CITATIONSGiving credit for information and ideas that are not your own.

HOW TO CITE A BOOKLast name, First Name. Title. City Published: Publisher,

year published. Type of publication.

*Notice each line after the first line is indented. This is opposite of a paragraph.

IN OTHER WORDSFollow these steps

CITING A BOOKLast name,First Name.Title. (a book title is Italicized.)City published:Publisher,Year published.Type of publication.

Citing a magazine/Newspaper article

•Author. “Article Title.” Newspaper Name Date published: page number. Type of publication.

The steps to take

•Author (last name first, then first name.)

•Article title in “quotation marks”.•Newspaper Name (italicized)•Date published (Day month year) :•Page number.•Type of publication.

Citing a web site•Last name, first name.•Name of the article (in “quotation marks.”)

•Title of the web site (italicized.)•Publisher name,•Date published.•Type of publication. (online)•Date you accessed the site

Citing a CD-ROMSteps to follow

•Last name, First name.•Title of the publication (italicized).•Name of the editor, complier, or translator

•Place of publication:•Name of publisher,•Date of publication•Type of publication (CD-ROM)

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CITE SOURCES?

Answer this question with a neighbor.

Try citing this source

I read a book by Sally Harper. The title of the book is Dogs. It was very interesting and it was published in 2000. The publishing company is Random House in New York City, N.Y.

It should look similar to this

Harper, Sally. Dogs. New York: Random House, 2000. Print.

Try citing this source

I found a interesting newspaper article in the New York Times by Daniel J. Wakin. The title of the article is Headed for Korea, Orchestra Gets Tips. The article was printed on February 25, 2008. It appeared on paged E1.

It should look similar to this

Wakin, Daniel J. “Headed for Korea, Orchestra Gets Tips.” New York Times 25 February 2008: E1. Print.

Now its your turn

Choose a book in classroom and create a citation for the book.

Don’t forget to use the examples you were given.Another resource is the Language Network book pages 642-649.