Saturday 18 July 2020

How to do a Citation bibliography?


Citation bibliography
why?
For the reference on the fact/information provided in the produced article and also
without bibliography, providing material from a preexisting source is Plagiarism.

How to create a citation bibliography?
Step 1. Line spacing - double spacing
               Margin          - 1 inch
[state "Bibliography" and align it in center]

Step 2. Alphabetize the sources with the author's last name.
[in the case of no author name use the source title excluding the article such as "a, an or the"]

Step 3. Format
Author’s name
Formula - Last name, First name.  (e.g. Wayne, Bruce. )
or
Last name, First name. Author 2. And Author 3. (e.g. Steinbeck, John. Trump, Donald and Wayne, Bruce. )

Step 4. Format
Title of the article
Formula - 2 spaces + title [inside double quotation] + period.  
(e.g. Steinbeck, John. "Chapter 36.")

Step 5. Format
Title of the Book/ Magazine/ Internet source.
Formula - 2 spaces + Title [ in italics] + period.
 (e.g. Steinbeck, John. "Chapter 36." *East of Eden.)
[ also, for Magazines - mention the volume and the issue number;
for Internet sources - mention the date (in d/m/y) that the source was written]

Step 6. Format
Publisher information.
Formula - 2 spaces + city + colon + Publishers name + coma + year of publication + period.
(e.g. Steinbeck,John. "Chapter 36." East of Eden. Penguin random house, 2012.)
and also
[ for magazine - add date (in d/y/m) + coma + pages (like..12-34);
for internet sources - add the date accessed or retrieved + coma + ULR + period.]
(for internet source e.g. Masih, Nina. Slater, Joanna. "As India skyrockets past 1 million coronavirus cases, a mystery surrounds the death toll." Washington Post 17 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-coronavirus-1-million-cases-death-toll/2020/07/17/9c6aacac-c0a2-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html)

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