1. Practice! Using one of your library books, practice writing a bibliographic citation.

2. Who Write your author’s last name, followed by a comma: Author’s Last Name, Blevins,

3. Add your author’s first name, and if there is no middle name or initial, finish with a period If your author has a middle name or middle initial, it goes after the first name Last Name, First Name + Middle Name or Middle Initial. Blevins, Wiley.

4. What Write the title, and underline it, and finish it with a period. Last Name, First Name + Middle Name or Initial. Title. Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant.

5. Hanging Indention Instead of indenting the first line as you would in a paragraph, the first line begins at the margin The rest of the lines are indented 5 spaces from the margin.

6. Where (the city) Write the city (but not the state) where the publisher is located, and insert a colon after the city name. Last Name, First Name. Title. City: Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis:

7. Where (the publisher) Write the publishing company name, followed by a comma: Last Name, First Name. Title. City: Publisher, Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis: Compass Point,

8. When Add the copyright date, and end the citation with a period. Last Name, First Name. Title. New York: Publisher, date. Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis: Compass Point, 2004.

9. Medium of Publication The “mediuim of publication” for a hard copy book is Print. Last Name, First Name. Title. New York: Publisher, date. Print. Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis: Compass Point, 2004. Print.

10. The Works Consulted Song Last name, comma, First name, period. Title of the book, Underlined then period. Place of publication: Colon and the publisher, Comma, date, period. Type of media, period.

11. Citation for a Print Encyclopedia “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Copyright date. Print. “Philadelphia.” The New Book of Knowledge. 2014. Print.