How to Make Your Science Fair Project Bibliography Work for You
What Is a Bibliography?
A bibliography is basically just identification information about the sources that you used to find information. You will have one entry for each source of information that you used. Each entry needs as much information about the source as possible. The ideal entry will have the author's or authors' name(s), the date of the publication, the title of the article, webpage or book, the name of the publication, the publisher, the date you accessed the information (online resources only) and where you got the information (website address - online resources only).
Formatting a Bibliography
There are several formats that you can use for your science fair project bibliography, however, the best format is APA style. This is the most commonly used citation style for science writing. Here are a few sample entries:
Entry for a book: Author's name. (date of publication). Name of the Book. City where the book was published: Publisher's name.
Entry for an article: Author's name. (date of publication). "Title of the article." Name of the publication, (volume)issue: page number. Online version accessed [date] from http://www.websiteaddress.com
Entry for website: Author's name. (Date of last update). "Title of the webpage." Name of the website. Accessed from the World Wide Web [date] from http://www.websiteaddress.com
Annotated Bibliography
It is a good idea to create an annotated bibliography as you conduct research for your project. An annotated bibliography is basically just a regular bibliography with a little extra information about each source. This information will summarize what the source offered you in terms of information. This will help you to find data and information when you are ready to write your report. Here is a sample annotated bibliography entry:
Sebastian, Eisla. (2009). "Science fair bibliography." Associated Content. Online version accessed 10.21.09 from
http://www.associatedcontent.com
Notes: This article provided information about how to set up a bibliography for a science fair project and how
to utilize a bibliography to reduce the amount of work required when writing a report for a science fair project.
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