Magee Library – ELL Biography Research
Name of Author:
Books written by Author:
When your Author wrote the books:
Biography of Author. (Where Born. Where Lived.
Education.)
Books: (How long it took to write. How write—
rigid routine or flexible. Ideas for characters.
Autobiographical. Awards? Movie? Other
Languages? Other?)
Works Cited Information:
PRINT – BOOK
Reference
#1
Author(s) last name, first name.
Title (in Italics).
City of Publication:
(1st city listed)
Name of Publisher,
Date of Publication
Medium of Publication.
Print.
ELECTRONIC – ON-LINE DATABASE. Article from an Encyclopedia or Reference Book (IE. Infotrac, EBSCO, Gale, eLibrary)
Reference
#2
Title of the Article (“in quotation marks”).
Author(s) last name, first name (if given).
City (if given):
Publisher (if given),
Date of Publication
(if given).
Editor’s Name (if given).
Title of the Encyclopedia / Magazine / Book (in Italics).
Title of the electronic database.
Medium of Publication.
Gale Biography: In Context.
Web.
Volume # and Title
(if given).
Access Date (date you accessed the database (day
month year).
ENCYCLOPAEDIA – PRINT (well known)
Reference
#3
Title of the Article (“in quotation marks”)
Author(s) (last name, first name)
Title of Encyclopaedia (in Italics)
Date (year) of Edition (ed.)
Medium of Publication.
Print.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA – PRINT (lesser known)
Reference
#4
Title of the Article (“in quotation marks”)
Author(s) (last name, first name)
City of Publication (1st city listed)
Name of Publisher
Title of Encyclopaedia (in Italics)
Date of Publication
Name of Editor (Ed.)
# of Volumes
Medium of Publication.
Print.
ELECTRONIC eBook -- World Book ONLY
Reference
#5
Title of the Article (“in quotation marks”).
Author(s) last name, first name (if given).
Original Title of the Encyclopedia / Book (in Italics),
World Book,
Title of eBook Service (in Italics).
Medium of
Publication.
World Book Student.
Web.
Access Date (date you accessed the database (day month
year).
Original Date of Publication.