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1、The BibliographyThe DefinitionThe bibliography (also sometimes called the references or list of sources) is a list of all the books/articles you have mentioned in your writing.The Why 1. To acknowledge and give credit to sources of words, ideas, diagrams, illustrations, quotations borrowed, or any m
2、aterials summarized or paraphrased. 2. To show that you are respectfully borrowing other peoples ideas, not stealing them, i.e. to prove that you are not plagiarizing. 3. To offer additional information to your readers who may wish to further pursue your topic. 4. To give readers an opportunity to c
3、heck out your sources for accuracy. An honest bibliography inspires reader confidence in your writing. 5. Your teacher insists that you do a bibliography or marks will be deducted. The Styles:MLA : The Modern Language AssociationAPA: American Psychological AssociationThe What: AUTHOR TITLE PLACE OF
4、PUBLICATION PUBLISHER DATE OF PUBLICATION PAGE NUMBER(S) (For articles from magazines, journals, periodicals, newspapers, encyclopedias, or in anthologies).The How: A: The MLA StyleThe MLA Style is widely used for identifying research sources. In MLA style you briefly credit sources with parenthetic
5、al citations in the text of your paper, and give the complete description of each source in your Works Cited list. The Works Cited list, or Bibliography, is a list of all the sources used in your paper, arranged alphabetically by authors last name, or when there is no author, by the first word of th
6、e title (except A, An or The). E.g.:In your text/paper ( citations): Results of studies done by Hawaiis Ocean Mammal Institute indicated that humpback whales were affected by the noise of marine engines (Calvez 41). or, According to Leigh Calvez, studies by the Ocean Mammal Institute indicated that
7、Hawaiian humpback whales were affected by the noise of marine engines (41). In your Works Cited list: Calvez, Leigh. By the Time We Have Proof. Ocean Realm Spring 2000: 41-47.I. BOOKSBOOKS:Author*. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.* The authors name should be written Last Name, First Name. (1) One Author Borg, Jim. Tigers of the Sea: Hawaiis Deadly Sharks. Honolulu: Mutual, 1993.Reagan, Michael D. Curing the Crisis: Options for Americas Health Care. Boulder: Westview Press, 1992.