Library Information Sheet-Bow Memorial School
03/06/16
WORKS CITED
(Bibliography Form)
1. List entries alphabetically.
2. Double space between entries but single space within an entry.
3. Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and software. Titles of articles are enclosed in
Quotation marks
4. If an entry takes up more than 1 line, press return after the first line, then indent 5 spaces.
PRINT SOURCES
BOOKS: ONE AUTHOR
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Author (Polly Horvath)
Title of book-underlined or in italics. (Everything on a Waffle)
City of publication: (New York)
Publisher, date of publication. (2001)
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux , 2001
BOOK: TWO AUTHORS
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Authors-in the order they are given in the book. (Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway)
Continue with instructions for number 2) above.
Moore, Harold G., and Joseph L. Galloway. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young.
New York: Random House, 1992.
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS
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Author of article if available. (Don McLeese)
“Title of article.” (Aretha Franklin)
Title of book – underlined or in Italics. (The World Book Encyclopedia)
Date of edition. (2000)
McLeese, Don. “Franklin, Aretha.”The World Book Encyclopedia. 2000.
ARTICLE IN A PERIODICAL (MAGAZINE)
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Author if available. (Mark Starr)
“Title of Article.”(Sarah Dipity)
Periodical title – (underlined or in Italics) date: page (Newsweek. 4 March 2002: p34).
Starr, Mark. “Sarah-Dipity!” Newsweek . 4 March 2002: p34.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
Ford, Kathryn. President, Commercial Bank. Personal Interview. 26 Jan 2002.
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WORLD WIDE WEB
Author if known.
“Title of Article.” Or title of the web page.
The organization that posted the information/site
Date the page was created or last updated (day month year if available. Note the lack of commas)
The date you visited the site.
Name of the entire web site, and full http address
Carroll, Robert Todd. “Witches and Sorcerers.” The Skeptics Dictionary. 21 Feb. 1998.
http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/witches.html
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NON-PRINT MATERIALS (Videos, movies, CD-ROMS, etc)
“There are so many different media to deal with – videos, filmstrips, movies, slides, CD-ROMS, cassette
tapes, etc.-that citing them can be tricky. Fortunately, it boils down to two key concepts:
Lockhead, Shelley, “Bibliography Format”. http://www.conknet.com/hhs/library/biblio.html 05 March 2002
1) If the item is print, presented in another format (like an encyclopedia on CD-ROM, or a magazine article on
microfilm,) then follow the appropriate bibliographic form for a magazine, a collection, or a book. Just be
sure to indicate which format you used; i.e. CD-ROM..
2) If the item is not print-based (like a video, a filmstrip, or a set of slides, then use this bibliographic form:
Producer or Director. Title. Format, Place: Distributor, Date.”
Lane, Jenai. Warning: The Media May Be Hazardous to Your Health. Videotape.
California: Media Watch, 1986.”
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FOR ENCYCLOPEDIAS and other Publications on CD_ROM
Author if available
“Title of Article”
Title of product (underlined or in italics)
Edition or version
CD-ROM
City of publication: Publisher, date of publication
"Lewis Carroll." Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Seattle: Microsoft, 1996.
FOR AN ARTICLE FROM AN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOUND ONLINE
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Author if available
“Title of Article”
Name of encyclopedia (underlined or in Italics)
Name of publisher, date of publication, if available
Name of online service you used (if any)
Date of your visit to the web site
“Animal Rights.” Compton’s Living Encyclopedia. Compton’s Learning Company, 1996.
America Online. (22 August 1996).
(See *MLA’s official site for more details on Electronic Sources:
http://www.mla.org/www_mla_org/style/, (SELECT, MLA STYLE):
OR see http://www.tyler.net/ruskhslib/cited.htm#1 that provides well-organized examples.)
*Modern Language Association
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