Give
Credit Where Credit Is Due: Making A Bibliography
A
bibliography is one way to give credit to your sources of information.
Follow these examples when creating a bibliography for a book,
encyclopedia or dictionary, Internet,
magazine/newspaper, interview,
CD, or video/DVD,
Book
with One Author
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Information
Needed for a Book with One Author:
author's
last name, author's first name.
title
city of publication:
publisher,
copyright date.
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Example
of a Book Bibliography:
Lepthien,
Emilie M. Chimpanzees.
Chicago:
Children's Press,
1982.
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Book
or Pamphlet with Two Authors
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Information
Needed for a Book with Two Authors:
first
author's last name, author's first
name,
and second author's
first
name then last name.
title.
city of publication:
publisher,
copyright date.
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| Example
of a Book Bibliography with Two Authors:
Duelle,
Sue M., and Ken Smith.
Endangered Animals.
New York:
Dutton,
1987.
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Encyclopedia
or Dictionary
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Information
Needed for Encyclopedia
with an Author:
author's
last name, author's first name.
"title
of the article in
quotes."
name of the
encyclopedia.
year of the
edition.
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Example
of an Encyclopedia or Dictionary Bibliography:
Alexander,
Thomas, and Robert
Layton.
"Dogs." World
Book
Encyclopedia.
1991 ed.
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Information
Needed for an Encyclopedia without
an Author:
"article
title in quotes". encyclopedia
title.
year of the edition.
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Example
of an Encyclopedia
without an Author:
"Spain."
World Book Encyclopedia.
1991
ed.
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Internet
Web Site
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Information
Needed for
a Web Site:
author's
last name, author's first name
(if
available) . Title of the
web
site. Date you used
the
web site (day month
year).
Online. Available.
<http:web address>
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| Example
Needed for a Web Site:
Enchanted
Learning. 3 Mar. 2006.
Online.
Available
<http://www.enchantedlearning.com
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Information
Needed for an Web Encyclopedia:
author's
last name, author's first name
(if
available) . "title of encyclopedia. "
Title
of the encyclopedia. Date you
used
the web site (day month
year).
Online. Available.
<http:web address>
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Example
of an Web Encyclopedia:
"Spain."
World Book Online. 3 Aug.
2005.
Online. Available
<http://www.worldbook.com>
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Magazine
or Newspaper
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Information
Needed for a Magazine or Newspaper:
last
name of author, first name
of
author. "title of article in
quotes."
magazine title. day,
month,
year: pages.
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| Information
Needed for a Magazine or Newspaper:
last
name of author, first name of author.
"title
of article in quotes."
magazine
title. day, month,
year:
pages.
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Person
(Interview)
|
Information
Needed for an Interview:
Name
of person interviewed. type
of
interview (in person,
telephone, email, video-
conference).day
month
year.
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| Example
of an Interview Bibliography:
Jordan,
Michael. Telephone interview.
27
Dec. 2002.
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CD-ROM
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Information
Needed for a CD-ROM:
name
of article. title of CD-
ROM.
format (CD-ROM).
city
of publication:
publisher,
year.
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| Example
of a CD-ROM Bibliography:
"New
York." The New Grolier
Multimedia
Encyclopedia. CD-
ROM.
Danbury: Grolier, 1996.
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Videotape
or DVD
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Information
Needed for Videos/DVDs:
The
title of the tape or disc. format
(Videocassette
or DVD).
publisher,
date.
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| Example
of a VCR/DVD Bibliography:
The
Tropical Rainforest. Videocassette.
National
Geographic Society,
1998.
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