Writing a Bibliography

What is a Bibliography | How Do I Write a Bibliography | Bibliography Worksheet
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What is a Bibliography

A bibliography is a list of books, articles, Internet resources, etc. that you use in a report. If you use information from these sources, it is important to gives those sources credit. The bibliography gives your teachers and others who read your report a list of references that you used to make your report. Do not include sources you read but did not use.

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How Do I Write a Bibliography?

Each time you use a source collect the following information:

Author's name
Title of Article
Title of book or magazine
Place of publication
Most recent copyright date
Page numbers used
Date an Internet resource is used

Use the examples below to create the entries for each resource used.

The entries are put in alphabetical order for the finished bibliography on a separate page at the end of your report.

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Bibliography Worksheet:  

1. For a book:

Author (last name first). Title. City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date

Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Olympians. New York: Holiday House, c1984.

2. For a book with two authors

Author (last name first) and second Author (first name first). Title. City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date

McLean, Mollie and Ann Wiseman. Adventures of the Greek Heroes. Boston: Houghton, c1987.

3. For a reference source, such as an encyclopedia article, almanac or atlas:

"Article name (if given)," Name of reference source." Last copyright date.  Volume number, page number(s) of article.

"Mythology," World Book Encyclopedia. c1999. Vol. 13, 813.

4. For a magazine article:

Author (if known). "Article Name," Magazine Name.  Date of publication: page numbers.

Severin, Tim. "Quest for Ulysses," National Geographic. Aug. 1986: 197-225.

5. For a film, video, or other media:

"Title of Media." Title of Series (type of media). Producer, copyright date.

"Myths," Literature for Children (video). Pied Piper, c1990.

6. For an interview

Interviewee's name (last name first). Interview  Place of interview: Date of interview.

Young, George. Interview. Salt Lake City, Utah: June 12, 1997.

7.  For e-mail:

Author of 3-mail message (last name first). Subject of the message. [Online] Available e-mail: Student@address.edu, from Author@address.edu, date of document or download, it document is not available.

Jones, Tom. Nile River Research Project results. [Online] Available e-mail: student@smavillhight.edu from Teacher@informs.k12.mn.us,  September 25, 1996.

8.  For internet:

Author (last name first).  "Title of item."   [Online] Available http://address/filename, date of document or download, if document if not available.

Liao, Thomas T. "Robot," World Book Online, [Online] http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar472000. html, January 10, 2000.