Remember the basic information you need to keep track of for books and websites:

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The official format for bibliographies at UWCSEA is MLA (Modern Language Association).

BOOK:

Author last name, Author first name.  Title.  Place of publication:  Publisher, Date published.

Example: 

Gibbons, Gail.  Caves and Caverns.  New York:  Harcourt Brace, 1993.

Ride, Sally and Tom O'Shaughnessy.  The Third Planet.  New York: Crown Publishers, 1994.

WEBSITE:

Author last name, Author first name.  "Title of webpage."  Name of website.  Place of publication:  Publisher, Date published.  Date website accessed.  <URL of website>

Example:

"Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?".  National Geographic for Kids, 9 Oct 2008.  Accessed 18 Jan 2009.  <http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/SpaceScience/Pluto-planet>

Watch this video of how to use the school library catalog to create bibliographies in the MLA format.