A very important aspect of research is noting which books and materials you used in the development of your ideas.  A Bibliography page should follow the format outlined below.  For additional examples, refer to your Write Source 2000 text, or The Essentials of MLA Style text used in your English class. 

 

General Guidelines

1.     Sources should be listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name. 

2.     After periods and colons use one space. 

3.     Use a hyphen to list successive pages.  (eg.  57-59)

4.     Double space successive lines of an entry.

5.     Begin the first line of each entry at the left page margin, but indent additional lines five spaces. 

6.     Double space between entries.

 

Citing an Encyclopedia Article

Author's last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Year ed.

 

Example: 

Chalupnick, James. "Block and tackle." World Book. 2000 ed.

 

 

Citing a Book

Author's last name, first name. Title of book. Publication City: Publisher, copyright date.

 

Example: 

Royston, Angela. The Human Body and How It Works. New York: Random House, 1991.

 

 

Citing a Periodical (Magazine or Journal) Article

Author's last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of magazine Day Month Year:  page numbers of article. 

 

Example: 

Lemley, Brad. "Nuclear Planet." Discover Aug 2002: 32-42.

 

 

Citing a Newspaper Article

Author's last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of newspaper Day Month Year, sec letter or number: page

number.

 

Example: 

Henderson, Mark. "Smallpox:  The lethal choice we must face." The Times 4 Dec 2002 sec T2:4-5.

 

 

Citing a CD-ROM

Title of CD-ROM. CD-ROM. Publication city, state: Publisher, copyright date.

 

Example: 

Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe. CD-ROM. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1996.

 

 

Citing Internet Sources

Author's last name, first name (or Administrator). "Title of Article." Site title or description.  Post date or last update. Date you looked at the site <electronic address>.

 

Example: 

O'Keefe, Sean. "Endeavour Lands in Florida." NASA. 7 Dec. 2002. 8 Dec 2002

 

< http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/>.