Ibid. facts for kids
Ibid. is a short way of saying "in the same place." It comes from the Latin word ibīdem. People use Ibid. in books, reports, and school papers. It helps them show where they got their information.
When you write a school paper, you often use facts or ideas from other books or websites. You need to tell your reader where you found that information. This is called a citation. If you use information from the same book or article many times in a row, you can use Ibid. instead of writing the full name of the book again. It's like saying, "Look at the same source I just mentioned!"
You use Ibid. when the source you are referring to is the one right before it. For example, if you quote from a book on page 20, and then you quote from the same book again on page 25, you can use Ibid. to save space.
How to Use Ibid.
Let's look at an example to see how Ibid. works. Imagine you are writing a report and you have a list of your sources at the end.
Here is how it might look:
- [1] E. Vijh, Latin for Dummies (New York: Academic, 1997), 23.
- [2] Ibid.
- [3] Ibid., 29.
- [4] A. Alhazred, The Necronomicon (Petrus de Dacia, 1994).
- [5] Ibid. 1, 34.
Let's break down what each line means:
- Reference 1 tells us that the information came from a book called Latin for Dummies by E. Vijh, on page 23.
- Reference 2 says "Ibid." This means the information came from the *exact same place* as reference 1: E. Vijh, Latin for Dummies, page 23.
- Reference 3 says "Ibid., 29." This means the information came from the *same book* as reference 1, but this time it's from page 29.
- Reference 4 is a new source: The Necronomicon by A. Alhazred.
- Reference 5 says "Ibid. 1, 34." This is used when you have other sources in between. It means "go back to reference number 1, but look at page 34 instead."
Using Ibid. helps make your list of sources shorter and easier to read. It's a smart way to show you're using the same source multiple times.
See also
In Spanish: Ibidem para niños
- Ditto mark
- Em dash
- Loc. cit.
- Op. cit.
- Supra (grammar)
- List of Latin abbreviations
