Citations Made Easy

Books & Articles

• Author. Title of Book/Article
• Last name, First Initial. Title of Book/Article
• Example:

• Kinney, J. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Davies, J. The Lemonade War
• Greenwald, T. Katie Friedman Give Up Texting! and Live to Tell About It.

Databases

The best way to create a citation for a database is to copy (command + C) and paste (command + V) directly from the article you are reading. If you forget, I have provided some quick easy citations for each database below.

Country Reports

• Title/Topic. CountryReports. 2018. Published by CountryReports.
• Example:

• China.  CountryReports. 2018. Published by CountryReports.

CultureGrams

• Title/Topic.  CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2018.
• Example:

• "China." CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2018.        

Grolier Online

• Title/Topic. The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2018.
• Example:

• China. The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2018.

Kids Search

• Title/Topic. Kids Search. 2018. Published by EBSCOhost.
• Example:

• China. Kids Search. 2018. Published by EBSCOhost.

National Geographic

• Title/Topic. National Geographic Kids. 2018.
• Example:

• China. National Geographic Kids. 2018.

PebbleGo

• Title/Topic. PebbleGo. 2018
• Example:

• Flowers. PebbleGo. 2018

PowerKnowledge Earth Space Science

• Title/Topic. PowerKnowledge Earth & Space Science. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2018.
• Example:

• Weather.  PowerKnowledge Earth & Space Science. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2018. 

PowerKnowledge Life Science

• Title/Topic. PowerKnowledge Life Science. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2018.
• Example:

• Stegosaurus. PowerKnowledge Life Science. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2018.  

PowerKnowledge Physical Science

• Title/Topic. PowerKnowledge Physical Science. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2018.
• Example:

• Gravity. PowerKnowledge Physical Science. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2018.

SIRS Discoverer

• Title/Topic. SIRS Discoverer. 2018.
• Example:

• China. SIRS Discoverer. 2018.

People

• Title/Topic: Interview with Person.
• Example:

• China.  Interview with Mr. Wayne Russell.

Websites

• Title/Topic: Website
• Example:

• China.  www.china.org

Photos:

Can be found on most databases, but Britannica Image Quest is a database dedicated to just images.

• Grab citation from database where picture was found/taken. OR
• Examples: Great Wall of China. Britannica Image Quest, 2018.