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Instructions for Bibliography

"Good, honest research is created when detectives use reliable sources."

  • STEP 1: Create a page at the end of the paper. Call it either "Bibliography" or "Works Cited".
  • STEP 2: List, alphabetically by author's last name, all the sources used in writing the paper.
  • STEP 3: Write the last name of the author first, followed by a comma and his or her first name, followed by a period.
  • STEP 4: Write the name of the book in italics, followed by a period. You can also underline the book title.
  • STEP 5: Cite the name of an article, in quotation marks, in place of a book title. Then write the name of the journal or magazine from which it came (italicize the name or underline it). Include a volume number, if applicable.
  • STEP 6: Write the name of the city in which the work was published, followed by a colon.
  • STEP 7: Include the name of the publisher, followed by a comma.
  • STEP 8: Conclude the entry with the date of publication, followed by a period.
  • STEP 9: Number your bibliography page when adding numbers to your paper.

 

  

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

FOR A CD-ROM:

"Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date.

example:

"Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.

FOR AN INTERVIEW:

Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date.

example:

Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. July 29, 2003.