Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir
EasyBib School Edition - Easily create citations and your Works Cited page with the help of EasyBib. EasyBib School Edition also allows you to create notecards and build outlines.
Authority –Locate author's name @ bottom of webpage/article); the sponsor of the website ("About Us") and domain (ex. .gov, .org, .edu - in the web address)
Bias - Aim for accurate information with limited advertising
Currency – Find the date that the website was updated (look at bottom of homepage) and see if links (if any) are also up-to-date.
Design – Professional, easy to navigate, free from spelling/grammatical errors.
YOU are the Citation Maker for WEBSITES!
Locate & Record:
Webmaster's or author's name
Webpage title
Website Title
Sponsoring organization
Date of last revision/update
Date you accessed the webpage
1) Register for an EasyBib account 2) Create a New EasyBib Project 3) Identify Each TYPE/ of Source you found 4) Add Sources
A. Open Link for EasyBib and Click on REGISTER
B. Fill in the information in the box on the right: Use your school gmail account for your email address
C. Click the Green tab for "New Project"
D. Type in a Name for your Project and Click MLA 7th (citation format) & Click Create
E. You will see your New Project Listed; click the "Bibliography" link and you're ready to add your citations!
Look at each citation that you copied and pasted into your Draft Bibliography
Take a minute to decide/remember whether each was: 1) a book; 2) a database article; or 3) a website
Write down the source type (book, database, or website) next to each citation
Have Mrs. N or Mrs. Trissler check your work!
Login to Easybib and open link for your project.
Click on Bibliography link and select the "Book" tab at the top of page.
Look for the ISBN publication number on the back of the book's title page; type it in the box and Click "Cite this"
EasyBib will find that title and ask you if it found the correct book. Click "Select"
Check that the author, title, publisher, publication date boxes are complete and Click "Create Citation"
Login to EasyBib and open link for your project.
Open your Google doc draft citations list and copy the article's citation
Click on Bibliography link under your Easybib project title and select the "All 59 options" tab at the top of page.
Look in the middle of the left column for the "Write/ paste" citation link - click it and paste citation in the box
Click "Create Citation" at bottom of page.
WEBPAGE INFORMATION GATHERING MUSTS:
1) webpage author; 2) "webpage title"; 3) website title; 4) sponsoring organization; 5) date of last revision/update; 6) today's date
Login to EasyBib and open link for your project.
Click on Bibliography link under your Easybib project title and select the "Websites" tab at the top of page
Open the webpage that you are citing for you project
Copy the URL (web address - http:// ) for the webpage that you read for your report and paste it in the top box asking for website URL
Check the information in each box and make sure that EasyBib found:
1) author's name; 2) "webpage title"; 3) website title; 4) sponsoring org; 5) last date of revision/update [if this info is missing, return to webpage to find it!)
Type in any missing webpage information in teh boxes and Click "Create Citation"