How To Cite Your Sources

 

 

FOR A BOOK: 

Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year.

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).

          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).

         "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).

 

           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.

        DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available

            http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 1997.

 

FOR A CD-ROM:

"Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date.

            "Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.