Bibliography for 7th grade Country Reports

Books:
Author(last name, first name, middle name or initial). Edition of book if it is stated. Title of book. City of publication: Publisher, year of publication. (if there is no AUTHOR, start with TITLE)

One author
Millard, Anne. Explorers from Columbus to Armstrong. New York: Usborne Publishing, 1991.

Two authors
Harris, Alan and Paul Weissman. The Great Voyager Adventure, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Messner, 1990.

More than two authors
Markham, Roberta H. and others. Whole Earth Ecology. Chicago, IL: Children's Press, 1981.

Editor only
Smith, Carter, ed. Governing and Teaching: a Sourcebook on Colonial America. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 1991.

No author
Visual Dictionary of Animals. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991.

Encyclopedias - also specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and atlases:
Author (last name, first name, middle name or initial). "Title of article," Name of encyclopedia (Edition), volume, page numbers of article.
(if there is no AUTHOR, start with TITLE)

"Exploration." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1993 ed.

Fisher, Dean H. "Dolphin." World Book Encyclopedia 1996 ed., volume 4, pp. 23-26.

Magazines:
Author(last name, first name, middle name or initial). "Title of article," Name of magazine, volume number (date of publication), page numbers of article.

Bay, Marianne. "Something Fishy Going Up." At Sea, vol. 12 (June 7, 1992) pp. 34-35.

World Wide Web:
Author(last name, first name, middle name or initial). "Title of item." Title of complet work. document date. Full http address (date of visit). (if there is no AUTHOR, start with TITLE)

Smith, Joe. "The Amazing World of Animals.".Share the World. 2002. http://www.sharetheworld.com/awa.html (March 3, 2003).

"The Planets." Astronomy for Kids. 2002. .http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/planets.htm (2/14/2002)

Sites that automatically do it for you!!

• EasyBib automatically formats, alphabetizes, and prints
• OSLIS Citation Maker
• Slate Citation Machine - Select a category, enter the information

Other sites with citation information

• Citations and Bibliography - Anacortes SD
• Citing sources (by grade level - Yahooligans)
• MLA ... Modern Language Association Style bibliography

Plagiarism

• Avoiding Plagiarism
  Defines "accidental" plagiarism and gives examples of acceptable paraphrases (The Writing Place - Northwestern University)
  
• How to recognize plagiarism - Plagiarism Test - Indiana University
• Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize it and Avoid it
  Writing Tutorial Services or WTS (often pronounced "wits") at Indiana University-Bloomington has put together this often cited document that discusses what constitutes plagiarism. Strategies students can take to avoid academic dishonesty are also provided
  
• Plagiarism: Q & A
  Michael L. Spears, Grosse Point Public Schools, has developed this "slide" presentation that includes tips on how students can avoid plagiarism. Included at this site are resources to help students correctly paraphrase and cite sources as well as information on cheating.
• Plagiarism stoppers: a teacher's guide Places to go for help with student plagiarism, how to identify it, what to do when it happens, how to prevent it
• Plagiarism v. Documentation These samples display how students can effectively quote AND use their own voice in their writing
  • Summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting why would you use each
• Plagriarism Workshop an introduction to the issue of plagiarism, an overview of copyright laws and fair-use provisions, and a demonstration of the use of paraphrasing and quoting as methods of avoiding it. Accessing a wide variety of the Internet sites on plagiarism and copyright, the focus of this workshop is to encourage students to empathize with artists and authors whose work is "stolen" when it is plagiarized
• Preventing Digital Plagiarism
  Article by Caroline McCullen - basis for presentation at Middle School Conference
  • also Keeping Kids Honest