Citing Resources Used in Educational Projects

Citing Resources Used in Educational Projects

It is becoming increasingly important to give credit and correctly cite resources used in educational projects, including web pages. When developing a project during the workshops offered at NYNET Resources for Teachers we suggest the following when using non -original resources in your projects:

Look for free resources. Many sites offer free images and sounds to use in educational, non for profit projects.
Always read the Acceptable Use or Privacy policy on the source you would like to borrow a resource from. If there is no policy, do not use the resource. Do not assume that the resource is free if you cannot locate an acceptable use policy.
* It is a good idea to print out the acceptable use policy for resources that you include in your project.
If the resource is copyrighted, you must obtain permission from the author to use it. Don't assume that if a resource is not copyrighted it is free.
Regardless of whether or not the resource is free or not, you must cite any resources you use in your project.

Copyright and Fair Use Links

Tech Learning The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use -
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers Chart - http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf

Springfield Township Student Guidelines for Multimedia and Web Page Production -
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/guidelines.html

Copyright and Intellectual Property-
http://www.ala.org/work/copyright.htm

Dartmouth College Use and Acknowledgement -
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html

Duke Libraries Documentation Guidelines-
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited

Connected Teacher -
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml

Online Services for Creating Citations

NoodleTools Quick Cite - http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/

Slate Citation Machine - http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php

Easy Bib - http://www.easybib.com/

Suggested Sites for Use of Resources in Educational Projects
(Be sure to read acceptable use policies because they may change over time)

Google's Search Tool for Government Sites - http://www.google.com/unclesam

Pics for Learning- http://pics.tech4learning.com/

Public Domain Images - http://electricteacher.com/diversity/publicdomain.htm

Discovery School Clip Art - http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/guidelines.html

Awesome Clipart for Kids - http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/

Clip Art Review -http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm

Brainy Betty - http://www.brainybetty.com/

Animation Factory - http://www.animationfactory.com/

Classroom Clipart - http://classroomclipart.com/

The Teacher's Guide - http://www.theteachersguide.com/Edgraphicscolor.html

Designed to a T - http://www.designedtoat.com/index.htm

Clip Art for Teachers - http://www.clipartforteachers.com/servlet/mservlet?cmd=loadPage&pg=default&fn=default

Electronic Sample Citations

* To make it easier to cite your resources in your project, copy the format of your choice below and paste it into your project. Highlight an area and type in your specific information.

World Wide Web (General Web site):

Format:

Author (if known). “Title of Page or Document.” Title of Site or Larger Work (if applicable).

Date of electronic publication, last update, or date of posting. Name of any

Associated Institution. Date of download. < http://address/filename>.

Examples:

Cassutto, George. “Social Studies and the World Wide Web.” 8 June 1996.

Hagerstown High School. 3 Oct. 1997. <http://www.fred.net/nhhs/html3/article3.htm>.

or

Smith, George. “Graf Has Look of a Champion.” ESPNET SportsZone. 29 Aug. 1996.

<http://www.espn.com/gen/top/0108716001.html>.

Sample Citations

Article in an online magazine (not accessed through a subscription service)

Format:

Author of article. Title of article. Title of Magazine Date of electronic publication. Date of access. <http://address/filename>.

Example:

Smith, Jane. "Who Really Invented the Internet?" Web Weekly 26 Feb 2001. 4 May 2001. <http://webweekly.com/smithwho/>.

Sample Citations

Article in an online encyclopedia:

Format:

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Work. Edition or version (if available).

Date of electronic publication. Title of the Database or Online Service.

Date of access. < http://address/filename>.

Example:

Cook, Sarah Gibbard. “Berlin, Germany.” Encyclopedia Americana Online. Mar. 1997.

Grolier Online. 29 Feb. 1999. <http://grolier.go.com>.

Sample Citations

CD-ROMs

Non-periodical (encyclopedias, etc.):

Format:

Name of Author (if given). “Title of Part of Work.” Title of Product. Edition or release, if

relevant. Publication medium CD-ROM. City of publication: Publisher,

Year of publication.

Example:

Wallechinsky, David. “Olympic Games.” Encyclopedia Encarta. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA:

Microsoft, 1999.

Sample Citations

CD-ROM (Periodical)

Format:

Name of Author (if available). “Title of article.” Title of Journal or Newspaper Publication

information for printed source. Title of Database. Publication medium

CD-ROM. Name of Vendor (if relevant). Electronic publication date.

Example:

Nethead, Jane. “Email Rules.” New York Times 15 November 1995, late ed.: B3.

New York Times Ondisc. CD-ROM. UMI-Proquest. Jan. 1996.

Sample Citations

Images/Sound/Video Clips

Online images

Format:

Artist if Available. "Description or Title of Image." Date of image. Online image. Title of Larger Site. Date of download.

<http://address.website.org>.

Example:

"Mars Landing." Online image. 3 Nov. 1999. NASA. 4 Oct. 2002. <http://www.nasa.org>.

or

Weaver, Bruce. "Challenger Explosion." 28 Jan 1986. Online image. AP Photo Archive.

30 Jan. 1999. <http://accuweather.ap.org/cgi-bin/aplaunch.pl>.

Sample Citations

Online sound

Format:

Creator if Available. "Description or Title of Sound." Date of Sound. Online sound. Title of larger site. Date of download.

<http://address.website.org>.

Example:

"This Week's Saturday Radio Address." 25 Oct. 1998. Online sound. Whitehouse Briefing Room. 23 Oct. 2000.

<http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/briefroom.html>.

Sample Citations

Online video clip

Format:

"Description or Title of Video Clip." Date of clip. Online video clip. Title of Larger Site.

Date of download. <http://address.website.org>.

Example:

"Hindenburg Broadcast." 6 May 1937. Online video clip. Encarta Online Deluxe. 4 Nov. 2000.

<http://encarta.msn.com/encarta/MediaMax.asp?z>.

Works Cited

“Springfield Township High School Virtual Library.” 13 March 2003. Springfield Township High School. 2 April 2003.

<http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/guidelines.html>.

"Red Arrow." Online Image. School Icons Club. 3 April 2003. <http://www.schoolicons.com/eng/>