Library Skills
How To Cite a Source
HOW-TO WRITE A GREAT BIBLIOGRAPHY!
A bibliography is a list of source materials that are used in preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
Note: With computers, one should italicize titles as is shown here. If you are using a typewriter (they still exist) or handwriting a bibliography, you probably will have to make do with underlining instead. The following is from MLA Style.
TYPES, EXAMPLES and ELEMENTS
BOOKS
FORMAT
Author's Name. Book Title. Edition. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Copyright Date.
Newton, Clarke. A Thousand and One Questions Answered about Space , Revised Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1971
Martin, Elizabeth K., and C. J. Howard. Technique: Studies in Composition, 2nd ed . New York: Harper and Row, 1977
BOOK WITH EDITOR (anthology, compilation)
FORMAT
Editor's Name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company., Copyright Date.
Kesting, Ted, ed. The Outdoor Encyclopedia. New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1957
Allen, Robert C., ed. Channels of Discourse: Television and Contemporary Criticism. Chapel Hill; U of North Carolina Press, 1987
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
FORMAT
Author' Name. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Date of Publication, Pages of Article.
Newshouse, John. "Letter from Cairo." The New Yorker, July 30, 1984, pp. 68-69
ENCYCLOPEDIA
FORMAT
Author's Name. "Article Title." Encyclopedia Title, Year of Publication and Edition.
Gyles, Mary Francis. "Pompeii." World Book Encyclopedia, 1984 ed.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
FORMAT
Author's Name. "Title of Article." Newspaper Title, Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, Pages of Article.
Gaiter, Dorothy J. "Scouts Tailor Programs for Urban Youths." The New York Times, November 1, 1980, p.129
Lions Shouldn't Let Sims Get Away," Detroit Free Press. July 25, 1983, p. 1D, col. 2.
COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS
FORMAT
Artist's Name. Recording Title. * Name of Accompanying Artist. Conductor's Name. Production Company. Index Number, Date of Recording.
Webber, Andrew Lloyd. Phantom of the Opera. * With Michael Crawford. Cond. Don Just. Geffen. 2GGS 2030, 1984
*State the medium if other than CD (vinyl record, cassette, DVD, etc.) after title
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
FORMAT
Author. Title of Software. Version. * Software Company. Product Name, Date of Publication. Software Company.
Wright, Will. SimCity Classic. Vers. 1.4. Computer software. Maxis, 1993. Macintosh OS 6.0.2 or higher, 2.5 Mb, disk.
Lead: Leading the Way. Computer software. Lead Industries Assoc., IBM PC-Win. 3.1, 4 Mb, disk
CD-ROM
FORMAT
"Article or Entry." Title of CD-ROM. Date of Publication Edition, Platform Type.
"Indonesia," The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1994 Ed., Macintosh Version CD-ROM
Duncan, Cynthia, Charles J. Bruno, and Martin P. Rice, Learn to Speak Spanish., Vers. 6.0. Computer software. The Learning Company, 1996. IBM PC-Win 3.1 or higher, 10 Mb. Macintosh 7.1 or higher, 8 Mb. CD ROM
INTERNET
FORMAT
Author/ "Title of Article." Source. Date of Publication.
Burka, Lauren P. "A Hypertext History of Multi-User Dimensions." MUD History. 1993
URL Universal Reference Location
<http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/1pb/mud-history.html> (5 Dec. 1994)
FORMAT
Author of E-Mail. <E-Mail Address>. "subject." (date).
Adams, Richard C. <radams@lane.k12.or.us> "Leonid shower on line." Personal e-mail.
(17 Nov. 1998).
Franke, Norman. <franke1@llnl.gov> "SoundApp 2.0.2." Personal e-mail. (3 May 1996).
This guide was developed using information from the following website: http://www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us/Schools/High/Departments/Library/CitationGuide.html
( July 30, 2001)
Do you still want another description of bibliographic styles? Check out the King County Library Homework Help Site at: ht tp://www.kcls.org/hh/bibliography.html