The following information shows the format for bibliographic citations for
material acquired through electronic resources, like the CD-ROMs, the
Internet, or the Power Library Databases. These quidelines will be followed
on all Upper Divison papers requiring a bibliography or works cited list.
Bibliography Information for Electronic Resources
The complete bibliography should be typed in alphabetical order.
Each citation should be singled spaced with a double space between
citations. Article titles need Quotation marks. Titles of books, magazines
and CD-ROM products need to be underlined. Margins should be one inch on
all sides. Do not break up an Internet Address – move it to the next line.
If the citation takes more than one line, all lines after the first are
indented (use the tab key so that you indent the same amount each time.)
Each citation ends with a period. These directions apply to all formats,
not just the electronic sources.
Encyclopedia and other publications on CD-ROM
1. Author (if available)
2. “Title of the Article.”
3. Title of the CD-ROM Product (underlined)
4. Edition or version
5. CD-ROM
6. Publisher, Date of publication.
Examples:
Cashman, Katherine V. “Volcano.” World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1995ed.
CD-ROM. World Book Inc., 1995.
“Chemistry.” Microsoft Encarta. 1994 ed. CD-ROM. Microsoft Corp., 1994.
Article from an encyclopedia found online.
1. Author (if available)
2. “Title of the Article.”
3. Title of the Encyclopedia (underlined)
4. Name of the Publisher, Date of publication (if available)
5. Date of the web site visit.
Examples:
“Animal Rights.” Compton’s Living Encyclopedia. Compton’s Learning Company,
1996. (22 March 1999).
Ketcham, Ralph. “Franklin, Benjamin.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Grolier Interactive Inc. (22 March 1999).
Information from the World Wide Web:
1. Author (if available)
2. “Title of the web page.”
3. Title Home Page
4. enclosed in brackets
5. (Date of web site visit- Date Month Year).
Example:
“Biographical Data: Jay Apt.” NASA Astronaut Biographies.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio/htm. (22 March 1999).
Article from an electronic database such as EBSCOhost, or Proquest. A web
address is not required for this type of citation, even though you accessed
the database from the Internet.
1. Author (if available)
2. “Title of the Article.”
3. Periodical Title (underlined) publication date of the original
article: page (if available)
4. Title of the Database. (underlined) This is EBSCOhost or Proquest
5. (Date you read the article online- Date Month Year).
Example
Motavalli, Jim. “Some Like it Hot: Global Warning Is Not Just a Scientific
Prediction- It’s Also a Hot Political Football.” E Magazine
11 Jan. 1996: EBSCOhost. (22 March 1999).
