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The
purpose
of a bibliography is to provide enough information about the sources
that you used for your research in order that the reader can find these
sources for further research on the topic. Certain key elements are
always included in a bibliography such as: author, title, and publishing
information.
Use
the following checklist as a guide when creating your
bibliography. Click on the links below to look at specific examples
of different types of sources.
Download
the bibliography packets:
7th
Grade
8th Grade
9th
Grade
Example
Citations:
Bibliography
Checklist:
- Appropriate
header and title
- Author’s
name is typed with the last name first when it begins the citation
- Titles
of the source are in italics
- Titles
of the specific "article," "song," "image,"
etc. must be in quotation marks
- City
of publication is followed by a colon
- Punctuation
appears inside quotation marks
- Hanging
indent
- Alphabetize
citations by the first letter in the citation (usually the author's
last name) UNLESS the word is “a”, “an”
or “the”. In that case, use the next word.
- Proofread
bibliography (this is different from spell checking!)
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