How to Create a Bibliography

Bibliography Format:

When assembling a final bibliography, list all sources (texts, articles, interviews, videotapes, and so on) in alphabetical order by authors' last names.
Here are suggested citation formats:

 

                     Online Resources

                     World Wide Web:
                     URL (Uniform Resource Locator or WWW address): author (or item's name,
                     if mentioned), date.

                     EXAMPLE: (Boston Globe's www address)                      
                     http://www.boston.com.
                    Today's News, August 1, 1996.

         Internet:
                     Author of message. (Date) Subject of message. Electronic conference or
                     bulletin board (Online). Available e-mail: LISTSERV@ e-mail address

                     EXAMPLE: Ellen Block, (September 15, 1995). New Winners. Teen Booklist
                     (Online). Helen Smith@wellington.com

 

                     
        
         For a book:
                     Author (last name first), Title of the book. City: Publisher, Date of publication.
                    
         EXAMPLE: Dahl, Roald. The BFG. New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982.

 

                     For an encyclopedia:
                     Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number. Article Title in Quotations,
                     page numbers.
                    
                     EXAMPLE: The Encyclopedia Brittanica, Volume 7, "Gorillas," pages 50-51.
                    

                     For a magazine:
                     Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number,
                     (Date): page numbers.
                    
                     EXAMPLE: Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming at the Top of the World." Museum of
                     Science Magazine. Volume 47, No. 1, (Winter 1998): page 11.

 

                     For a newspaper:
                     Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of newspaper, city and state of
                     publication. (date): edition if available, section and page number(s).

                     EXAMPLE: Powers, Ann, "New Tune for the Material Girl." The New York
                     Times, New York, NY. (3/1/98): Atlantic Region, Section 2, page 34.

 

                     For a person:
                     Full name (last name first), Occupation, Date of interview.

                     EXAMPLE: Smeckleburg, Sweets. Bus driver. April 1, 1996.

 

                     For a film:
                     Title, Director, Distributor, Year.

                     EXAMPLE: Braveheart, Dir. Mel Gibson, Icon Productions, 1995

 

                     CD-ROM:
                     Disc title: Version, Date. "Article title," pages if given. Publisher.

                     EXAMPLE: Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia: Macintosh version, 1995.
                     "Civil rights movement," p.3. Compton's Newsmedia.

 

                     Magazine article:
                     Author (last name first). "Article title," Name of magazine (type of medium).
                     Volume number, (Date): page numbers. If available: publisher of medium,
                     version, date of issue.

                     EXAMPLE: Rollins, Fred. "Snowboard Madness." Sports Stuff (CD-ROM).
                     Number 15, (February 1997); pp. 15-19. If available: SIRS, Mac,. version,
                     Winter 1997.

 

                     Newspaper article:
                     Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of newspaper (Type of
                     medium), city and state of publication. (Date): Edition if available, section
                     and page number(s). Available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.

                     EXAMPLE: Stevenson, Rhoda. "Nerve Sells." Community News, (CD-ROM),
                     Nassau, NY. (Feb 1996): pp. A4-5. Available: SIRS, Mac. version, Spring
                     1996.

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