Digital Citizenship Week October 16-22

Digital Citizenship is using appropriate, responsible behavior when interacting with technology.

This week's tip: THINK before you post online

THINK
Is it TRUE
Is it HELPFUL
Is it INSPIRING
Is it NECESSARY
Is it KIND

Think before you post.

Why Do My Citations Look Different?

For those of you who are working on research projects, you may have noticed that some of your citations look a little different. MLA (Modern Language Association) which is the style most often used at Bird Middle School to write research papers and cite your sources has recently updated to MLA 8th edition. To learn how this 8th edition is different from MLA 7 you can click on the following web pages:
MLA - What's New in the Eight Edition
Purdue Online Writing Lab - MLA Eighth Edition: What's New and Different

How will this affect you right now? Unfortunately, not all of the tools we like to use at BMS to make citing sources easier have updated to MLA 8th edition. For example:
* Online Encyclopedia Britannica - the cite tool has already updated to MLA 8
* Gale Research Databases - the citation tool is currently using MLA 7 and will change over to MLA 8 in mid-October
* EasyBib website www.easybib.com - the current default is MLA 8 however, you can still select MLA 7
* EasyBib Add-On tool to Google Doc - currently using MLA 7 with no ETA for upgrading to MLA 8

To view how to create a Works Cited list using MLA 8th edition click the link below:
Purdue OWL - Creating a Works Cited list using MLA 8th edition

If you have any questions, stop by the Library Media Center.