When doing research and writing a report, it is always necessary to name the source(s) of your information.  This list of sources is called a bibliography.  A bibliography should be listed alphabetically.  The second line of an entry should be indented.  Skip a line after each entry. There are different ways to list a bibliography depending whether your source is a book or interview or dvd or website, etc.

FOR A BOOK:

Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year.

 example:

    Blanco, Henry. Feeding Your Python. New York: DK Publishing, 2001.

    If you only used part of a book:

    Blanco, Henry. Feeding Your Python. New York: DK Publishing, 2001, pp. 50-55.

FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT IS SIGNED:

Article author’s last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s).

    example:

    Wilkenson, Beatrix W. "Oaxacan Woodcarving." World Book Encyclopedia. 2004.

         Volume 6, pp. 277-276.

FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT ISN’T SIGNED:

"Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s).

    example:

    "Labrador Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 2003. Volume 6, p.255.

FOR A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:

Article author’s last name, first name. "Title or headline of article." Name of magazine or newspaper. Date of magazine or newspaper, page(s).

    example:

    Hernandez, Kristy. "A Baghdad Bombing." Salon. May, 2003, p. 27.

FOR AN INTERNET ADDRESS:
PLEASE NOTE: all web addresses must include time and date u visited)
REMINDER: Google and Yahooo are search engines, not "web sites!"

Author’s last name, first name. "Title of item." [Online] Available

http://address/filename, date of document or download.

    example:

    Rosa, Vinnie. "Guidelines for Better Health." [Online] Available

         http://www.usa.net/~Vinnie/home/better-health.html, October 5, 2004.

FOR VIDEOS or DVD'S:

Title of video or DVD or cd. Type of material (is it a DVD or Video?) Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.

    example:

    Pharoah’s Dream. Videotape. Osaka: Sony Wonder, 1996.

FOR A CD-ROM:

"Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date.

    example:

    "African Drumming." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.

FOR AN INTERVIEW:

Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date.

    example:

    Blackwell, Cisco. Personal interview. June 24, 2004.

Your finished bibliography should be alphabetized by the first word of the entry, and will look something like this:

BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED

"African Drumming." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.

Blackwell, Cisco. Personal interview. June 24, 2004.

Blanco, Henry. Feeding Your Python. New York: DK Publishing, 2001, pp. 50-55.

Hernandez, Kristy. "A Baghdad Bombing." Salon. May, 2003, p. 27.

"Labrador Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002. Volume 6, p.255.  

Pharoah’s Dream. Videotape. Osaka: Sony Wonder, 1996.

Rosa, Vinnie. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available

         http://www.usa.net/~Vinnied/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 2004.

 Wilkenson, Beatrix W. "Oaxacan Woodcarving." World Book Encyclopedia.. 2004. Volume 6, pp. 264-266.