What

is
Bibliography

A bibliography is a list of
books, scholarlyarticles,
speeches, private records,
diaries, web sites, and
other sources you use when
researching atopicand
writing a paper. The
bibliography will appear at
the end of your paper.
The bibliography is

Bibliography entries must

be written in a very
specific format, but that
format will depend you the
particular style of writing
you use. Your teacher will
tell you which style to use,
and for most school papers
these will be
eitherMLA,APA,

Bibliography
Examples

Bibliography for Books

The basic information you
should cite when referencing a
book includes; the author
(surname first, followed by
their given name or initials),
the book title (in italics), the
publisher, as well as the place
and date of publication. Each
section should be followed by
a full stop. Your citation

Bibliography for Newspaper &

Magazine Articles
For newspapers and
magazines you should include
the author, the article title (in
quotation marks), the title of
the newspaper or publication
(in italics), the year of
publication and the page
numbers from which the
information was gathered.

Bibliography for Online

Resources
When you are citing an
online source, do your
best to include the
following: the author, the
title of the article or
page, the web address or
URL (in italics), and the

Types
of
Bibliograp
hies

MLA (Modern
Language
Association) and
APA (American
Psychological
Association).

MLA Format is
typically used by
those writing in the
liberal arts or
humanities
community. It focuses
on the author of the
cited source material,
in order to help the
reader place him or

APA Format , on the other

hand, is used more often
in the social sciences and
is useful for citing from
journals and other such
publications. Its focus is
more on the research
presented in the source
and when it was