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How to Write a Bibliography for Children

A bibliography is a list of sources used to research and write a paper. The list includes books, articles, websites, interviews, movies, and other sources that reinforce and illustrate your topic. When assigning a research subject, teachers usually request children to provide a bibliography. The sources children cite in a bibliography must match the information they provided in their paper. The bibliography should be on a separate page at the end of the research paper and must follow some basic guidelines for each entry.

Instructions

    • 1

      Type "Bibliography " or "Work Cited" at the top center of a new, separate page at the end of your paper. Double-space all entries without skipping lines between citations.

    • 2

      List all citations alphabetically by author's last name. Alphabetize by title if there is no known author.

    • 3

      Locate the author's name on the title page of each source. Write the last name first and follow with a comma, then write the first name and follow with a period. Some articles and websites may have more than one author. Just add a comma after the name of each author and write "and" between the last two.

    • 4

      Write the title of the book you used in italics, followed by a period.

    • 5

      Use quotation marks for articles and put a period inside the quotation marks. Write the name of the newspaper or magazine that published the article in italics. Make sure you include a page or volume number and the date when the article was published.

    • 6

      Add the name of the city where the book was published, followed by a colon. Also, write the publisher's name, followed by a comma. Then, add the date when the book was published, followed by a period. You can find the publisher's information on the page opposite the title page.

    • 7

      Write the address of any websites you use for information. You must also include the date you visited the website.

    • 8

      Add the page number for your bibliography page when you do the final formatting by adding page numbers to your entire research paper.

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