Writing Strategies Standard 1.8

 To acknowledge our sources (show where we found the information)  To give our readers information to identify and consult our sources  To make sure our information is accurate  To show academic honesty

This is called plagiarism (using another person’s words, pictures or ideas without giving them credit). To avoid plagiarism, we give credit to our sources by citing them in our bibliography.

 A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all sources you consult or use for projects, reports, research, etc., including–  books  magazines  newspapers  encyclopedias

Meade, Melody. Endangered and nearly endangered species in the Washington DC area. New York:Scholastic, Author’s last name and first name should be first. Title of book Place of publication PublisherDate it was published

 When you write a research report you read different articles, books, magazines, etc  If you want to use words that the author used you would use quotation marks in your report to include those same words.  In the bibliography of your report you would include the author’s last name, first name. Title of book. City it was published:Publisher, and year.

a. the title of the book b. The date the book was published c. Author of book d. How many pages the book was

Meade, Melody. Endangered and nearly endangered species in the Washington DC area. New York: Scholastic, Who published the book? What year was this book published? Who is the author of this book? Scholastic 2009 Melody Meade

Lopez, George. Living in Los Angeles. San Fernando: Birmingham Press, What company published the book? What year was this book published? Who is the author of this book? Birmingham Press 2011 George Lopez

If Joey is writing his own recipe book and uses recipe ideas from other cookbooks, he will need to include in the bibliography; the author, title of recipe, publisher, year it was published, and________. a. State it was published in b. How many pages c. Place of publication