How to Write a Bibliography

A guide for young writers.

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 elses 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 elses 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). [CDROM]. 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. <Authors 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.

The End