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How to Cite Your Sources...
SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
GUIDE TO PREPARING BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITEDWhen doing research and writing a report, it is always necessary to name the source(s) of your information. This list of sources is called a bibliography / works cited. A bibliography should be listed alphabetically. The second line of an entry should be indented. Skip a line after each entry.
[ Book ] [ Encyclopedia ] [ Magazine & Newspaper ] [ Internet ]
[ Audiovisual Material ] [ CD-ROM ] [ Interview ] [ Example ]
- Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year.
- example:
Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 1997.
- If you only used part of a book:
- Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 1997, pp. 50-55.
- Article author’s last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s).
- example:
- Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997.
Volume 8, pp. 277-278.
- FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT ISN’T SIGNED:
- "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s).
- example:
- "Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997. Volume 8, p.255.
- Article author’s last name, first name. "Title or headline of article." Name of magazine or newspaper. Date of magazine or newspaper, page(s).
- example:
- McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 1997, p. 27.
- Author’s last name, first name. "Title of item." [Online] Available
- http://address/filename, date of document or download.
- example:
DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available
http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 1997.
- This example of how to cite an INTERNET source was downloaded from this online source.
- Title of material. Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.
- example:
- Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1995.
- "Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date.
- example:
- "Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.
- Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date.
- example:
- Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. January 29, 2000.
Your finished bibliography should be alphabetized by the first word of the entry, and will look something like this:
BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED
Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1995.
Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997.
Volume 8, pp. 284-286.DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available
http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 1997.Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 1997, pp. 50-55.
"Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997. Volume 8, p.255.
McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 1997, p. 27.
"Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.
Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. January 29, 2000.