ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant

Well, imagine that you have a big book report to do on a very important person named Ulysses S. Grant. To make sure your report is accurate and trustworthy, you need to use information from other people's books and articles about Ulysses. The list of all the books and articles that you use in your report is called a bibliography.

But here's the tricky part: you're not just randomly choosing any old books or articles. You want to make sure that the books and articles you use are good and helpful. So, you search all over for the best ones. You might look online, ask a librarian for help, or even talk to your teacher for recommendations.

Once you have your list of good books and articles, you put them in your bibliography. This is like making a list of all the important ingredients you need to make a cake. You wouldn't want to forget any of the important ingredients, right? Same goes for your bibliography.

Now, when someone reads your report, they can look at your bibliography to see where you got all of your information. This helps them trust your report more, because they know you used good sources.

So, to sum it all up: a bibliography is like a list of ingredients you used (books and articles) to make your report on Ulysses S. Grant, and it helps people trust your report more because they can see where you got all of your information from.