After you have decided the topic on which your science fair project will be based you will need to hunt for background information. Most science teachers would like you to have at least three credible sources to confirm the information that you use.

You will have to list these sources in you bibliography as well. If you get the information out of a book make sure that you get the name of the book, the author’s name and the page number written down in the bibliography. Adding the date of publication and the publishing company will give additional weight to the data.

If it is a periodical magazine you will need to give the name of the article, the name of the author, and the date of publication of that specific issue of the magazine. Again you can add the name of the publishing company in the information that you provide in the bibliography.

Suppose you get the information through a search on the internet you will have to give specific details of the website that you accessed. This will include the web address or URL of the page with the information, the name of the author and / or editor of the page, the name of the website owner and the specific date that you accessed the information for your science fair project.