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Anytime you are doing research for a report or other project, you should keep track of the sources you used and give credit to the person or persons who wrote or produced the material.  A good way to give credit is in a bibliography. The following examples will help you create your bibliography:

Grades 4-5

BOOKS

Format:

1. Author IF available (last name first).2. Title (underlined).3. City where the book is published:4. Publisher,5. Latest copyright date of text.

 

Examples:

Fradin, Dennis. Astronomy. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1983.

 

PRINT ENCYCLOPEDIAS and other REFERENCE BOOKS

Format:

1. Author IF available (last name first).2. "Title of article" (in quotation marks).3. Title of encyclopedia or reference book (underlined).4. Latest copyright date.

 

Examples:

Bluford, Jr., Guion."Astronaut." World Book Encyclopedia. 1993.

 

MAGAZINES

Format:

1. Author (last name first).2. "Title of the article" (in quotation marks).3. Title of the magazine (underlined).4. Date (day month year):5. Page numbers of the article.

 

Example:

Bowman, Rebecca. "Westward Stop and Go." Cobblestone. October 1998: 8-12.

 

 

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Format:

1. Author name IF article is signed (last name first).2. "Title of article" (in quotation marks).3. Title of program (underlined).4. Medium.5. Production company,6. Copyright date.

 

Examples:

Bluford, Jr., Guion."Astronaut." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM.

World Book, Inc., 1994.

 

 

VIDEOTAPES, DVD's

Format:

Title (underlined).2. Medium (videocassette, etc).3. Production company,4. Copyright date.5. Time length.

 

Example:

Seeds of Liberty. Videocassette. Rainbow Educational Video, 1993. 22 min.

 

 

ONLINE SOURCES (Internet)

Format:

1. Author (last name first) IF article is signed.2. Title of item (underlined).3. Date posted.4. Sponsoring organization.5. Date of access.6. Electronic address.

 

Examples:

Dejoie, Joyce and Elizabeth Truelove. StarChild Project. 1997. NASA.

September 25, 1997. <http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

 

 

Grades 2-3

BOOKS

Format:

1. Author IF available (last name first).2. Title (underlined).3. latest copyright date of text.

 

Examples:

Fradin, Dennis. Astronomy. 1983.

 

 

PRINT ENCYCLOPEDIAS and other REFERENCE BOOKS

Format:

1. "Title of article" (in quotation marks).2. Title of encyclopedia or reference book (underlined).3. Latest copyright date.

 

Example:

"Deer." Compton's Encyclopedia and Fact Index. 1993.

 

 

MAGAZINES

Format:

1. Title of the magazine (underlined).2. Date (day month year).

 

Example:

Cobblestone. October 1998.

 

 

COMPUTER PROGRAMS 

Format:

1. "Title of program (underlined).2. Medium (CD-ROM).

 

Example:

San Diego Zoo Presents ... THE ANIMALS! 2.0. CD-ROM.

 

 

VIDEOTAPES, DVD's

Format:

1. Title (underlined).2. Medium (videocassette, filmstrip, etc).

 

Example:

Seeds of Liberty. Videocassette. 

 

 

ONLINE SOURCES (Internet)

Format:

1. Title of item (underlined).2. Date of access.3. Electronic address.

 

Example:

Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man. 13 Jan. 1997.

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html

 

 

Sources consulted:

Kemper, Dave, et al. Writer's Express: A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers and Learners. New York: Write Source, 1995.

 

LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/lmc/lmc_citingsources.htm

 

Valenza, Joyce. Power Tools: 100+ Essential Forms and Presentations for Your School Library Information

          Program. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.