Bibliographies

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Bibliographies
How?
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Support your Topic

• Understand the assignment
• Find introduction information
• Narrow your scope

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Research your topic

• Search OPAC
• Search through the books using the index table
  of content
• Check databases
• Lastly go on the web

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MLA
Modern Language Association Official style used
at Spalding Includes a section called Works Cited
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Works Cited

• Includes all items cited in the research
• Located at the end of the document
• Follows a certain format

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At Spalding

• MLA is the official style
• BUT Some teachers may request a
  bibliography/reference page also

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References

• Used in APA style
• American Psychological Association
• Includes all items USED in the research
• Located at the end of the document
• Follows a certain format

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MLA
Official style used at Spalding Includes a
section called Works Cited
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Basic Instructions for a book

• Author. Full Title. Edition. City of Publication
  Publishing Company, publication date.

Example
Golding, William. Lord of the flies. New York A
Perigee Book, 1954.
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Finding book data

• Check title page for
• Title
• Author
• Place of Publication
• Publisher
• Date

Missing data can be found

• Check Verso (back of title page) for
• Place of Publication
• Publisher
• Date

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But what if there is more than ONE Author?
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Follow your copy of A guide to MLA Documentation

• Volvo, James M. and Dorothy Denneen Volvo.
  Encyclopedia of the Antebellum South. Westport,
  Conn. Greenwood Press, 2000.

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Three Editors
Corbett, Doris, John Cheffers, and Eileen Crowley
Sullivan, eds. Unique games and sports around the
world. Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press,
2001.
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More than three authors?

• List first author
• And the words et al
• Example
• Comaroni, John P. ed., et al. Dewey decimal
  classification and relative index. 20th ed.
  Albany, NY Forest Press, 1989.

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Signed Reference Articles
Swift, Camm. Ribbonfish. Academic American
Encyclopedia. 1994 ed.
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What about books with more than one date?
Republished Books
Many times books are republished years after the
original date. On the Verso of the title page
all these dates are listed. You give the oldest
and most current.
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Example

• Miller, Arthur. The Crucible a play in four
  acts. 1952. New York Penguin Books, 1988.

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What about a book in a series?

• Editor/Author.
• Full Title.
• Title of Series.
• Place of Publication
• Publisher,
• Date.

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Example

• Pierson, Peter. The history of Spain. The
  Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations.
  Wesport, Connecticut Greenwood Press, 1999.

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But I use more than books!
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Follow your copy of A guide to MLA Documentation

• Periodical Articles

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Daley, Michael J. Is Baptism a God-given rite?
U.S. Catholic November 2002, 34.
Periodical Article
Author. Article title. Name of Magazine Date,
page(s) number(s)
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Author's name (if given). "Title of Article."
Name of Magazine Date of Publication Pages. Name
of Database. Library Name. Date of Access
lthttp//for the access librarygt.
On-Line Database
InfoTrac
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Example
Survey of youths shows ethics slip Cheating,
stealing rise The Washington Times Oct. 23,
2002 A02. InfoTrac. Archbishop Spalding High
School Library Media Center. November 19, 2002
http//infortrac.galegroup.com/itweb/abspaldinghs
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Web Site
MLA Style. May 18, 2000. Modern Language
Association of America. November 19, 2002
http//www.mla.org
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Database Articles
LMCs CD-ROMs databases such as
DISCovering United States History Exploring
Poetry Welcome to the Catholic Church
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Example
Mark Twain (biographical sketch). Exploring
Novels. CD-ROM. Gale Research. 1997.
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Finding database data

• Check title slide for
• Title of database
• Article may or may not have an author

Addional data can be found

• Under Help
• Open second Help
• Click on version to get
• Publisher Date

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CD-ROM
Same as LMC databases
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Other items?

• Follow your MLA guide and/or ask your teacher

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MLA
Official style used at Spalding Includes a
section called Works Cited
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Remember

• Works Cited
• vs
• References

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Works Cited

• Invention, The child of necessityGetting papers
  started, Writing Center , http//www.csuohio.edu/
  writingcenter/invent.html
• Trimmer, Joseph F. A guide to MLA Documentation
  with an appendix on APA style. 5th edition.
  Boston Houghton Mifflin Co. c1999.
• Writing a research paper, Owl online writing
  lab, 2002, Purdue University http//owl.english.p
  urdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/invent.htm
  l

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