Mission Folder Tip: Citing Your Research Through a Bibliography

The last question in the “Draw Your Conclusion” section of the Mission Folder asks students to list all of the sources they used to complete their Mission Folder; this is their bibliography. They will need to list all resources they used to conduct their research, including web sites, books, magazines, community resources and experts.

For a printed source, such as a book, magazine or encyclopedia, have students write down:

    • Author name
    • Title of publication
    • Date of publication
    • Publishing company
    • Volume number of magazine or printed encyclopedia
    • Page number(s)

For a web site, have students write down:

    • Author/Editor names
    • Title of page
    • Company/Organization who posted web page
    • Web address (URL)
    • Last date looked at the page

The bibliographic information for different types of resources are located in different places, so teams may need to do some detective work to get all of the information that a bibliography requires. Guide students to look in the following places:

    • Title page of a book, encyclopedia or dictionary
    • Heading of an article
    • Front, second or editorial page of the newspaper
    • Contents page of a journal or magazine
    • Header (at the top) or footer (at the bottom) of a web site
    • About or the Contact page of a web site

There are standards for documenting sources of information and even though different publications may use a slightly different format for the bibliography, they all contain the same basic information.

A common format followed in many high schools is the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. Most libraries will carry copies of the MLA handbook and there are numerous sources available online for students to utilize. For an example on MLA format, click here.

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