Create a Citation Race

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Make-a-citation race Honoria Starbuck Ph.D. for classes at the Art Institute of Austin 1. Drivers ask class for an idea for an image to find. 2. Search and find image 3. Evaluate source as reliable such as a museum, artist blog , or artist collection; not a poster store 4. Find the biggest and best version 5. Copy image to use in your textbook 6. Copy the URL where you find the image 7. Paste URL into easybib.com 8. Click Cite This 9. Assess if the easybib.com information is complete. Compare information on the image page to the empty textboxes on Easybib.com 10. Fill in all the empty text boxes for which there is information on the image page. 11. When you have as complete a form as possible click Create Citation 12. Copy the MLA formatted citation into your sources list at the end of your chapter under the title Works Cited. Works Cited Van Gogh, Vincent. The Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. MOMA the Collection. Museum of Modern Art, 2010. Web. 7 Apr. 2012. <http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php? object_id=79802>. Tip: If you register for easybib.com it will keep track of all your citations and you may find it very convenient to use a resource for more than one class assignment. • Teams of 2 students each to drive the computer • Timer

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Help students develop the habit of making properly formatted citations for images from the web.

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Make-a-citation raceHonoria Starbuck Ph.D. for classes at the Art Institute of Austin

1. Drivers ask class for an idea for an image to find.2. Search and find image3. Evaluate source as reliable

such as a museum, artist blog , or artist collection; not a poster store4. Find the biggest and best version5. Copy image to use in your textbook6. Copy the URL where you find the image7. Paste URL into easybib.com8. Click Cite This9. Assess if the easybib.com information is complete. Compare

information on the image page to the empty textboxes on Easybib.com10. Fill in all the empty text boxes for which there is information on the

image page.11. When you have as complete a form as possible click Create Citation12. Copy the MLA formatted citation into your sources list at the end of

your chapter under the title Works Cited.

Works Cited

 Van Gogh, Vincent. The Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. MOMA the Collection. Museum of Modern Art, 2010. Web. 7 Apr. 2012. <http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=79802>.

Tip:If you register for easybib.com it will keep track of all your citations and you may find it very convenient to use a resource for more than one class assignment.

• Teams of 2 students each to drive the computer• Timer

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Test Run: Van Gogh’s starry night

• Image search for “Starry Night”• Search for Van Gogh Starry Night• More reliable search include the word “museum” • Most reliable search use our AIA databases• Try Google Art Project then locate source click DETAILS• Found reliable source: The Museum of Modern Art

You may use blogs, deviantart, museums, Google Art Project, our library databases, Youtube, etc.

The Museum of Modern Art owns the painting and has a lot of information about this painting and other Van Gogh paintings within a few clicks.

Google Art Project

Museum of Modern Art

Links To

Find the Image

Use this URL to paste into easybib.com

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Plug information from Museum of Modern Art website into Easybib.com and click “Create Citation”

Create Citation

Copy Citation

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Paste citation in alphabetical order under the title “Works Cited” in your textbook.

Cite the Image