PROCEDURE:
1. Keep track of all your sources of information as you do your research. Don’t wait until you are finished your report or project.
2. Remember that all the entries in a bibliography must be listed in alphabetical order, just like in a telephone book.
3. Use one of these two methods to help you write each entry, or citation, in your bibliography:
a. This great website from World Book: Citation Builder.
b. The guide below.
Books:
(Underline or write titles in italics.)
Author. Title. City: publisher, date.
Kallen, Stuart A. The History of Jazz. San Diego: Thomson Gale, 2003.
Encyclopedias:
“Article,” Encylopedia. Publisher, date, volume, page.
Wadsworth, Frank W. “Shakespeare.” World Book Encyclopedia. World Book, 2006, v. 17, p. 344-370.
Magazines and journals:
“Article,” Magazine, volume or date, page.
“Servants in the Sky,” National Geographic World, February 1990, p. 10-15.
Pamphlets:
Title. Publisher, date.
The Wolf Story: Wolf Management and Control in British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, n.d.
[note: if the date of publication is not on the pamphlet, you insert the letters, “n.d.” in the place where the date is normally found in the bibliographic entry.]
Multimedia materials:
Last name, first name. Title. Type of media. Publisher, date, time.
Nye, Bill. Cells. Videotape. Disney Education Productions, 2003, 26 min.
Online sources:
At the bottom of some online articles, you will find citation information. Copy and paste that information into your bibliography. If there is no citation information given, use the following format:
Last name, first name. “Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Publisher, year. Web. Date accessed.
Rogerson, Robert J. “Desert.” World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 30 March 2010.