WRITING A BIBLIOGRAPHY
When doing research and writing a report, it is always necessary to name the
source(s) of your information. This list of sources is called a
bibliography/works cited. A bibliography should be listed alphabetically. The
second line of an entry should be indented. Skip a line after each entry.
AV, Books, CD-ROM, Encyclopedia, Examples, Magazines, Internet, Interview
FOR A BOOK:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication:
Publisher, copyright year.
example:
Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 1997.
If you only used part of a book:
Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 1997, pp. 50-55.
FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA:
"Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page
(s).
example:
"Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997. Volume 8, p.255.
FOR A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Article author’s last name, first name. "Title or headline of article." Name
of magazine or newspaper. Date of magazine or newspaper, page(s).
example:
McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 1997, p. 27.
FOR AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS:
Title of material. Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher,
copyright date.
example:
Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1995.
FOR A CD-ROM:
"Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date.
example:
"Titanic Disaster." Encarta 97 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1997.
FOR AN INTERVIEW:
Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date.
example:
Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. January 29, 1998.
FOR AN INTERNET ADDRESS:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of item." [Online] Available
http://address/filename, date of document or download.
example:
DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available
http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 1997.
Your finished bibliography should be alphabetized by the first word of the
entry, and will look something like this:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1995.
DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available
http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 1997.
Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 1997, pp. 50-55.
"Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997. Volume 8, p.255.
McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 1997, p. 27.
"Titanic Disaster." Encarta 97 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1997.
Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. January 29, 1998.