Bibme

=[|Bibme]= Bibme: A fast and easy bibliography maker for MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian This site is extremely beneficial when teaching an ambiguous and confusing concept such as citing resources. This is a concept that can be immensely frustrating for students because failure to do so correctly can result in dreaded plagiarism charges. Often, the issue of citing is one that students hurry through because they don't have a thorough understanding of how to properly accomplish the task. The Bibme site is very helpful in providing a user friendly resource where students can learn more about citing resources that apply to the literature they have been working with.

__Strengths: __ · Can create a Free account · User friendly · Breaks down how to use citations with the use of guides and provides a format of how to use each citation · Citations can be created and saved for later once an account has been created. · Current up to date information · After creating a bibliography a list of suggested readings is provided *Provides examples of cited material, to ensure that they are done correctly. *Provides a link for physically locating the material searched for at local libraries, vendors, etc. *Can search for books through title, ISBN, author, and a variety of other modes

__Weaknesses: __ · Site can move a little slow at times  · Not every work is listed as a choice. Some types of literature such as papers, blogs, government or university documents are not listed as a choice.

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__Opportunities: __ · Students can share citations and blog about using the site. <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">*Students are provided with a valuable resource for working through citations

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Threats: __ · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Becoming too dependent on the site and never learning how to create a bibliography but just learning how to use the site
 * Citing the wrong edition or version of a book because other editions are listed and very similar.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Ideas For Classroom Use: __ · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Teachers can use this site to demonstrate proper citing techniques and the various ways to cite information and create a bibliography without asking students to just use the information from the text. <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">*Students can create class-wide resource lists to be used as a citation guide within the classroom <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">*Students can hold workshops training younger grades how to use and navigate the site so the citing resources topic will be able to be accomplished for younger and younger children.

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