Colleagues:
Are you a school librarian struggling to teach bibliography skills to
elementary, middle school or secondary students? Are the teachers in your
facility reluctant to teach their students the important skilIs of
recognizing the true source of their information and properly citing it
'cause it's just too much of a hassle? I may have something helpful for you:
THE HIGHLANDER WAY BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT.
A simplified blend of the most popular styles of citation, the format
greatly simplifies bibliography. Our web site has a complete overview of the
format, with available tips covering the finer points that tend to hang kids
up. Best of all, you can download a printable Highlander Way Bibliography
Format Worksheet in PDF format. It's designed to be used by students as they
do their research projects to neatly keep track of their sources as they go.
Once they're done filling out the sheet, they just transfer the information
to their bibliography in -- the sheet keeps the information in order and
provides all the punctuation.
The major way in which the format simplifies bibliography is that students
are taught to recognize and cite the original source of the information
only. (After all, isn't that--recognizing where information REALLY comes
from-- the information literacy skill that's the most important part of
bibliography in the K-12 level?) That way, for instance, a student cites a
magazine article found on a periodical database using precisely the same
format used for a magazine accessing in print. Besides making citation
easier, this helps kids recognize something many students miss: the fact
that nothing they get off the computer actually comes "from the computer."
The format helps kids recognize that good researchers commonly access
reference sources, periodical articles, and even monographs electronically.
We've been using the format for over five years now and I can tell you that
our teachers, many of whom are not comfortable teaching bibliography,
especially the citation of electronic sources--really appreciate having this
handy guide and the accompanying worksheets always available. Several
schools have adopted the bibliography format in the past and, now that it
has been newly revised, I invite you to do the same. You have my permission
to link to and use the content, just let me know if you choose to. If you'd
rather mirror the content on your server, that's cool, too. I just need to
know about it so that I can notify you of updates.
I hope you find the Highlander Way Bibliography format useful. If you have
any questions or comments about the format, please e-mail me at
hastingj@howellschools.com
The tutorial and worksheets can be found at:
http://www.howellscholls.com/~hwms/content/bib.html
Jeffrey Hastings
Librarian
Highlander Way Middle School Library
http://www.howellschools.com/~hwms/content/library.html
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