Information adapted from: http://teenlink.nypl.org/bibliography.html

What is a Bibliography:

   A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources you have consulted for an essay or research paper. You must list your sources in a specific format. Use this guide to create your bibliography in the correct format.

Top 5 Reasons Why We Need It:

     5. To give credit to sources of words, ideas, diagrams, illustrations, quotations borrowed, or any materials summarized or paraphrased. 4. To show that you are respectfully borrowing other people’s ideas, not stealing them, i.e. to prove that you

are not plagiarizing.

3. To offer additional information to your readers who may wish to further look into your topic. 2. To give readers an opportunity to check out your sources for accuracy. An honest bibliography gives readers confidence in your writing. 1. Your teacher insists that you do a bibliography or your grade will be reduced!

WARNING!

DO NOT Plagiarize!

What does PLAGIARIZE mean, you ask?

plagiarize, plagiarise

[ˈpleidʒəraiz] verb

to copy texts or take ideas from someone else's work and use them as if they were one's own without crediting the source Synonyms = steal * copy * lift * bootleg * use illegally SOLUTION: Re-write the information in your own words.

Cite the source if you quote information.

Things to remember:

     1. Always underline the title of the work cited.

2. Alphabetize by the author’s last name. 3. If there is no author, alphabetize by title. 4. Always indent the second or third lines (5 spaces). 5. Always leave 1 space after commas and 2 spaces after periods and colons.

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General Guide to Formatting a Bibliography

 Here are some examples of how to format the different types of sources…

For a book:

 Author (last name first). Title of the book. City: Publisher, Date of publication.   EXAMPLE: Dahl, Roald. The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982.   For a book with two authors: Sorensen, Sharon, and LeBreck, Bob. The Research Paper. New York: Amsco Publications, 1994.

For an encyclopedia:

 Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page numbers.

  EXAMPLE: The Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1997. Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp. 50-51.

For a magazine:

 Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date): page numbers.

  EXAMPLE: Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming at the Top of the World." Museum of Science Magazine. Volume 47, No. 1, (Winter 1998): p. 11.   An article in a magazine: Begley, Sharon. "A Healthy Dose of Laughter." Newsweek 4 Oct. 1982: 74.

For a newspaper:

 Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of newspaper, city, state of publication. (date): edition if available, section, page number(s).     EXAMPLE: Powers, Ann, "New Tune for the Material Girl." The New York Times, New York, NY. (3/1/98): Atlantic Region, Section 2, p. 34.

An article in a newspaper: Brody, Jane E. "Multiple Cancers Termed On Increase." New York Times 10 Oct. 1976: A37.

For a person:

 Full name (last name first). Occupation. Date of interview.   EXAMPLE: Smeckleburg, Sweets. Bus driver. April 1, 1996.

For a film:

 Title, Director, Distributor, Year.   EXAMPLE: Braveheart, Dir. Mel Gibson, Icon Productions, 1995

World Wide Web:

 URL (Uniform Resource Locator or WWW address). author (or item's name, if mentioned), date.  EXAMPLE: (Boston Globe's www address)  http://www.boston.com. Today's News, August 1, 1996.

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An article from an Internet site:

Bradshaw, Gary S. "Wilbur and Orville Wright." Oct. 1996 URL: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~srwright/WrBr/Wrights.html

Five Criteria for Evaluating a Web Page Adapted from - http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

 It’s important to evaluate the web pages you find your information on.

 Ask yourself the following questions:

1. Accuracy of Web Documents

   Who wrote the page and can you contact him or her? What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced? Is this person qualified to write this document?

2. Authority of Web Documents

   Who published the document and is it separate from the "Webmaster?" Check the domain of the document, what institution publishes this document? Does the publisher list his or her qualifications?

3. Objectivity of Web Documents

 What goals/objectives does this page meet?   How detailed is the information? What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author?

4. Currency of Web Documents

 When was it produced?

 When was it updated?  How up-to-date are the links (if any)?

5. Coverage of the Web Documents

 Are the links (if any) evaluated and do they complement the documents' theme?   Is it all images or a balance of text and images? Is the information presented cited correctly?

Helpful sites to begin your search…

 Ask Jeeves = www.ask.com

 Google = www.google.co.il

 Yahoo = www.yahoo.com

Refining your search…

 For Ask Jeeves, type in a question to direct your search.

 Example: How was the Atomic Bomb used in WWII?

 For Yahoo and Google, type in key words along with symbols to direct your search  Example: WWII + atomic bomb + facts

Chart of Symbols

taken from:

Understanding Boolean Logic and Improving your Search Results

by

Gail Mann

Command + " " domain: host: image: text: title: url: * capital letters What it means

to include this word (care) to exclude this word (nuts) to find an exact phrase to define a specific country or type of site to define a particular host to find a picture of to define words that must appear in the text to define a word that must appear in the title to define a word that must appear in the address.

to include word families, related words to look specifically for the word written with a capital letter.

Example

dog + care chocolate cake - nuts “to be or not to be” domain:k12 domain:il host:w-angle.galil.k12.il host:gov.il

image:Rabin image:Jerusalem text:research title:Holocaust url:etni *sun , sunny, Sunday, sunshine ...

Cat - only where cat is written with a capital letter. (cat = all cats)

Now it

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s time to practice.

Your task: 1. Using books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, films and the Internet, find an example for at least five DIFFERENT mediums. 2. Cite the examples in the appropriate format based on the information you received in today ’ s lesson.

3. Each group must hand in one copy of their cited list of sources. Remember, your list must contain one example from at least five of the categories mentioned above.