BIBLIOGRAPHY CREATION (we use MLA Style) RESOURCE: attention to detail (punctuation, spacing, capitalization etc.) is paramount. Type citation &
annotation as usual, with normal wrap-around, then use tab or space key to make correct indentations. Citations and annotations are single-spaced, with double-space in between.
The rule book states that students may receive assistance with typing, so please allow others to help, if you need it!! These examples are the basics: see Ms. Renee for other types
of sources not listed here. Sources need to be separated into primary/secondary, and alphabetized by first letter of citation .#’s refer to Ms. Renee’s book for MLA, you may ignore!
6. BOOK – Single author
Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. New York:
Putnam, 2005.
GENERAL FOR WEBSITES
Begin with the name of the author or the
corporate author (if known) and the title of the
site, underlined. Then give the names of any
editors, the date of publication or last update, the
name of any sponsoring organization, the date
you accessed the source, and the URL in angle
brackets. End each citation with a period.
Provide as much of this information as is
available. If some information is missing, use
whatever is available.
Abbreviate months except May, June, July.
‘bHard returns’ may be used in URL address, but
only following a slash.
(Annotation) Reading this source helped me
better understand _________________. Fish
is symbolic for ____________________.
6a. BOOK – Multiple authors
Last Name, First Name, First then Last name, First
then Last name. Title. City of publication:
Publishing Company, year of publication.
7. BOOK – Author with an editor
Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia
Plath. Ed. Karen V. Kukil. New York:
Anchor-Doubleday, 2000.
20. Article in a magazine (monthly)
Fay, J. Michael. “Land of the Surfing Hippos.”
National Geographic Aug. 2004: 53-55.
20 a. Article in a magazine (weekly)
Lord, Lewis. “There’s Something about Mary
Todd.” US News and World Report 19 Feb.
2001: 68.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Drinking Water Standards. 28 Nov. 2006. 24
Jan. 2007 <http://www.epa.gov/
safewater/standards.html>.
23. Article in a daily newspaper
Brummitt, Chris. “Indonesia’s Food Needs Expected
to Soar.” Boston Globe 1 Feb. 2005: A7.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Ed. Paul
Halsall. 22 Sept. 2001. Forham U. 19 Jan.
2007<htto://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/
mod/modsbook.html>.
Denby, David. “On the Battlefield.” Rev. of The
Hurricane, dir.Norman Jewison. New
Yorker 10 Jan. 2000: 90-92.
35. CD-ROM
“Pimpernel.” The American Heritage Di9ctionay of
the English Language. 4th ed. CD-ROM.
Boston: Houghton, 2000.
36. E-mail
Lowe, Walter. “Review Questions.” E-mail to the
author. 15 Mar. 2007.
*MLA no longer requires url addresses
An entire Web site
Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin
Luther. 2002. 24 Jan. 2006 <http://
www.susanlynnpeterson.com/luther/
home.html>.
26. Book or film review
Gleick, Elizabeth. “The Burdens of Genius.” Rev. of
The Last Samurai, by Helen DeWitt. Time 4
Dec. 2000:171.
32. Article in an online periodical
Rubin, Joel. “Report Faults Charter School.”
Los Angeles Times 22 Jan. 2005; 24 Jan.
2005 <http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/
latimes/search.html>.
27.
28. Short work from a Web site
Shive, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.”
NativeWeb. 22 Jan. 2007 <http://
www.Nativeweb.org /pages/
lega/shiva.html>.
“Living Old.” Frontline. 21 Nov. 2006. PBS Online.
19 Jan. 2007 <http://wwwpbs.org/
wgbh.pages/frontline/livingold>.
41. Map or chart
Serbia. Map 2 Feb. 2001. 17 Mar. 2007
<http://www.biega.com/servia.html>.
42. Musical composition
Ellington, Duke. Conga Brava.
43. Sound recording
Blige, Mary J. “Be without You.” The Breakthrough.
Geffen, 2005.
44. Film or video
Finding Neverland. Dir. Marc Forster. Perf. Johnny
Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha
Mitchell, and Dustin Hoffman. Miramax,
2004.
50. Personal interview
Akufo, Dautey. Personal interview. 11 Aug. 2006.
51. Government publication
United States. Dept. of Labor. America’s Dynamic
Workforce. Washington: US Dept. of
Labor, 2004.
Historic site
American Red Cross, Biloxi, Mississippi. 22 Dec.
2008.
BIBLIOGRAPHY CREATION (we use MLA Style) RESOURCE: attention to detail (punctuation, spacing, capitalization etc.) is paramount. Type citation &
annotation as usual, with normal wrap-around, then use tab or space key to make correct indentations. Citations and annotations are single-spaced, with double-space in between.
The rule book states that students may receive assistance with typing, so please allow others to help, if you need it!! These examples are the basics: see Ms. Renee for other types
of sources not listed here. Sources need to be separated into primary/secondary, and alphabetized by first letter of citation .#’s refer to Ms. Renee’s book for MLA, you may ignore!