How do I write a bibliography?
To avoid plagiarism, it is very important to keep a record of where you find your information. This list of your sources is called a bibliography. There are specific formats you need to follow to write a bibliography correctly. Pay attention to the order of each detail and the punctuation.
Book:
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title. City of Publication: Publishing Company, Year.
Example:
Bang, Molly. Buried Sunlight. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2014.
Database or website:
w“Title of Article or Website.” Year published. Name of database or website. Date retrieved. Website address.
Example:
Smithsonian Institution. “Facts about the United States Flag.” 2018. Encyclopedia Smithsonian. Feb. 2, 2019. http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/nmah/flag.htm
When you have collected all your bibliographic information, you need to list the citations on the last page of your report. Title the page Bibliography and put them in alphabetical order by the first word in each citation.
To avoid plagiarism, it is very important to keep a record of where you find your information. This list of your sources is called a bibliography. There are specific formats you need to follow to write a bibliography correctly. Pay attention to the order of each detail and the punctuation.
Book:
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title. City of Publication: Publishing Company, Year.
Example:
Bang, Molly. Buried Sunlight. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2014.
Database or website:
w“Title of Article or Website.” Year published. Name of database or website. Date retrieved. Website address.
Example:
Smithsonian Institution. “Facts about the United States Flag.” 2018. Encyclopedia Smithsonian. Feb. 2, 2019. http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/nmah/flag.htm
When you have collected all your bibliographic information, you need to list the citations on the last page of your report. Title the page Bibliography and put them in alphabetical order by the first word in each citation.