Index for Footnote and Bibliography Samples
Footnote Samples
Bibliography Samples
Books
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2.
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4.
5.
Book with one author
Book with multiple authors
Edited work with an author
Edited work without an author
Letter in a published collection
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28.
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30.
31.
Book with one author
Book with multiple authors
Edited work with an author
Edited work without an author
Letter in a published collection
Periodicals
6. Article in a journal organized by
volume
7. Article in a journal organized by
vol. & issue
8. Magazine Article
9. Newspaper Article
10. Book Review
32. Article in a journal organized by
volume
33. Article in a journal organized by
vol. & issue
34. Magazine Article
35. Newspaper Article
36. Book Review
Public Documents
11. Testimony before a Congressional
Committee
12. Congressional Committee Report
13. Treaty
14. United States Constitution
37. Testimony before a Congressional
Committee
38. Congressional Committee Report
39. Treaty
40. United States Constitution
Electronic Sources
15. Web site with author
16. Web site without author
17. Article accessed through electronic
database
18. Online newspaper article
41. Web site with author
42. Web site without author
43. Article accessed through electronic
database
44. Online newspaper article
Other
19. Film
20. Interview
21. Source within a source
22-26. Same source more than once
45. Film
46. Interview
Footnote Samples by Source Type
Books
The basic pieces of information a book citation should include are:
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Author’s full name
Full title, italicized
Publication city
Publisher
Year
Page numbers cited
Book with one author
1. Oscar Meyers, A History of the Hot Dog in American Culture (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1999),
136.
Book with multiple authors
2. Samuel H. Mookie and Yosemite Sam, The American West (San Antonio: University of San Antonio Press,
2001), 79-80.
Edited work with an author
3. Deborah Whines, Slave Women, ed. Tonia Harding (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974), 266.
Edited work without an author
4. Richard Horus, ed., Technology in the Classroom (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1990) 14.
Letter in a published collection
5. A Dust Bowl Survivor to Franklin Roosevelt, 4 March 1936, Voices of the Great Depression, ed. Davy
Crockett Aiello (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1960), 122-124
Periodicals
The basic pieces of information a periodical citation should include are:
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Author’s full name
Title of article in quotes
Name of the journal, italicized
The journal volume / and or issue number
Date
Page numbers cited
Article in a journal organized by volume
6. Billy Mendel, “The Political Economy of the American South,” The Journal of Southern History 68 (1999):
321.
Article in a journal organized by vol. & issue
7. Billy Mendel, “The Political Economy of the American South,” The Journal of Southern History 68, no. 5
(1999): 321.
Magazine Article
8. Margie Wenzloff, “The Future of Education in Missouri,” Newsweek, January 8, 2008, 12-17.
Newspaper Article
9. Harry Bayles, “The American Economy is Strong?,” The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2007, 2C.
Book Review
10. Paul H. Werner, review of Famous Couples in American History, by Bruce Weber, American Historical
Review 12 (2006): 142.
Public Documents
The basic pieces of information public document citations should include are:
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Location (country, state, city, county, etc.) of where the document was created or issued
Body that produced the document (House of Representatives, U.S. Court of Appeals, Department of
Agriculture, Board of Alderman, etc.)
Title of document or collection
Name of author or editor
Report number if applicable
Publisher if applicable
Date
Page numbers cited
Testimony before a Congressional Committee
11. House Un-American Activities Committee, Testimony Regarding Communist Infiltration in the State
Department, 84th Cong., 2nd sess., 1947, 112.
Congressional Committee Report
12. U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Western Responses to International Terrorism,
106th Cong., 1st sess., 2002, Committee Print, 103-104.
Treaty
13. U.S. Department of State, “Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,” November 14, 1849, TIAS no 27, United
States Treaties and Other International Agreements, vol. 1, 64.
United States Constitution
14. U.S. Constitution, art. 1, sec. 8.
Electronic Sources
The basic pieces of information electronic source citations should include are:
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Author’s name, if known
Title of the document, website, or selection from website, if applicable
URL (web address), if applicable (note: abbreviate URL’s that are excessively long)
Date accessed
If a journal article, all information previously stated for periodicals should be included, as well as the
URL or database where the article was found, and the date accessed
Web site with author
15. David Barker, Wizard of Oz as Parable on Populism, 2008,
http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/Populism.htm
Web site without author
16. San Diego State Department of History, “World Environmental History,”
http://sandiegostate.edu/world/environmental
Article accessed through electronic database
17. Samuel A. Adams, “A History of the Sons of Liberty,” Journal of American History 56 (1987): 258,
www.jstor.org (accessed July 7, 1991).
Online newspaper article
18. Eleanor Harris, “Syria Attends Mideast Peace Talks for Free Continental Breakfast,” theonion.com,
January 14, 2008, http://www.theonion.com/content/news/syria_attends_mideast_peace_talks (accessed January
14, 2008).
Other
Film
19. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick,
96 minutes, Hawk Films Ltd., 1964, DVD.
Interview
20. Roger Clemens, interviewed by Brian Williams, Dateline NBC, National Broadcasting Company, April 1,
2008.
Source within a source
21. Jack D. Ripper, A Solution to Nuclear Holocaust (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964), 45, quoted in
Merkin Muffley, A History of the Nuclear Arms Race (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970), 122.
Citing the same source more than once
The first time you cite a source, you should provide all of the bibliographic information. The next time you cite
from that source, you can shorten the citation. For example, you cite from:
22. Oscar Meyers, A History of the Hot Dog in American Culture (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 199),
136.
The next time you cite from that source, you can shorten the citation by providing the last name of the author
and the page number:
23. Meyers, 233.
If there is more than one source by the same author, you may include a shortened form of the title to make sure
the reader knows exactly which source you are citing from.
24. Meyers, History of the Hot Dog, 233.
Citing the same source more than once cont’d
If you cite from the same source twice in a row (say, a paragraph after the first citation) you can use the Latin
ibid, which means to refer to the previous note. This can only be done on the same page, and if no citations exist
in between the two citations from the same source:
25. Oscar Meyers, A History of the Hot Dog in American Culture (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 199),
136.
26. Ibid, 139.
If you have a source type other than those listed here, see your teacher for footnote and bibliography
information.
Bibliography Samples by Source Type
Books
The basic pieces of information book bibliography entries should include are:
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Author’s full name
Full title, italicized
Publication city
Publisher
Year
27. Book with one author
Meyers, Oscar. A History of the Hot Dog in American Culture. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1999.
28. Book with multiple authors
Mookie, Samuel H. and Yosemite Sam. The American West. San Antonio: University of San Antonio Press,
2001.
29. Edited work with an author
Whines, Deborah. Slave Women. Edited by Tonia Harding. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974.
30. Edited work without an author
Horus, Richard, ed. Technology in the Classroom. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1990.
31. Letter in a published collection
A Dust Bowl Survivor to Franklin Roosevelt, 4 March 1936. In Voices of the Great Depression. Edited by Davy
Crockett Aiello. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1960.
Periodicals
The basic pieces of information periodical bibliography entries should include are:
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Author’s full name
Title of article in quotes
Name of the journal, italicized
The journal volume / and or issue number
Date
32. Article in a journal organized by volume
Mendel, Billy. “The Political Economy of the American South.” The Journal of Southern
History 68 (1999): 317-332.
33. Article in a journal organized by vol. & issue
Mendel, Billy. “The Political Economy of the American South.” The Journal of Southern History 68, no. 5
(1999): 317-332.
34. Magazine Article
Wenzloff, Margie. “The Future of Education in Missouri,” Newsweek, January 8, 2008, 12-17.
35. Newspaper Article
The Wall Street Journal, June-September, 2007.
36. Book Review
Werner, Paul H. Review of Famous Couples in American History, by Bruce Weber. American Historical
Review 12 (2006): 142-143.
Public Documents
The basic pieces of information public document bibliography entries should include are:
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Location (country, state, city, county, etc.) of where the document was created or issued
Body that produced the document (House of Representatives, U.S. Court of Appeals, Department of
Agriculture, Board of Alderman, etc.)
Title of document or collection
Name of author or editor
Report number if applicable
Publisher if applicable
Date
37. Testimony before a Congressional Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee. Testimony Regarding Communist Infiltration in the State
Department. 84th Cong., 2nd sess., 1947.
38. Congressional Committee Report
U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Western Responses to International Terrorism. 106th
Cong., 1st sess., 2002. Committee Print.
39. Treaty
U.S. Department of State. “Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,” November 14, 1849. TIAS no 27. United States
Treaties and Other International Agreements, vol. 1.
40. United States Constitution
If this is used as a source it does not need to be included in your bibliography.
Electronic Sources
The basic pieces of information electronic source bibliography entries should include are:
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Author’s name, if known
Title of the document, website, or selection from website, if applicable
URL (web address), if applicable (note: abbreviate URL’s that are excessively long)
Date accessed
If a journal article, all information previously stated for periodicals should be included, as well as the
URL or database where the article was found, and the date accessed
41. Web site with author
Barker, David. Wizard of Oz as Parable on Populism. 2008. http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/Populism.htm
42. Web site without author
San Diego State Department of History. “World Environmental History.”
http://sandiegostateedu/world/environmental.
43. Article accessed through electronic database
Adams, Samuel A. “A History of the Sons of Liberty.” Journal of American History 56 (1987): 258-269.
www.jstor.org (accessed July 7, 1991).
44. Online newspaper article
Harris, Eleanor. “Syria Attends Mideast Peace Talks for Free Continental Breakfast.” theonion.com. January
14, 2008. http://theonion.com/content/mideast/talks (accessed January 14, 2008).
Other
45. Film
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
96 minutes. Hawk Films Ltd., 1964, DVD.
46. Interview
Clemens, Roger. Interviewed by Brian Williams. Dateline NBC. National Broadcasting Company,
April 1, 2008.
If you have a source type other than those listed here, see your teacher for footnote and bibliography
information.