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How to Cite Your Sources...

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SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
GUIDE TO PREPARING BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED

When 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 ]

FOR A BOOK:  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.

FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT IS SIGNED:  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.

FOR A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:  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.

FOR AN INTERNET ADDRESS: 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.

FOR AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS:  Title of material. Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date. example: Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1995.

FOR A CD-ROM: "Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date. example: "Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.

FOR AN INTERVIEW:  Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date. example: Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. January 29, 2000.

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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.