how to write a bibliography riverchase middle school media center
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How to Write a Bibliography
Riverchase Middle School
Media Center
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 plagiarism if
you claim someone else’s ideas as your own.
Book Citations
You need:
• Author. Title of Book (underlined or in italic). 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.”
Periodical Title (underlined or in italics) date: page.
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.
Example:
Pickard, Don. “Balloons.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1998.
You need:
CD-ROM Citations
Author (if available). “Title of Article.” Title of Product (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) “Title of Article.” Title of Complete Work (underlined or in italics). <full http address> (enclosed in brackets) (date of visit in parentheses).
Example:
Lee, Brian. “About the Middle Ages.”
<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. <[email protected]> “How to send e-mail”
January 1998. Personal e-mail. (September 1, 1998).
A Sample Bibliography
• Aroldi, Susan. “Fifth and Sixth Grade Bibliography. “Instructional Media Center.
<http://idt.net/~saroldi/bibliography6.html.
• Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers
of Research Papers. 4th Ed. New York: MLA, 1995• Marchant, Billy. Alien Cartoons. Marchant Productions, 1998.