what is a bibliography?

Question

how can i use it?

Answer 1

Publication in either printed or electronic format, usually arranged by author, date or subject, which offers a listing of works produced either by one author, in one subject, in one place, or during one period. (2) A list of works consulted in the composition of a book, article, or assignment.

How to Write a Bibliography



A bibliography is a list of materials used in creating a report or paper. Information for bibliographies is taken right from the source. The source is the book, magazine, encyclopedia or internet site you used. Look at the title page for the publisher, city, and author. Copyright information is usually found on the back side of the title page.

The book or magazine title is always underlined in a bibliography.

If a citation (what you write down about your source) is more than one line long, indent the second line five spaces.



Arrange the bibliography in alphabetical order, by the author's last name. If there is no author listed, use the first word of the title (not "a," "an," or "the"). When there is more than one author, you may use the first author listed.



A publisher is the company that produces the material. The "place" is the city where the publisher is located. If the city of publication is not so famous, the name of the state or country is listed as well.
BOOK CITATIONS:



A citation is a source of information used in a report. Bibliographic citations for books vary. These examples can help you write your bibliography for many types of book citations.



1. BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR:

Last Name, First Name. Title. Place: Publisher, Year.

The author is listed, last name first. The title is underlined. The city where the book is published is listed followed by a colon and the name of the publisher followed by a comma. The year the book is published is then listed followed by a period. Use the most recent copyright date. The city is usually found on the title page of the book. The copyright date is usually found on the back side of the title page.



2. A BOOK THAT HAS AN EDITOR:

Last Name, First Name, ed. Title. Place: Publisher, Year.
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND OTHER

REFERENCE BOOKS:

The article title is the topic you looked up.. The author's name (if there is one) can be found at the beginning or the end of the article. The article is placed after the author's name and put in quotation marks. The the title of the encyclopedia is underlined.

4. SIGNED ARTICLES: (An article that has an author listed)

Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of Encyclopedia. Volume number. Place: Publisher, Year.

5. UNSIGNED ARTICLES: (An article that does not have an author listed)

"Article Title." Encyclopedia Title. Volume number. City, State:

Publisher, Year.


MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS:

When citing a magazine or newspapers [sometimes called periodicals], use the following formats. Periodical articles may or may not have an author.



6. MAGAZINES:

Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Magazine Title.

Place: Publisher, Month, Day, Year: Page numbers used.

The author's name is given first, the name of the article, then the name of the magazine, the date of the magazine, a colon and then the page number(s). If you used the whole magazine, you do not have to put pages. If there is no author, start with the article title.



7. NEWSPAPERS:

"Article Title." Newspaper Title. Month, Day, Year: Section Number,

Page Numbers Used.

If the article has an author, it is placed before the name of the article.
NON-BOOK SOURCES:



8. MOVIES:

Title. Director. (or host or narrator) Videocassette. Publisher,

(or Vendor) Year.

The title of the videocassette is listed first. The person who is credited on the box (the director, host, or narrator) is listed second. The type of media (a videocassette, film, or filmstrip) is listed next. The publisher and the year published are listed last.



9. CD-ROM

"Article Title." Name of CD. CD-ROM. Place: Publisher, Year.



10. WORLD WIDE WEB/INTERNET:

Last Name, First Name. Title of Home Page. Date. (use the date that you found the website) < http://www.website.address>

If the website has not author (most of them don't), use the sponsoring organization if there is one. If there is none, start with title, underlined. Then put the day, month and year that you used the website. Last comes the www address set inside caret marks < >.



11. INTERVIEW:

Last Name, First Name. (of the person being interviewed) Interviewed by

(If you did the interview by phone, write Phone Interview by) Your First Name and Last Name. City, State. (where you did the interview) Date. (when you did the interview)
HERE'S WHAT A BIBLIOGRAPHY LOOKS LIKE:

Below is a sample of what a finished bibliography looks like. They are numbered to make it easier for you to copy the sample but do not use numbers in your own bibliography. The kind of citations shown are (in order):

1. Book (with one author)

2. Book (with editor)

3. Book with no author

4. Encyclopedia (with author)

5. Encyclopedia (without author)

6. Magazine article

7. Newspaper

8. Movie

9. CD-ROM

10. Website

11. Interview



1. Aemes, David. Kindness You Can Do. New York: Holiday House, 1996.

2. Belgrave, Amy, ed. Do Another Mitzvah Today!lCambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1996.

3. Charity For Children. New York: Holiday House, 1996.

4. Doheny, Zena. "Torah." World Book Encyclopedia. Volume 12.

Chicago: World Book, 1997.

5. "Gemarrah." Encyclopedia Judaica. Volume 19. Danbury, Connecticut: Groliers, 1994.

6. Gomzu, Paysach. "Lashon Hara Ruins the Game." Sports Illustrated.

December 15, 1997: 62-67.

7. "Grandmother Saves Child From Fire." Chicago Tribune. 5 January 1998. Section 1, page 4.

8. Inside the Third Temple. Hosted by Rabbi Steinmetz. Videocassette. Geulah Video, 1990.

9. Katz, Mendel. "Moshiach." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM.

Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1999.

10. Seven Mitzvahs of Bnei Noach. 26 August 1997. < http://pharos.bu.edu/Egypt/Wonders.>

11. Todah, Yosef. Interviewed by Shoshannah Todah. Los Angeles, Calif. January, 3, 2000.
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Your bibliography might look like this:



Aemes, David. Dogs Save the World. New York: Holiday House, 1996

Doheny, Zena. "Dogs in the Torah." World Book Encyclopedia. Volume 12.

Chicago: World Book, 1997.

Gomzu, Paysach. "Dogs in Sports." Sports Illustrated. December 15, 1997: 62-67.

Katz, Mendel. "Working Dogs." Encarta. CD-ROM. Microsoft, 2000.

"Space Dogs." Astronauts in Cyperspace 26 August 1997.

< http://www.space.bu.edu/dogs/Wonders.>

Answer 2

a bibliography is a list of works cited when you say, write a paper, and work on a project and research information. you basically list all the sources you got information from. it could be a website, a book, a magazine article, you name it.
there are many bibliography formats. i generally use the MLA format. so try googling that you should get the format. write it exactly in that format with the author, and publishing date and everything.
hope this helps!!

Answer 3

A bibliography is a list of sources that you used for a paper. This would be books or magazines where you received your information. It is just like a 'works cited' page, just a little more 'old school' lol.

A bibliography usually wouldn't include films or internet sources.

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Answer 4

usually, a bibliography is a list of books/articles at the end of another book or article that will give the reader more information on the subject being discussed...it can also refer to a list of sources used in writing the original work

they are very useful to get more information on the subject you are reading about or to find other sources that connect to the subject

Answer 5

A bibliography is a list of recommended books by an author.
you can use it if you are writing about a specific author, or you can use it to find books related to a certain subject.

Answer 6

A bibliography is basically a list of the places you got your informatio from when you wrote a paper or did a project. There is a very specific format for them, but they are important because they tell your reader that you arent just spouting a bunch of bull. The bib says you did your research from reputable locations.

Answer 7

a bibliography is put into like the end of an essay etc. listing your sources.

Answer 8

A list of materials (books, articles, videos, etc.) on a particular subject or by a particular author. You use it to cite all the sources you used to write research report, etc.

Answer 9

The study of the production of literature - mainly books. "A bibliograpy" is a list of books.

Answer 10

a listing of all the sources for a written text....