BibliographiesBibliographies

By: Laura S.By: Laura S.

Ms. Valley’s Library Media ClassMs. Valley’s Library Media Class

How to Cite sourcesHow to Cite sources

What is a BibliographyWhat is a Bibliography

A list of resources used to create an assignment or project.

It should be in alphabetical order by the author’s last name

Websites should be listed in alphabetical order by their title

Citing A bookCiting A book

Author’s last name followed by a comma and Author’s last name followed by a comma and first name followed by a periodfirst name followed by a period

The title underlined and followed by a period The title underlined and followed by a period place of publication followed by a colonplace of publication followed by a colon publisher followed by a commapublisher followed by a comma Copyright date followed by a periodCopyright date followed by a period

Example:Example:  Speare, Elizabeth. Speare, Elizabeth. The bronze bowThe bronze bow. . Boston : Boston :

Houghton Mifflin, c1989. Houghton Mifflin, c1989.

Citing Encyclopedias or DictionariesCiting Encyclopedias or Dictionaries

Example:

Janos, Adam G. "Cold War." Encyclopedia Americana. 1996 ed.

•Author of the article’s last name followed by a comma, and first name followed by a period

•The articles title within double quotes followed by a period

•The Encyclopedias or Dictionaries title underlined and followed by a period

•Copyright year followed by “ed.”

Citing Web sitesCiting Web sites

Author’s last name followed by a comma

Author’s first name followed by a period

Title of webpage followed by a period

Date last revised or published

Date you visited the website

the URL address inside <>

Example:

Lowe, Wesley. Pro Death Penalty Web Page. Nov. 2001. 22 Oct. 2002 <http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html>.

Citing Poems or Short StoriesCiting Poems or Short Stories

Author of the poem, or short story

Title of poem or short story

Editors

Place of publication & publisher

Page numbers

Example:

Kaufman, Bob. "Blues Note." The Beat Book. Ed. Anne Waldman. Boston: Shambhala, 1996. 303.

Citing Newspaper ArticlesCiting Newspaper Articles

Author(s) of the article Author(s) of the article

Full title of the article Full title of the article

Title of the newspaper Title of the newspaper

Section and page numbers Section and page numbers

Date of publication Date of publication

Example: Tabor, Mary B. W. "Despite Low Prestige and Pay, More Answer the Call to Teach: College Students are Increasingly Showing Interest in Teaching Profession." New York Times 11 Jul. 1999: N1+.

Citing MagazinesCiting Magazines Author’s last name followed by a comma

Author’s first name followed by a period

Article title followed by a period inside double quotes

Magazine title underlined and followed by a period

Volume and issue numbers

Year of publication followed by a colon

Page numbers

Example:

Keil, Kristi Lockhart. "An Intimate Profile of Generation X." American Enterprise, a National Magazine of Politics, Business, and Culture. Jan.-Feb. 1998: 49+

Citing thesesCiting theses

Author

Title followed by a period inside double quotes

Academic institution followed by a comma

Year of publication followed by a period

Example:Example:Matson, Diane Marie. "Accountability, Task Structure, and

Evidence Evaluations in an Audit Review Process." Diss. University of Minnesota, 1997.

BibliographyBibliography

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