Bibliography Practice

What is a Bibliography

• A study of life

• list of all of the sources you have used in the process of researching your work

• Autographed Bible

• A book with many graphs

When should you create a bibliography?

• when you create a picture

• when writing nonfiction text

• you don't need to create a bibliography

• when you are writing informational text

Using someone else's work without citing the source is called

• flattery

• credit

• research

• plagiarism

One purpose for citing sources is to

• make your paper longer

• show readers where your information came from

• to stress out your teacher

• there is not such thing as citing a source

What should you do if a website doesn't tell you who the author of the webpage is?

• Make something up
• Search online to track down who wrote it
• Write "Not found"
• Leave it blank

Why do we need to write a bibliography?

• To respect the author and give them credit
• To give your teacher a way to double-check your information
• To avoid plagiarism
• All of these reasons!

Noah read a book for his report on penguins.  When he writes his bibliography, he should be sure to include:

• A. The time he finished the book

• A. The chapters he used for his report

• A. The title of the book

• A. The author’s birthdate

Sasha is writing a report on zebras. Which source would be best to find information for her report?

• Wikipedia

• A book that talks about animals that live in the zoo

• A National Geographic webpage that focuses on how a Zebra survives

• An article written by a famous author titled "Why I believe Zebras are the Best Animal"

Cassidy really wants to learn more about how the United States became a country. Where should Cassidy go to find her information?

• A website that lists the best countries in the world

• An article written by a social studies teacher about why she believes the American Revolution was important

• World Book Encyclopedia through Clever

• A dictionary