Guidelines
Bibliography - Songs in Book Form

Heading: The heading should appear in the upper right hand corner of the first page and should include the following:

Your Course Number (MUSC448 or MUSC548)
Bibliography - Songs in Book Form
Your name

Do not include a cover sheet.

Note: A song in book form is a single song illustrated line by line or verse by verse to appear as a story book. The song is usually included in the back of the book in the form of a piece of music.

Text Format: 10 or 12 point type, 1" margins, in a standard font (such as Ariel, Helvetica, Times New Roman). See below for the model for the entries. (Please do not include these examples in your bibliography.)

Length: 8-10 entries (1 full page maximum)

Content:

Bibliography in specialized format: (NOTE: This is not a scholarly format, but it will make the final product easier to use.)

"Song Title." Song Source or Author. Illustrator. followed by the normal publisher and date information. (Examples at the bottom of this page.)

No annotations, please, but do identify the source, where you found the book. (Longwood Library, etc.)

Remember that bibliographic lists are in alphabetical order.

Examples:

"Down by the Station."  Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. San Diego: Harcourt Brace& Company / Gulliver Books. 1999. (Longwood Library)

"Over in the Meadow." John Langstaff. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 1957. (Personal Collection)

"The Twelve Days of Christmas." English Traditional Carol. Illustrated by Jan Brett. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1986. (Prince Edward Elementary School Library)

NOTE: These will be photocopied to share with other members of the class

Updated on 5/19/08