Bibliography / Works Cited / References Formatting Guidelines
for Grades K-5
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Students are expected to note the following information
from each source used for reports and presentations.
Be sure to include this information
for any graphics or pictures used.
Kindergarten
- Book: author and title
- Website: title of website
1st Grade
- Book: author and title (underlined)
- Website: title of website
- AVL: database used
2nd Grade
- Book: author (last name, first name with a comma), title (underlined), publication year
- Website: title of website, URL
- AVL: database used, author and title of article
3rd Grade
- Book: author (last name, first name with a comma), title (underlined), publication year
- Website: title of website, URL, publication date, date accessed
- AVL: database used, author and title of article, title of original publication, date
4th Grade
- Book: author (last name, first name with a comma), title (underlined), place of publication, publisher, publication year
- Website: title of website, URL, publication date, date accessed
- AVL: database used, author and title of article, title of original publication, date
5th Grade
- Full bibliographic entries for books, websites, AVL articles. See below.
WRITING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OR WORKS CITED
A bibliography is a list of all of the sources (book, website, article, etc.)
that you researched to find information for your project.
STEP 1: GATHERING INFORMATION.
To create your bibliography,
you will need the some information from each of the sources you use.
BOOK
If you found information in a BOOK, find the Library Writing in your book (on the title page, the back of title page, or on the last page) and write down these details:
Author’s last name: ____________________
Author’s first name:______________________
Book title (underlined):
_______________________________________________
Place or City of publication:
_______________________________________________
Publisher name: ___________________________________
Copyright year: _________________________
WEBSITE
If you found information on a WEBSITE, look at the top and bottom of the homepage and the top and bottom of your article and write down these details:
Author’s last name: ___________________
Author’s first name:___________________
Article title (in quotation marks) :
________________________________________________
Website name (underlined):
________________________________________________
Publication date: ___________________
Date accessed (date you looked at it):
Web address:
http://www._______________________________________
ENCYCLOPEDIA
If you found information in an ENCYCLOPEDIA, write down these details:
Article Title (in quotation marks) :
________________________________________________
Encyclopedia name (underlined):
________________________________________________
Publication Year: _________________
If you found information on ALABAMA VIRTUAL LIBRARY,
look at the top of the article you used and write down these details:
Author’s Last Name: ___________________
Author’s First Name:
Article Title (in quotation marks) :
______________________________________________
Magazine or newspaper name (underlined):
_______________________________________
Publication date: _________________
Date Accessed (Date you looked at it): ____________
Database name: ____________________________________
Web address:
http://www._______________________________________
If you have more than one book, website, encyclopedia, or article from AVL,
be sure to write down the information for each source.
Students may also use online Bibliography/Works Cited Creation websites
such as: http://www.easybib.com/
Be sure to use the particular formatting your teacher requires: MLA, APA, Chicago...
STEP 2: WRITING YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Now it is time to put the information you have just gathered into the correct form. Look at the examples below. The examples will show you the proper order in which the details go:
Example for a book:
(author last, author first). (book title underlined).
Bauer, Marion Dane. Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Adults.
Bauer, Marion Dane. Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Adults.
(place of publication): (publisher name), (copyright year).
Example for a website:
(author last, author first) (article title) (website name) (date published) (date accessed)
Smith, Lucy. “Mars” Our Solar System. 2010. 8 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.oursolarsystem.com>.
(web address)
Example for an encyclopedia:
(article title) (encyclopedia name) (year)
“Mars.” World Book. 2010. Print.
Example for a website:
(author last, author first) "(article title)" (magazine title underlined) (date published)
Mathis, Lesley. “Ringing in the New Year Right.” Weekly Reader Jan. 2010.
SIRS Discoverer. Alabama
(date accessed) (web address)
Notice the punctuation
(commas, underlines, quotation marks, periods)
in these examples. Yours should look like these...
Next, you should put your bibliography entries in alphabetical order by the first word. Here’s what a finished bibliography will look like.
Bibliography / Works Cited
Bauer, Marion Dane. Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Adults.
“Mars.” World Book. 2010.
Mathis, Lesley. “Ringing in the New Year Right.” Weekly Reader Jan. 2010.
SIRS Discoverer. Alabama
<http://www.avl.lib.al.us>.
Smith, Lucy. “Mars” Our Solar System. 2010. 8 Jan. 2010
<http://www.oursolarsystem.com>.
