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Writing a Bibliography Discovery College 2009 Why do you need to do it? It helps you to find the resource again if you need it. It helps others find the resource if they want to read more about what you have found. It helps to keep you honest in your research by requiring you to cite your sources. It shows the depth and breadth of your research and knowledge. It helps you develop competence in information literacy and organisation - which help you take responsibility for your own learning. How to do it? The following instructions are a brief guide on what you need to include and when for different resources to create a citation. It is called the APA style. APA stands for American Psychological Association which has created this style for use in all its publications. After you have written the citations for the resources, you need to organise them into alphabetical order by the Authors surname at the end of your project - no matter what it is, you need to have a bibliography. The date always goes after the first entry - author or title. Great resources to help you is Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net or http://www.bibme.org/ Remember to select APA style. Book Surname, Initial. (year). Title of book. Place of publication : Publisher. One Author..Gan, A. (2008). MYP for dummies, Beijing: Syllabus by Design. Two authors.... Mather, F. Nightingale, M. (2006). Teaching English to young minds. Hong Kong: Discovery College. Three or more authors.... Connor, O. et al. (2008). How to create an opening ceremony using the team approach. London: Drama Queens Corp. Article Surname, Initials. (Year, month day). Title of article, Title of periodical or newspaper. Volume number / Issue number, start page - end page number. Beach, M. (2008, Jan 2). How running helps me relax, Discovery Bay Magazine. Vol. 3, Issue 4. pp. 6-8. Use the same format for online articles, but place the name of the database at the end. You can also use the same format for encyclopedias. Website Surname, Initials. (Year) (if you canʼt find the date write n.d.) Title of article/page, Title of website, Date site viewed, <site address>. Kai Fong, A. (2008) Goalsetting, Discovery College Explorer, viewed 5th October 2008, <http:// www.discovery.edu.hk/article.php?aid=61 > If no author can be identified - use the title of the article. Middle Years Programme (MYP) at Discovery College (2008).Discovery College, viewed 5th Oct. 2008, http://www.discovery.edu.hk/content.php?contentid=38 DVD, CD- ROM, TV, podcast, music Surname, Initials.(Year),Title, [CD ROM, DVD etc] Place of publication: Publisher McKenzie, D. (2008), Setting up a new library in a fabulous school. [DVD] Sydney: Libraries Inc. Chaytor, R. (2008),CD, Neil Diamondʼs greatest hits with commentary by a serious fan, [CD] Los Angeles: Music Lovers Inc. Map Issuing body, (Year). Title of map, series, [format] scale. Place of publication: Publisher Discovery College Music Department, (2008). Shek Kong Junk Yard Locations, Alternative musical instruments series. [map] 25:1 Hong Kong: Hong Kong Printer Speakerʼs name, (Date). Topic, subject : place. Wilson,J. 23rd Oct. (2008). Bending heavy metal, Design and Technology: Discovery College. Class, speaker or personal interview Image Photographer / creator, Title, page or URL of image, Name of book / magazine or website : publisher Kay, D. Wild Lantau, p.34. Hong Kong Scenes : HK Printing
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