Creating Citations

How to Cite Online Resources Give credit where credit is due! Every time you gather information, video clips, images or sounds, you must give credit to the person who created it. This is called a bibliography.

Q: Why should I cite my resources?

A: Just as people shouldn't go about life taking things from others without asking, you shouldn't take images, sounds and/or words from the online work of others without giving them credit. Plus, your teachers will need to know WHERE you found your information. If you don't cite your sources, you may have to re-do your assignment...or worse!

Q: When should I cite my resources?

1. Any time you Copy and Paste text from the Web. * Always use "Quotes" around ANY text that you Copy/Paste directly from the Web!!

2. Any time you gather information from the Web, even if it's written in your own words.

3. Any time you use a picture, sounds, or video clips from the Web.

Task: Create a Bibliography Part 1 1. Open a new Word document, Save as YOUR NAME, bibliography 2. Next, type your name, date and class in the top right corner. ** 3. Go to the following Link to access the site OSLIS-

http://cm.oslis.org/MLACitations/secondary/

Part 2 See Page below for help using the Website OSLIS

Use the guide on the next page to guide you as you create citations for the items listed on the next page.

When you are finished creating your citations in OSLIS copy and paste them to your Word document.

Create Citations for the following items: 1. Google: "Samurai" and search for a good info page on this topic.

Cite this page.

2. Google: “About Hurricanes” Find a good informational website.

Cite this page.

3. Find another website about any school topic.

Cite it!

Second Thing: Go to www.google.com and Search Images. Cite them below!

5. Find one good picture of the RUINS OF TIKAL. Click on this picture, go to “full size” and cite this picture.

(Image URL)

For step by step instructions see directions below.

Now that you have all your citations copied into Word.

Save and close the document and then upload it into Moodle.

How to Cite Sources Using Citation Maker Here are specific instructions about how to use Citation Maker.

1. Click on the resource you want to cite from the yellow Source Type box. If a template does not appear, you might need to allow pop-ups from your browser.

2. Complete the template form with information from your source. Only fill in the boxes that apply with information that is available to you.

3. When you are done filling out the form, click “Create Citation Below.” Your citations will appear below the template in the dotted box.

4. Continue this process for each of your sources. You may enter multiple citations without losing the previous ones.

5. When you have entered all of your citations, sort them into the required alphabetical order by clicking on “Sort All.” If a citation begins with quotation marks, manually move that citation from the beginning of the list to its proper alphabetical spot.

6. After sorting, click “Copy All.” Then copy and paste the citations into a word processing document that you print or save.

7. Once you paste your list into your own document, correct these things as necessary: ▪

Double space the list, both between citations and within them.

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When a citation has more than one line, use a hanging indent. To do this, indent the second line and every line thereafter, to the right five spaces.

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Alphabetize the entire list by the first word of each citation. This may be the author’s last name or the first word in a title.

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Capitalize titles as follows: ▪

MLA -- Capitalize the first word and all words in the title with the exception of the, at, to, in, a, etc.

The Directions Above were taken from the following site: "Citation Maker Instructions." Oregon School Library Information System.

N.p., 2011. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources/