Bibliography- from Sciencebuddies.org

Key Info
  • Make a list to keep track of ALL the books, magazines, and websites you read as you follow your background research plan. Later this list of sources will become your bibliography.

  • Most teachers want you to have at least three written sources of information.​List the sources in alphabetical order using the author's last name. If a source has more than one author, alphabetize using the first one. If an author is unknown, alphabetize that source using the title instead.

IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY PLEASE BRING YOUR SOURCES AND SEE ME AFTER YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH.
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The bibliographic information for different types of resources are located in different places, so you may need to do some detective work to get all of the information for your bibliography. Try looking in these places:

  • the title page of a book, encyclopedia or dictionary
  • the heading of an article
  • the front, second, or editorial page of the newspaper
  • the contents page of a journal or magazine
  • the header (at the top) or footer (at the bottom) of a Web site
  • the About or the Contact page of a Web site

FROM PRINTED SOURCES


  • author's name
  • ​title of the publication (and the title of the article if it's a magazine or encyclopedia)
  • date of publication
  • the place of publication of a book
  • the publishing company of a book
  • the volume number of a magazine or printed encyclopedia
  • the page number(s)

FROM INTERNET SOURCES

  • ​​Worldwide Website Style:
    Author's Name. Full title of work (in quotation marks). Document date (if known), Full http address, Date of visit.
  • Example:
    Pikulski, Jack.“The Role of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading.” Feb. 5, 1997,
        

Sample Bibliography
"Battery." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1990.
"Best Batteries." Consumer Reports Magazine 32 Dec. 1994: 71-72.
Booth, Steven A. "High-Drain Alkaline AA-Batteries." Popular Electronics 62 Jan. 1999: 58.
Brain, Marshall. "How Batteries Work." howstuffworks. 1 Aug. 2006
       <http://home.howstuffworks.com /battery.htm>.
"Cells and Batteries." The DK Science Encyclopedia. 1993.
Dell, R. M., and D. A. J. Rand. Understanding Batteries. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society
       of Chemistry, 2001.
"Learning Center." Energizer. Eveready Battery Company, Inc. 1 Aug. 2006
       <http://www.energizer.com /learning/default.asp>.
"Learning Centre." Duracell. The Gillette Company. 31 July 2006
       <http://www.duracell.com /au/main/pages/learning-centre-what-is-a-battery.asp>.