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Writing the "Bibliography"

 
What is a Bibliography? The bibliography is an alphabetical list of the sources that you used to research your topic, design the experiment and form the hypothesis. Look at the format that each example is typed. Use this format exactly when you type your bibliography. An extreamely helpful link for writing a bibliography is found on the homework help page. It is called the bibliography citation machine. Use the APA format when using this source.

Examples of how to cite your sources in a bibliography:

BOOKS

SINGLE AUTHOR
Author (Last Name, First Name). Title of Book.  City:  Publishing Company, Date.
Duggan, Alfred.  The Castle Book.  New York:  Dodd, Mead & Co., 1991.

BOOK BY TWO OR MORE AUTHORS
First Author (Last Name, First Name) and Second Author (First Name, Last Name.  Title of Book.  City:  Publishing Company, Date.
Jacobson, Morris K. and Rosemary K. Pang.  Wonders of Sponges.  New York:  Dodd, Mead, 1997.

PERIODICALS

MAGAZINE ARTICLE WITH AUTHOR
Author (Last Name, First Name).  "Title of Article."  Title of Magazine.  Volume or Edition (Month and Year of Publication), page(s).
Severy, Merle.  "The World of Bees."  National Geographic.  172 (November 1997), 552.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE WITHOUT AUTHOR

"Title of Article."  Title of Newspaper.  Volume or Edition (Month and Year of Publication) page(s).
"New Human Life."  Science News.  132 (December 26, 1994), 391.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WITH AUTHOR
Author (Last Name, First Name).  "Title of Article."  Title of Newspaper.  Date.
Anderson, Jack.  "Nuclear Regulators." Rocky Mountain News.  January 5, 1998.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WITHOUT AUTHOR
"Title of Article."  Title of Newspaper.  Date.
"Asian Nations Putting Pressure on France."  New York Times, July 30, 1995.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

"Title of Article." Complete Title of Encyclopedia, year.
"Laser," World Book Encyclopedia, 1995.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

CD ROM
"Name of Article."  Complete Title of Encyclopedia or Program.  City:  Publishing Company, Date.
"Astronomy." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia.  Danbury:  Grolier Electronic Publishing Co., 195.

WWW SITES
Author (Last Name, First Name).  "Title of Work. "  Date posted on WWW (Latest date if available).  Protocol//and full address (date you obtained information).
Burka, Lauren P.   "Hypertext History."  1992.  httyp://www.ccs.new.edu/home/lpd/mud (Dec. 5, 1994).

OTHER SOURCES

INTERVIEW
Last Name, First name.  Interview.  Interview location.   City, Sate, Month, Day, Year.
Schweitzer, Brian.  Interview.  Governors Office.  Helena, Montana, Feb. 4, 2005.

VIDEOTAPE
Title of program.  city:  Production or Publishing company.  Date, Type of media.
Joan of Arc;  A Portrait of a Legend.  New York:  Vid American, Inc. 1985.  Videocassette.

TV PROGRAM
Title of Program.  Staton.  Month, Day, Year, City, State.  Type of Program.
USA Tonight.  CBS, Dec. 4, 1997.  New York City:  New York.  Television broadcast.

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