Did You Know??? The word plagiarism comes from the Latin
word plagiarius which means kidnapping. Using another
person's ideas or expressions in your writing without
acknowledging the source is kidnapping their thoughts or
plagiarism.
A bibliography is an alphabetical listing of all
sources used to compile the report, project, speech, etc.
How to
write an A+ Bibliography
BOOKS
Author's last name, first
name, Title of book underlined, City of publication, State of
publication:
publisher, date of publication. Example: Fairbanks, Carol. Prairie Women.
New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 1986.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
(Includes CD-ROM Encyclopedias)
Author's last name, first
name. Title of article in quotes. Title of encyclopedia
underlined. Copyright Example: Chiappini, Lucian. "Melodeon". Encyclopedia
Americana. 1985.
FILMS,
FILMSTRIPS, SLIDE PROGRAMS AND VIDEO TAPES
Title underlined.
Director. Distributor. Year. Example:It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank
Capra. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and
Thomas Mitchel. RKO. 1946.
INTERVIEW
Person interviewed last
name, first name. Personal Interview. Date (day, month, year). Example: Kerry, John. Personal Interview. 27,
July 1983.
