Books
What is the first thing in a book citations?
Author's name
This is the person or group who wrote the webpage.
The author
What goes first in a picture citation?
Artist/photographer
What is a person called who is being interviewed. You are the interviewer, they are the_________
Interviewee
What is an in-text citation?
This is a short citation inside your sentence that shows where the information before it came from.
This tells where the book was made or printed, like Scholastic or Penguin.
Publisher
What goes in second place if you know the author of the webpage?
Name of the website
What do you put if there is no artist?
You put the website's name which is the best you can do.
What is the first bit of information for personal interview citations?
Interviewee's name
Why do we have to use in-text-citations
This helps give credit to the original author and shows where your information came from. Without it, you have no idea where your citations are in your text.
This shows when the book was published.
The year
Why is it important that you say when you went on a website to get information?
Websites are a bit like shape-shifters. They can change, update, or even disappear overnight. The access date is like a timestamp that says “This is what the page looked like when I used it.”
This is the link that takes you directly to the image or webpage?
The URL
This phrase is written after the name to show how you got the information
What are the two punctuation marks that go before and after the in-text-citation?
Brackets, or parentheses
Is this a correct book citation?
Rick Riordan. The Lightning Thief. 2005.
The publisher is missing
This is the web address you use to find the page online.
URL
John Smith. https:// www.examplefonts.com, Accessed on June 7, 2024.
What is the last bit of information needed?
The date you interviewed the person.
You always need to give both your citations and your in-text citations in all your work (Drozdowski).
Is this a correct example of an in-text citation?
Yes
Is there anything wrong here ?
Katherine Applegate. 2012, The One and Only Ivan. HarperCollins.
The publishing date should be at the end.
What is wrong with this citation?
Jason Asllani. National Geographic Kids, http://www.kids.nationalgeographic.com.
Missing the date accessed
What is wrong here?
https:// www.kids.nationalgeographic.com, National Geographic Kids, Accessed May 30, 2025.Sandra Bernhart.
Author should be first, and then the name of the website.
Is this correct or is something missing?
Jane Smith. Personal interview. 5 May 2024.
It is correct
What if there is no author, editor of a book. What if there is no author on a website. What do I use in my in-text citation in both of these cases?
The website's name (website) or Publishers name (book)