Bibliography Cards

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Bibliography Cards

By Mrs. Reynolds
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Why bother with Bibliography Cards at all??
Bibliography cards enable you to keep track of
your sources, help prevent plagiarism, and will
save you time in the long run (no unnecessary
trips back to the library).
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Information to Put on Bibliography Cards

• Author
• Title
• Publishing Information
• Punctuation
• Publication Medium

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Authors on Bibliography Cards

• Begin the first line of the bibliography entry at
  the left margin of the card.
• Indent all subsequent lines five spaces (tab).
• Authors last name followed by a comma then first
  name and middle initial (if given).

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Titles on Bibliography Cards

• Italicize titles of books and periodicals.
• Place quotation marks around the titles of
  articles.
• Capitalize words in titles correctly.
• Separate titles from subtitles with a colon.

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Publishing Information

• Books
• Magazines
• Internet

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Publishing Info--Books

• List the place of publication.
• Follow the place of publication with a colon, a
  space, and the name of the publisher.
• Follow publisher name with comma publication
  date.
• Follow with period and medium.

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Publishing Info--Magazines

• Dates day, then month, then year.
• Follow the date with a colon, a space, and the
  page number.
• Omit commas between the month and the year.
• Follow final period with medium and period.

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Publishing Info--Internet

• Information will be inconsistent from site to
  site.
• Look for Author, Article, Title or Site Name.
  Version/date. Publisher. Page number. Web. Date
  of access. lturlgt.
• URL is no longer necessary in many circumstances,
  but instructors are still allowed to insist on
  them.

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Punctuation in Bibliography

• Follow each item with a period (author, article,
  book, publishing information).
• Use only one period when the authors middle
  initial is included.
• Omit the period after magazine titles.
• Use a period at the end of each bibliography
  entry.

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Other Details (helpful hints)

• If you use more than one library, list the name
  of the library where you found this source.
• For books, list the call number.
• Make notations of key features of source.

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Sample Bibliography Card 1
Greenberg, Jan. Advertising Courses How
Advertising Works. New York Henry Holt and
Company, 1987. Print.
Do you know what kind of source this is? Book
or Magazine?
Yes!! It is a book.
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Sample Bibliography Card 2
McCommons, James. The Comeback of Moose.
Country Journal May- June 1991 28-32.
Print.
What does 28-32 stand for?
Page numbers in the magazine.
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Sample Bibliography Card 3
Barker, Joe. Finding Information on the
Internet A Tutorial. 2 Sept. 1997. Web. 14
October 1997. lthttp// www.lib.berkely. E
du/ TeachingLib/Guides/Inet
/FindInfo.htmlgt.
When did the researcher look up this information?
Yes. October 14, 1997.
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Additional Bibliography Help
For more tips on writing bibliography cards,
consult an MLA Handbook, the librarians, OWL at
Purdue, or your teacher.
Dont just guess...
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It Could Spell Disaster!!!
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The End