How to Write a Bibliography By Jennifer Darnell And Mary Marchant

What is a Bibliography? A bibliography is a list of sources you use in writing a report Bibliography is a Latin word meaning a list of books Biblio=Books Graphy=List Bibliography=list of books

When Do We Have to Write a Bibliography? Science Fair Projects Research Reports Anytime you use someone else’s idea in a project

Why Do We Have to Write A Bibliography? Ideas come from many sources You must give credit to your sources for their ideas You are guilty of plagerism if you claim someone else’s ideas as your own

Book Citations You need: Author. Title of Book (underlined or in italics). City of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Example: Cole, Joanna. Magic School Bus Plants Seeds. New York: Scholastic, 1995.

Magazine Citations You need: Author (if you can find it). “Title of Article,” Magazine Title (underlined or in italics). date: page(s). Example: McKelway, Margaret. “The Case of the King Who Was Crazy for Castles,” National Geographic World. Aug. 1996: 2-6.

Print Encyclopedia Citations You need: Author of article (found in small print at the end of the article). “Title of Article,” Title of Encyclopedia (underlined or in italics). Date or edition. Volume No., page(s). Example: Pickard, Don. “Balloons,” World Book Encyclopedia. 1998. Vol. 2, pp 57-62.

CD-ROM Citations You need: Author (if available). “Title of Article,” Title of CD-ROM (underlined or in italics), (Edition or version). [CD- ROM]. City of Publication: Publisher, date of publication. Example: “Castle,” Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia. [CD-ROM. ] Redmond, WA : Microsoft, 1996.

World Wide Web Citations You need: Author. (if known) WWW page title (underlined or in italics).[Online] Available <full http address>, (enclosed in brackets) date of visit in parentheses. Example: Lee, Brian. About the Middle Ages . [Online] Available <http://geocities.com/Athens/6501/middle.html>, June 29, 1998.

E-Mail Citations You need: Author. <Author’s e-mail address> “Subject line in posting.” Date of publication. Personal e-mail. (Date of access). Example: Post, Itnote. <Ipost@aol.com> “How to send e-mail.” January 1998. Personal e-mail. (September 1, 1998).

Need More Help? Ask Your Friendly Librarian!

A Sample Bibliography Aroldi, Susan. Fifth and Sixth Grade Bibliography. [Online] Available <http://idt.net/~saroldi/bibliography6.html.>, July 31, 1998. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th Ed. New York : MLA, 1995. Marchant, Billy. Alien Cartoons. Marchant Productions, 1998.

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