Guide To Preparing a Bibliography
How To Cite Your Sources

 

FOR A BOOK: 

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

examples:  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.

 

FOR A CD-ROM:

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

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