It is very important that you give credit to the creators, writers and researchers whose work you use whenever you do classwork! Ms. Leese strongly recommends that you write down the copyright information in your notes, with the information you got from that source. This will make giving credit easier, and it will also remind you where you found that information if you need to read it again!
At minimum, you should try to find this information for each type of resource that you use.
Author(s)
Title
Publisher's name
Date published (look on copyright page in front)
If your teacher asks you to make a works cited list (also called a bibliography), you will combine all of that information together like this:
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Author(s)
Title of article or web page (ex: "Confederate States of America")
Title of website or database (ex: Encyclopedia Britannica)
Date published
Date accessed (the date that you looked at the resource)
Copy and paste the article's address link into a Google Doc so you can access it again later!
Creator/Artist/Photographer
Title of image
Title of hosting website (ex: Flickr, Britannica ImageQuest)
Date created
Date accessed (the date that you looked at the resource)
Copy and paste the image's address link into a Google Doc so you can access it again later!
Good news! Many of the online resources do this for you! Look for a place that says "Citation" or "Cite it!" and write it down or copy it into your document.
Need more information on citing a resource? Purdue University's Online Writing Lab has the best breakdown of citations, including MLA, the most common citation format for schools!