How to Cite Your Sources: First Things First!

  Reliability | Getting Permission | Citing Web Pages | Citation Machine | MLA Guidelines
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  Is the web site reliable? Should you cite it as a valid resource?  These sites provide excellent help:

• Web Page Evaluation Form - MidLink's evaluation tool.  Is the site valid?  It's easy to add up the points and decide for yourself!

• Evaluating Web Resources: Evaluation Checklists from Widener University.

• University of Waterloo Library : How to evaluate resources for reports and research.

  Getting Permission...Use these handy templates for requesting permission to post Web graphics on your own Web page.  (Includes links to most current copyright guidelines.)

Citation Machine from the Landmark Project - Type your sources into the Web form and the machine automatically formats them in MLA style.

  How to Cite a World Wide Web Page:

• Example:
  Author(s). Name of Page. Date of posting or revision. Name of organization/institution associated with the site. Date of Access <electronic address>.
  Note:  Use angled brackets around the electronic address; MLA requires them for clarity.
   

• See Purdue University Online Writing Lab for "Works Cited" specifics for all electronic resources.

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  How to Cite ANY resource:

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab: How to create your "Works Cited."  Includes examples, handouts and complete information.

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab: How to cite electronic sources--web pages, CD ROMs, digital media, etc.

• U of Michigan - How to cite digital images. Includes examples

• Classroom Connect's Guide - Citing Electronic Resources

• Columbia University's Guide to Online Style - Janice Walker and Todd Taylor's newly updated web version contains only basic information.  Details are available in the hard copy which may be purchased at this site.

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Before You Post Your Work...Do You Need Permission?

Reliability | Getting Permission | Citing Web Pages | Citation Help | MLA Guidelines
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Internet law is constantly being rewritten and/or revised. In order to stay within the law, it is necessary to be aware of current guidelines. The links below will be helpful to educators and students engaged in Internet research or web posting.

• Letter of Request Student templates for permission to use web graphics and other media. Do you need to write for permission?  Check Copyright Guidelines below.
• Copyright Guidelines, - Guidelines from Consortium of College & University Media Centers, posted and updated by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• Helpful articles about Copyright and Teachers:
  • Copyright in a Digital World, NMSA's Middle Ground 
  • The Educators' Lean and Mean No FAT Guide to Fair Use, Technology & Learning