Bibliographies for Independent Projects

Hello!

We have had some great questions today about how to do a bibliography. It can be quite confusing, especially as there are many formats, and there have been many updates to those formats in recent years due to changing media (i.e. increased use of the Internet, online books, etc.)

I provided a handout with the basics to everyone in class; however, if you prefer, there is another way to figure it out if you need help. Go to the website Easy Bib.

On Easy Bib, you will need to choose MLA as your format. Then, choose which type of item you are citing (book, magazine, newspaper, etc.) Then, you can even look up the book you are reading. Easy Bib helps you to automatically generate entries. If you log in, you can even save them in a list.

One word of caution — I do notice that Easy Bib does not do the proper indents. So, no indent on the first line of each entry. Second and third lines of entries need an indent. Please see your handout as a reference.

I hope this helps! If you have questions, please do ask them! Part of the learning on this project is about asking questions. We are learning so much about how to do research!

Have a good afternoon,

Ms. D