Gilbert, Tim. Anansi The Spider. Manteno Community Unit School
District #5, Manteno, IL. April 9, 2003
(http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/elementary/LanguageArt
s/Anasi/timgilbertwebquest.html).
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Site or Page. Name of Institution or
Organization. Date of Visit to Site (URL of Page).
Other
Interview (Citation Maker)
Barquist, Carmelita. Personal interview. July 28, 2002.
Name of person interviewed (Last Name, First Name). Type of interview
(Personal or Telephone). Date of Interview.
Citation Maker is found on web site: www.ncwiseowl.org