BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT*
(revised 9/99)
BOOKS
Basic Form
Paulsen, Gary. Dogsong. New York: Bradbury Press, 1985.
Anthology or Compilation: insert "ed." for editor or "comp." for compiler
Chambers, Aidan, comp. Out of Time. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
Two or Three Authors: list in the order they appear; reverse only the name of the first author
Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Age of Voltaire. New York: Simon, 1965.
More than Three Authors: name only the first author and add "et al." ("and others")
Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.
For Pamphlets, use Basic Form and leave out unavailable items. The company that prepares the pamphlet may be listed in the author position.
ENCYCLOPEDIA / DICTIONARY
"Equal Rights Amendment." World Book Encyclopedia. 1992 ed.
"Ginsburg, Ruth Bader." Who's Who in America. 48th ed. 1994.
"Geometric Progression." Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. 1977 ed.
Less familiar Reference Books: list full publication information
Hill, Douglas. "Vampire." Man, Myth & Magic. Ed. Richard Cavendish. 11 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1983.
CD-ROM Encyclopedia
"Sharks." Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1995.
PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES
With Author 's Name
Without Author's Name
"New Orleans is Talking." Newsweek 8 July 1996: 6.
NEWSPAPERS
Specify edition if one is given on the masthead. Indicate city of publication in [ ] after title if the city is not in title of local paper. National newspapers do not include city. Non-consecutive pages are indicated by + after first page number.
Brooke, James. "A Promised Land in Serbia?" New York Times 11 July 1996, late ed.: A4+.
"Progress is in the process..." Editorial. Post [Burlington] July 1996: 2.
Keen, Judy. "Buchanan playing provocateur." USA Today 17 Sept 1999:12A.
NON-PRINT SOURCES
Online Databases - cite title, author or editor, electronic publication information, date of access, and complete network address, as available.
If an address must be divided between two lines, break it only after a slash but do not use a hyphen.Internet
"Reebok International Ltd." Hoover's Online. 1998. Hoover's Company Information. 19 June 1998.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. 10 Sept. 1998.
Markoff, John. "The Voice on the Phone Is Not Human, but It's Helpful." New York Times on the Web 21 June 1998. 25 June 1998
CD-ROM or Diskette - Specify the medium of the publication you used and the latest date shown. Include vendor's name if available.
Periodical on CD-ROM
Galloway, Stephen. "TV Takes the Fall in Violence Poll." Newsweek 22 Jan. 1996:16. MAS Full Text Elite. CD-ROM. Ebsco. Mar. 1996.
Nonperiodical on CD-ROM or Diskette- cite as a single volume book
"Bronte, Emily." Discovering Authors. Vers. 1.0. CD-ROM. Detroit: Gale, 1992.
"Children's Television Workshop." Encyclopedia of Associations. Diskette. Detroit: Gale, 1994.
Publication on Computer Hard Drive
"Somalia." MacGlobe. Computer Software. Broderbund, 1992.
Television or Radio Program
"Yes...but Is It Art?" Narr. Morley Safer. Sixty Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York. 19 Sept. 1993.
Welles, Orson, dir. The War of the Worlds. By H.G. Wells. Adapt. Howard Koch.
Mercury Theatre on the Air. CBS Radio. WCBS, New York. 30 Oct. 1938.
Video Recording, Film, Filmstrip, Slide Program
Alcohol Use and Its Medical Consequences. Prod. Project Cork, Dartmouth Medical School. Slide program. Milner-Fenwick, 1982.
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. 1946. Videocassette. Republic, 1988.
Interviews
Sorenson, Robin. Personal interview. 29 Sept. 1999.
Platz, Kenneth. Telephone interview. 12 June 1999.
*Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New
York: Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
The Learning Center, Regional School District No. 10, Harwinton/Burlington, Connecticut. Sept. 1999.