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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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