Works Consulted aka Works Cited, or Bibliography

What is a Works Consulted?
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A works consulted is an alphabetical listing of all of the sources
(print and digital) used to prepare a report or project.

Why prepare a Works Consulted?
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To offer additional information; so information can be verified
To complete an assignment
To acknowledge and give credit to others’ ideas
To avoid plagiarism

What is plagiarism?
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Using and taking credit for another person’s ideas, writings, or other creations, known as their intellectual property

Common Core CC.6.W.9
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
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Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources
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Assess the credibility of each source
Quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for the sources

PA Academic Standard
1.8.6.C.
Organization and Production of Final Product:
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Presents and connects findings to support purpose
Draw reasonable conclusions
Gives proper credit to sources

American Association of
School Librarians AASL 3.1.6
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Use information and technology ethically and responsibly

What is copyright?
What is the copyright date?
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Copyright is:
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The legal protection of a person’s intellectual property the right to “produce, publish, or sell a books, song etc, such that others must obtain permission to copy or perform the material”*
Copyright date is:
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The date a book, magazine, encyclopedia, CD-
Rom, Internet site, film, etc., receives copyright protection
*Scholastic Children’s Dictionary, 1996

A works consulted is made up of bibliographic citations for each source

What information is included in a bibliographic citation*?
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Who:
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The author’s name
What:
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The title of the source
Where:
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Publishing information
When:
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Copyright date
Type:
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Medium of publication

What is
“medium of publication”?
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Print
 hard copy book or magazine
Web
 digital Internet publications
For a list of publication mediums, go to:
 http://www.luzzo.com/list-of-mla-medium-of-publication-types/

What does a bibliographic citation look like?
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Information listed in a
Required punctuation
“Hanging indention” prescribed
Necessary capital letters
Double spacing order
Paul, Miranda. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the
Recyclinig Women of the Gambia. Minneapolis:
Millbrook, 2015. Print.
note: Millbrook Press is listed as Millbrook (words such as books, library, publishers, house, and incorporated are omitted from the publishing company name in a bibliographic citation)

Where can bibliographic information for a book be found?
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The TITLE PAGE usually includes:
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Author (who)
Title (what)
Publisher (where)
City of publication (where)

Title Page

Where is the rest of the bibliographic information?
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If the information is NOT on the title page, check the VERSO for:
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The city of publication
The publisher
The copyright date ©
REMEMBER to check the title page first !!

Verso

Bibliography Notes
Author
Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
Title
Worst of Friends
City of Publication
New York
Publisher
Dutton
Copyright Date
2011
Medium of Publication
Print

It’s Your Turn!
Last name, First name Middle Name. Title. City:
Publisher, date. Print.
Jurmain, Suzanne Tripp. Worst of Friends.
New York: Dutton, 2011. Print.

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.

What does a Works Consulted for books look like?
Evdokimoff, Natasha. Pennsylvania. Mankato:
Weigl, 2001. Print.
Ingram, Scott. Pennsylvania the Keystone
State. Milwaukee: World Almanac, 2002. Print.
McAuliffe, Emily. Pennsylvania Facts and Symbols.
New York: Hilltop, 1999. Print.

Can you find the mistakes?
Evdokimoff, Natasha. Pennsylvania. Mankato:
Weigl Publishers, 2001
McAuliffe, Emily. Pennsylvania Facts and
Symbols. New York : Hilltop Books, 1999!
Ingram, Scott. Pennsylvania the Keystone
State. Milwaukee, WI: World Almanac
Library, 2002. Print

Print Reference Book Articles
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When citing an article in a reference book
(such as an encyclopedia), follow the format below:
“Title of article.” Title of the encyclopedia.
Copyright date. Print.
“Middle Ages.” The New Book of Knowledge. 2007.
Print.

Sirs Discoverer
Reference Book Article
Author’s name. “Title of article.” Title of the Book.
Edition (if known). Year. Title of the Database. Web.
Date of access (day month year).
Harris, Laurie Lanzen. “John Adams.” Biography for
Beginners – Presidents. 2002. Sirs Discoverer. Web.
4 November 2009.