How to Create a Bibliography

By

Dr. Audrey Irene Daigneault

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How to Create a Bibliography

A bibliography is an alphabeticallist of all sources of information

used to create a report.

Bibliography

A bibliography is placed at the end of a report but is created during the research process.

Bibliography

Create a note card for

for every source

or save a citation to a

Word document.

Bibliography

It is arranged in abc order by

author’s last name if known

or

title of the work (no author)

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A bibliography acts as evidence that the report is based on fact.

It credits the work of others.

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Bibliographies are in abc order

Author last name or family name is first, first name middle name last.

Example: Smith, John Allen.

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Use periods in a bibliographic entry

after each main part.

Author’s name. Title of Work. Facts of

publication.

Remember to dot…………………..

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Cite page numbers when research is part of a whole work.

Example: Chapter in a Book

Article in a Magazine

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Double space between each entry.

Example:

Smith, John. Machines. New York: Gale,

c2005.

Zend, Michael. Robots. New York:

Children’s Press, n.d.

Bibliography

Indent all lines but the first by 5 spaces.

Example:

McAuliffe, Emily. Connecticut: Fact

and Symbols. Mankato, Minnesota:

c1999.

Example of a Bibliography

Bibliography on Connecticut

Fradin, Dennis Brindell and Judith Bloom Fradin. Connecticut. Chicago: Childrens Press, c1994.

Gelman, Amy. Connecticut. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner, c1991.

Connecticut Bibliography

Kaufman, Emily. Connecticut: Fact and

Symbols. Mankato, Minn.: Hilltop Books, c1999.

“Legal Holidays in the State,” State of Connecticut. 9/6/2005. 4/5/2006. http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp ?a=843&q=246434

URL’s

• The MLA Style format no longer requires the URL *

• “Legal Holidays in the State,” State of Connecticut. 9/6/2005. 4/5/2006. *<http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.a

sp?a=843&q=246434>*

Publishing Information

Located on Title Page

Verso of Title Page

Check last pages of Book

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