Bibliography Guide
The ability to write an accurate, correct bibliography is an
invaluable skill. Please keep this guide, as you will use it for
several projects this year.
A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources you have
consulted for an essay or research paper. You must list your sources in a
specific format. This way someone reading your paper and bibliography may
easily track down your sources to study for further information. A
bibliography also allows you to give proper credit to an author whose work
you have borrowed and put into your own writing. Use this guide to
create your bibliography in the correct format.
Examples:
* A book with one
author:
Hubble, Allison. What Happens Now. New York: Lucite
Paperbacks, 1993.
* A book with two authors:
Sallison, Karen,
and Robert Lyons. The Thesis Paper. New York: Como Publications,
1994.
* A book with more than two authors:
Porterfield,
Alice, et al. No Place But Here. Hanover, NH: University Press
of New England, 1996.
* An interview:
Long, Allen.
Vice-President, European Steel Industries. Telephone interview. 20 Aug.
2000.
* A signed article in an encyclopedia:
Thomas, Rupert
T. "Beans." Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 1996 ed.
*
An unsigned article in an encyclopedia:
"Lynx." Encyclopedia
Americana. 1996 ed.
* An article in a magazine:
Smythe,
Lynne. "Iguanas Used to Cure Cancer." Time. Oct.4, 1982: 74.
*
An article in a newspaper:
Ansel, James C. "Amendment 27 Would Cut
Taxes, Services." Chicago Sun-Times. Oct.10, 1976: A37.
* An
article from a CD-ROM:
Settles, Gary S. "Absolute Zero." Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1997.
Note: Do NOT use copyright
information directly from CD-ROM program!
* A television show:
Law and Order. Prod. Wolf Film in assoc. with Universal Television. NBC
Television Network. WHEC, Rochester, NY. 25 Feb. 1998.
* An article
from an internet site:
Basic components: Author. "Title of Article."
Title of Journal, Newspaper, Book, or Project (underlined if available).
Editor of Project. Indicate type of material, e.g. advertisement, cartoon,
interview, map, online posting, working paper, etc. Date of article,
creation, revision, posting, last update/modified (if available). Group,
association, name of forum, sponsor responsible for web page (if available).
Access date (date you accessed the web page) . Always put your access
date just before the URL which is placed between "less than" and "greater
than" signs at the end of the citation. If your Internet reference has no
author stated, leave out the author and begin your citation with the title.
Examples:
"18 Years of Research." TheraTears. Advertisement. 16 Nov. 1998. 4 Sept.
2000
<http://www.theratears.com>.
Barr, Susan I. "The Creatine Quandary." Bicycling Nov. 1998. EBSCOhost
Mailer. E-mail to E. Interior. 11 May 2000.
"Beginner Tip: Presenting Your Page with Style." Webmaster Tips
Newsletter. Jul. 2000. NetMechanic.
17 Jul. 2000
Wurmser, Meyrav and Yotam Feldner. "Is Israel Negotiating with the
Hamas?" Inquiry and Analysis
No. 16. 23 Mar. 1999. The Middle East Media and Research Institute. 17 May 2000.
.
* A Sample Bibliography:
In your bibliographies, remember to
always list works in alphabetical order by author. If a work does not
have an author, sort that entry by title instead. Single-space each
entry, with an extra space between entries. Indent second, third, etc.
line of each entry, as in the Internet entries listed above and below.
Ansel, James C.
"Amendment 27 Would Cut Taxes, Services." Chicago
Sun-Times. Oct.10,1976: A37.
Hubble, Allison. What Happens Now. New York: Lucite Paperbacks,
1993.
"Lynx." Encyclopedia Americana. 1996 ed.
Olson, Kyle. Abraham Lincoln: A Complete History. New York: Henry
Holt, 1999.
Sallison, Karen, and Robert Lyons. The Thesis Paper. New York:
Como Publications, 1994.
Smythe, Lynne. "Iguanas Used to Cure Cancer." Time. Oct.4, 1982:
74.
The Mother Lode. London: Europa Publications, 1997.
Thomas, Rupert T. "Beans." Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia.
1996 ed.
Yoga. Vers. 1. 1 May 2000. Zentrum Publishing. 10 Aug. 2000.
.
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