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How to Write a Bibliography

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

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How to Write a Bibliography

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  1. How to Write a Bibliography By Jennifer Darnell And Mary Marchant

  2. 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

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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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).

  11. Ask Your Friendly Librarian! Need More Help?

  12. 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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