Key Middle
School Library
How to Cite Your Sources...
SUGGESTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GUIDE TO PREPARING BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED
When doing
research and writing a report, it is always necessary to name the
source(s) of your information. This list of sources is called a
bibliography / works cited. A bibliography should be listed
alphabetically. The second line of an entry should be indented.
Skip a line after each entry.
[
Book ] [
Encyclopedia ] [
Magazine & Newspaper ] [
Internet ]
[
Audiovisual Material ] [
CD-ROM ] [
Interview ] [
Example ]
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FOR A BOOK:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place
of publication: Publisher, copyright year.
example:
Fogle,
Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing,
2001.
If you
only used part of a book:
Fogle,
Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing,
2001, pp. 50-55. |
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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.
2002.
Volume 8, pp.
277-278.
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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. 1999.
Volume 8, p.255. |
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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,
2003, p. 27. |
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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, 2002.
This
example of how to cite an INTERNET source was downloaded
from this online source. |
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FOR AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS:
Title
of material.
Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright
date.
example:
Bizet’s Dream.
Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1998. |
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FOR A CD-ROM:
"Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright
date.
example:
"Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM.
1999. |
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FOR AN INTERVIEW:
Name
of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview.
Date.
example:
Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. July 29, 2003. |
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Your
finished bibliography should be alphabetized by the first word of
the entry, and will look something like this:
BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS
CITED
Bizet’s
Dream. Videotape. New
York: Sony Wonder, 1998.
Clark,
William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002.
Volume 8, pp. 284-286.
DiStefano,
Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available
http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5,
2002.
Fogle,
Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 2001, pp.
50-55.
"Golden
Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Volume 8, p.255.
McGill,
Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 2003, p. 27.
"Titanic
Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.
Watson,
Cosmo. Personal interview. July 29, 2003.
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