How & why write a Bibleography

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

3. 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

4. What is a Bibliography ?
• A bibliography is a list of the sources you used to get
information for your report.
• It is included at the end of your report, on the last
page (or last few pages).

5. 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 plagiarism if you claim someone
else’s ideas as your own
• In academic essays or reports you are expected to
provide a bibliography. If you do not you will be
penalized.
• If your bibliography is incorrectly presented you will
also be penalized.

6. Citation Definition
citation
s te ( )n/ʌɪˈ ɪʃ ə
noun: citation; plural noun: citations
a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or
author, especially in a scholarly work. "the majority of
the citations are to work published during the past
twenty years”

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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, It note. <Ipost@aol.com> “How to send e-mail.”
January 1998. Personal e-mail. (September 1, 1998).

13. Assembling your final Bibliography
•List your sources (texts, articles, interviews, and so on)
in alphabetical order by authors' last names.
•Sources that don't have authors (encyclopedias,
movies) should be alphabetized by title. .

14. Need More Help?
Ask Your Friendly Librarian!

15. 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.

16. Classroom Activity
Now using your first FIVE special project sources create
a brief biography.
Maker sure it is in the correct order following the
accepted protocol.