Alta Sierra Intermediate School-Library Media Center

Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program for students in grades 4th-8th. Students read books and come together to demonstrate their abilities and test their knowledge of the books they have read. Competitions are similar in style to the TV series Family Feud, but the structure and format of the competitions may vary depending on the needs, resources and personal preferences at various school sites or at the regional/state competition levels. During competition, students are asked questions in the following form: "In what book does a small boy talk non-stop causing constant trouble?" Answer: Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan.

Each student on the team is not required to read all of the 30 books on the 2009 competition list however, teams should be certain that the competition titles have been read by at least one person on the team. Student teams will compete against 7th & 8th grade teams from Clark and Reyburn Intermediate schools in April of 2009. A list of the 2009 competition titles for 6th-8th grade is available at The Battle of the Books official website. For more detailed information, please see Mrs. Green in the LMC.

Writing a bibliography, or works cited page, is easy when you follow the pattern provided for each source used in your research project. A bibliography, often referred to as a "Works Cited" page, is a list of resources (e.g. internet, book, encyclopedia article, magazine or journal articles, videos, people, government documents, etc.) used when conducting research. Anytime you take notes from a source, interview a person, watch a video, or read a magazine article and include information from that source in your research project or report, the source needs to be "cited" in your bibliography. Below are patterns to follow for several types of sources. Click here for an example of what a "Bibliography" page should look like.

Author's Last name (comma) First Name (period) Title of Book (underlined) (period) City of Publication (colon) Publisher's Name (comma) Year of Publication (period)

Locke, Harry and Susan Sutter. Monaco: A Country at the Crossroads. Tukwila, WA: Open Book Press, 2004.

Reed, Michelle, et. al. When political views collide: Afghanistan's troubled government. Clovis, CA: Rodeo Press Books, 2001.

*****NOTE: Check the Title Page at the front of the book for bibliographic information such as author, title, city & state of publication, publisher and copyright date.

Author's Last Name (comma) First Name (period) (quotation mark) Title of Article (period) (quotation mark) Title of Encyclopedia (underlined) (period) City of Publication (colon) Name of Publisher (comma) Copyright Date (period)

Author's Last Name (comma) First Name (period) (quotation mark) Title of Article (period) (quotation mark) Title of Magazine or Journal (underlined) (period) Date of Magazine or Journal (period) Page numbers of article (period)

Example:
Locke, Scott. "Ecuador at the Crossroads." National Geographic. March 2003. 123-142.

Author's Last Name (comma) First Name (period) (quotation mark) Title of Web Page (period) (quotation mark) Part of a Group of Items Entitled (period) (underlined) Date created or last revised DD Mo YYYY (period) Sponsoring Institution (period) Date you read it DD Mo YYYY Web Address <URL>(period)

Example: (Note-It is often difficult to find complete publication information for a Web site. You should provide what you can find.)

Title of Video (underlined) (period) Videocassette/DVD (period) City of Publication (colon) Name of Publisher (comma) Copyright date (period)

Examples: (Note the only difference in patterns is whether it is a Videocassette or DVD)

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Videocassette. New York: Schlessinger Video Co., 2001.

Pattern to follow when citing People either by a
Personal (face-to-face) or Telephone Interview:

Last Name, First Name (period) Personal Interview/Telephone. Date you interviewed the person (period)

Examples: (Note the only difference in patterns is whether it is a personal or telephone interview)

Name of Artist (period) (quotation mark) Title of Song (quotation mark) Title of CD (underlined) (period) City of Recording (colon) Recording Studio (comma) Date (period)

Example:
Uteeerleemazing. "Up2u" Flying Munkeys. Universal City: Only One Label, 2004.

Works Cited

Bush, George W. Personal Interview. February 1, 2004.

"Ecuador." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc. 2003.

Harris, Susan. "Ecuador at Our Doorstep." The Fresno Bee. December
32, 2003, D2.

Locke, Scott and Giles, Matthew. "Ecuador at the Crossroads." National
Geographic. March 2002. 123-142.

Nickles, Tracy. Countries of the World: Ecuador. Seattle, WA: Rainon Press,
Inc. 2003.

"Periodic Table." U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science. 2002. Student Resource
Center, Thomson Gale. 25 Oct. 2006
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC>.

Works Cited (Bibliography) Guidelines

*The title of your bibliography should be "Works Cited".

*Entries are in alphabetical order according to the name or first word in the entry.

*Underline all titles of books, magazines, films, etc.

*Put quotation marks around the titles of poems, short stories, and articles.

*If a source has two authors, list both authors, but only reverse the first author's name. Example: Snider, Deborah and Cathy Sibouts.

*If a source has three or more authors, list the first author and then the term et. al. which means "and others." Example: Watkins, Nan, et. al.

*When an entry extends beyond one line, any lines below the first must be indented five spaces.

*Just like a sentence, there is always a period at the end of each entry.

*There is one blank line or a return space between each entry.

*All proper nouns should be capitalized.

*It is not necessary to number each entry or sort by type of source, such as Internet, Book, etc. Bibliographic entries are always put into alphabetical order.

Below are links to some easy-to-use on-line bibliography creators. Make sure you have completed your bibliography sheets. Use the information in the bibliography sheets to complete the boxes on the screen in the citation maker you are using. When you have created your bibliographic citation you can copy and paste it onto your Works Cited page, making sure your citations are in alphabetical order and you are following the guidelines above.

NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite

BibMe
http://www.bibme.org/

Easy Bib Citation Maker
http://www.easybib.com/

Information Literacy, as described by Joyce Valenza, a school library media teacher, is:

"...the ability to access, evaluate and use information from multiple formats - books, newspapers, videos, CD-ROMs, or the Web. When we discuss information literacy, we are discussing the application of problem-solving skills in situations students face in all their subject areas."

1.0 Task Definition
1.1 Define the information problem
1.2 Identify information needed in order to complete the task (what questions do I need to answer?)

2.0 Information Seeking Strategies
2.1 Determine the range of possible sources (brainstorm)
2.2 Evaluate the different possible sources to determine priorities (select the best sources.)

3.0 Location and Access
3.1 Locate sources (Intellectually and Physically.)
3.2 Find information within sources.

4.0 Use of Information
4.1 Engage (e.g. read, hear, view) the information in a source.
4.2 Extract relevant information from a source (Notetaking-take out the best, leave the rest.)

5.0 Synthesis
5.1 Organize information from multiple sources
5.2 Present the information

6.0 Evaluation
6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness)
6.2 Judge the information problem-solving process (efficiency)

The mission of the Alta Sierra Intermediate School LMC is to support the school curriculum, state standards, and to ensure that all students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. Our goal is to provide a place where students learn through reading, writing and research.

Library Hours:
Monday 7:30 - 3:30
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30- 4:00
Friday 7:30 - 3:00
Hours are subject to change.
Virtual Library is Open 24/7

Students may use the campus library before school, after school, during break and at lunchtime. When visiting the library during class time, students need to have a signed pass from their teacher.

Books, encyclopedias, books on tape, and back issues of magazines may be checked out for two weeks. Students may check out three items at a time. There is a 10¢ per day late fee on all overdue items.

Videotapes and DVD's may be checked out overnight Monday through Thursday. Videotapes and DVD's must be returned to the LMC the day after they are checked out. Students who fail to return an item the next day will be assessed a 50¢ per day late fee and will also lose their checkout privileges for videotapes and DVD's for the duration of the school year.

Computers in the LMC are available for students to use for schoolwork. Students must have a signed "Internet Permission Form" on file to be able to use the Internet in the library. Students may print assignments in black and white for no charge, up to 5 pages a day. The cost for color printing is 50¢ a page.

Search Accelerated Reader QuizList Search by title, author, subject, level, points to see the AR quizzes available at ASI	How to Write a Bibliography M.L.A. Bibliography Format	7th & 8th Grade Classroom Projects
Battle of the Books	Information Literacy-Big6	On Line Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
On Line Newspapers/Magazines	Use these on-line databases when doing research! eLibrary and Culturegrams user name = asis password = bruins Then click on My Products Page. Marshall Cavendish Digital We have access to two digital resources - The Elements and Exploring the Middle Ages. user name = asi password = bruins	Search Engines & Directories
Fresno County Public Library-Teen Page	Biography Websites	Write Trait Picture Books in ASI's Library
Science Websites	Library of Congress American Memory	The History Place
	History Day Sites

Language Arts	History	Math	Science

Call of the Wild	American History	Mathematician Biographies	American Natural History Museum
Supersize Me	CIA Factbook	CUSD Math Portal	Planet Project
Poetry	Cultural Heritage Family Tree Template		Mr. Bowns' MouseTrap Project
Career/Occupation Information Links	Manifest Destiny		National Geographic-Tarantulas Tarantula Tarantula Video
Mrs. Bay's WebQuest-Spring 2006	U.S. Presidents

Encyclopedias	Dictionaries
Microsoft Encarta	Dictionary.com
Infoplease Encyclopedia	*Student Dictionary*

*Search Engines*	*Subject Directories (Places to search if you can't identify keywords)*
Google-popular search engine	Lii -Librarians' Index to the Internet
Vivisimo-organizes documents into groups or clusters	Refdesk.Com-indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current information-based sites and assists readers in navigating these sites.
Scirus-the search engine for science, focuses only on web pages containing scientific content	Google Directory-organized by topics/subject.
Alltheweb	Internet Public Library-The first online public library for Internet Users-great subject directory.
Teoma	InfoPlease-variety search methods
AltaVista	How Stuff Works-provides clear, easy to read information on how things work
Wisenut-sorts websites by keyword categories	LookSmart