Free Citing Sources Worksheets are the perfect way to teach students how to credit their sources properly! These citing sources PDF printables provide clear examples and guided practice that help students master the essential skill of academic integrity. Your middle school and elementary students can use these citation worksheets to learn proper formatting for books, websites, videos, and more, and they are simple to download and print!
Citing Sources Worksheets
Practice Citing Sources Handout
Give each student this free printable handout as a comprehensive citing sources reference guide they can keep in their binder, covering books, reference materials, magazines, newspapers, online encyclopedias, and websites all on one page.
Citing Sources PDF Reference Guide
Print this free citation reference guide as a handy desk chart for your students, organizing all the major source types in an easy-to-read table format with the citation structure and real examples side by side.
Reference Guide Citing Sources
This free printable reference guide is perfect for your classroom wall, giving students quick access to citation formats for books, magazines, newspapers, websites, and videos all in one convenient spot.
Citing Sources Reference Guide
This free printable reference guide is your one-stop solution for citing sources, covering every type of source your students might use from books and magazines to websites and YouTube videos. It’s all on a single poster they can reference anytime!
Students learn how to cite a book reference with this free printable poster that includes citation format, order, and an example.
How to Cite a Book Reference:
Author Last Name, Author First Name, Title of Book, City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
This free printable worksheet teaches students how to cite one book, showing the specific order and format needed.
Citing Sources Books with Two Authors
Display this free printable poster alongside your book citation poster to show students the specific formatting differences when citing sources with multiple authors, making it easy for them to reference during bibliography work.
Citing Sources Book with Two Authors Worksheet
This free printable worksheet teaches students how to cite books with multiple authors, showing the specific order and format needed, and can be laminated for repeated use with dry-erase markers during citing sources practice. Take a look at our Summer Writing Prompts for more FREE printables!
Hang this free printable poster in your computer lab or media center to guide students through citing websites correctly, including author (when available), webpage title, website name, publisher, date, and URL.
This free printable worksheet works well as a library resource or research project supplement, teaching students the correct format for citing websites with detailed information about organization, page title, website name, publisher, date, and URL.
Your students will love having this free printable poster as a quick guide when they’re citing magazine articles, breaking down exactly what info they need to include and in what order. Teachers! If you like these printables you with love our FREE Writing Worksheets!
This free printable worksheet helps students learn proper source citing for magazine articles by providing a detailed example with author, title, magazine name, date, and page numbers, then having them correct an error and create their own citation.
This free printable poster is essential for today’s classrooms where students regularly use YouTube for research, showing them exactly how to cite video sources with creator name, title, platform, upload date, and URL.
This free printable worksheet prepares students to cite YouTube videos and online multimedia content in their research projects, making it perfect for modern classrooms where students frequently reference digital sources.
Citing Sources Online Encyclopedias
This free printable poster is a lifesaver when your students are doing digital research, teaching them the specific citation format for online encyclopedias like Britannica or World Book that differ from print versions.
Cited Online Encyclopedia Worksheet
This free printable worksheet teaches students how to cite online encyclopedia sources by including all necessary elements like entry title, encyclopedia name, publisher, year, and URL, then practicing with error correction and independent citation creation.
Citing A Source
Cited Sources Encyclopedia Print
This free printable worksheet guides students through citing a source from a personal interview by showing the proper format for the person interviewed, interview type, and date, with practice fixing errors and creating their own citation. For more writing templates take a look at our Writing Bundle!
Citing Encyclopedia Sources Worksheet
This free printable worksheet teaches students how to cite encyclopedia sources correctly by providing an example, having them fix an incorrect citation, and creating their own cited entry.
Teachers! Use this free printable poster when your students are working on oral history projects or conducting expert interviews, showing them exactly how to give credit to the people they talk with for their research.
Cited Personal Interview Worksheet
This free printable worksheet guides students through citing a source from a personal interview by showing the proper format for the person interviewed, interview type, and date, with practice fixing errors and creating their own citation. For more writing templates take a look at our Writing Bundle!
Post this free printable poster in your media center or computer lab to remind students that photographs and images require proper citations, showing the format for photographer, title, source, year, and URL.
This free printable worksheet focuses specifically on citing visual sources like photographs, helping students understand that images need proper attribution just like text-based research materials. For more FREE printable worksheets take a look at our Kindergarten Writing Prompts!
Citing Sources
This free printable poster is perfect for classrooms where students are using newspapers for current events or research, giving them an easy reference for properly citing newspaper articles with author, title, publication, date, and page number.
Citing Sources Newspaper Worksheet
This free printable worksheet helps your students master citing newspaper articles with all the essential elements like author, article title, newspaper name, date, and page number. Perfect for current events assignments or research projects.
How to use our Citing Sources Printable
Source Citing
These colorful posters make excellent visual references for your classroom walls, giving students instant access to proper citation formats whenever they’re working on research projects. Print them in full color and laminate for durability, or distribute individual copies for students to keep in their research binders.
Citing Sources Examples
The reference guide posters provide clear, real-world examples that help students understand exactly what information to include in each type of citation. Use these alongside your lessons on academic integrity to show students the practical application of citing sources correctly.
How To Cite A Source
The practice worksheets give your students hands-on experience with citing sources through guided examples and independent practice activities. These work perfectly as homework assignments, in-class practice during research units, or as assessment tools to check student understanding of proper citation formatting.
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This will be awesome for my upcoming 7th grade Informational Essay Unit!