Chapter 28: Bibliography “Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” Acts 17:11

Introduction This is the section of your poster where you list the books, internet sites, and journal articles that you used to prepare your project. If you used a specific idea or quote from a source, please use a superscript reference in your writing and then match up the same number to that reference in the bibliography. Alternatively, if you don’t use specific ideas but just read the material for general knowledge, you can use an alphabetical order format.

Bibliography Example The following slides contain an example of a properly referenced paragraph from a science presentation. Background: Let’s suppose you were testing solutions to spray on pumpkins to see if you could keep your Jack -o- Lantern from rotting for at least 1 week. When you concluded the study, you wrote the following discussion:

This was a double blinded, controlled, parallel trial to evaluate whether the use of bleach spray, school glue spray, commercial pumpkin preservative spray, Borax spray or hairspray compared to no treatment at all would changed the length of time until mold appeared on the fruit. In this investigation, covering the gourd with school glue actually resulted in the preserving the pumpkin for the longest time. The pumpkin with bleach remained mold free for 6 days, the pumpkin with school glue remained mold free for 2 days, the pumpkin with commercial pumpkin preservative spray remained mold free for 4 days, the pumpkin treated with Borax remained mold free for 4 days and the pumpkin treated with hairspray remained mold free for 3 days. However the pumpkin treated with school glue spray remained mold free for 9 days total and did not show signs of shriveling. The solutions were prepared by a lab assistant and all appeared to be clear solutions. The investigator and the person applying the solutions did not know what solution was assigned to be applied to each pumpkin. The same solution was applied to each pumpkin each day. The results were unexpected because both bleach and borax kill fungus and bacteria.1 Previous studies of similar fruit were kept mold free for 7 days with bleach, borax, and commercial gourd preservative.2 However commercial school glue would provide a coating for a gourd that would seal it against bacteria and fungus starting to grow on the surface. This sealant would prevent fungal spores from landing on the surface and has been used successfully in previous studies to paint leaves of plants to keep insects from attacking them.3 Sealed gourds that have been dried can last for months or years when sealed with sealants containing compounds similar to school glue.4 This project demonstrated that school glue sprayed onto carved pumpkins can eliminate mold temporarily. Outside variables were controlled by ensuring the pumpkins came from the same pumpkin patch, were carved at the same time, were kept at the same temperature in the same environment, and were sprayed with the same amount of each treatment each day. Two pumpkins were thrown out because they were accidentally broken. The methods used to answer this question were appropriate because we tested substance that are easily available to most consumers and applying them as a spray is a simple way that most people would be able to accomplish.

Bibliography Example 1) Moran, C and Cammy, K. “Mold response to bleach and borax on kitchen surfaces.” Fungus 1997: 7;23 pp. 22-25.   2) Coffee, LL “Preserving gourds for decorative use.” House and Home 2003: 84;22. Pp. 32. 3) Pizza, SF and Pepperoni, W “Painting basil leaves with sealant to prevent insect infestations.” Entemology 2008: 104;28 pp. 54-55. 4) Kangaroo, C and Rogers , M. “Kids Gourds.” Kids Experiments 2000: 66;12 pp. 24.

Examples of Different Sources FOR A BOOK: Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year. example: Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 2001. If you only used part of a book: Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 2001, pp. 50-55. FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT IS SIGNED: Article author’s last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s). Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002. Volume 8, pp. 277-278. FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT ISN’T SIGNED: "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s). "Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Volume 8, p.255. FOR A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Article author’s last name, first name. "Title or headline of article." Name of magazine or newspaper. Date of magazine or newspaper, page(s). McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 2003, p. 27.

Examples of Different Sources Examples courtesy of http://www.fcps.edu/KeyMS/library/bibliography.html FOR AN INTERNET ADDRESS: Author’s last name, first name. "Title of item." [Online] Available http://address/filename, date of document or download. example: DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 2002. This example of how to cite an INTERNET source was downloaded from this online source. FOR AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Title of material. Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date. Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1998. FOR A CD-ROM: "Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date. "Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999. FOR AN INTERVIEW: Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date. Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. July 29, 2003.

In your Journal? No journal writing is really required for a bibliography as long as you have recorded your references at the top of each page and written notes below it. You already have everything you need. Some people may have been typing up a bibliography as they wrote the sections for their poster. If you have not done this, then you will need to record your references in your journal before you have completed your total project.

Write in your prayer notebook and scientific notebook!! Visit Purdue Owl Online writing guide and read the MLA formatting and style guide to get more information. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/