Bibliography Format

Works Cited

When you quote directly or summarize from a source, you are required to cite your source(s).
List all of your sources in alphabetical order.
Place the list at the conclusion of your paper.
May the source be with you.

Books | Chart or Map | E-Mail | Encyclopedias | Images (from Google) | Magazines - database, printed periodical | Primary Sources | Web Pages

Articles From Magazines, Newspapers & Journals

Article from a digital source (EBSCOhost, NewsBank or Opposing Viewpoints).

Swist, Martin. "Wikipedia and Groucho" New York Times. August 11, 2006 NewsBank. October 15, 2006

Your citation for an article from an electronic source should include these important elements:
Author. (if given)
"Article title"
Periodical title
Date of publication.
Database Name (NewsBank in this example)
Date of access

Article from a Printed Periodical

Wenger, Ty. "Wired hoops: How basketball has become the most wired game in sports? And what does that mean for hoops lovers? An obsessive-compulsive guide to b-ball." Yahoo! March 2002: 56-59.

Your citation for an article from a printed source should include these important elements:
Author. (if given)
"Article title."
Periodical title
Date of publication.
Page numbers of the article (if given)

Books

Book with a Single Author or Editor

Voelkel, James R. Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Book with more than one author or editor

Yolen, Jane, and Bruce Coville. Armageddon Summer. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.

Your citation for a book should include these important elements:
Author(s) or editor(s).
Title of the book.
Place of publication:
Publisher,
Date of publication.

Electronic Book

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. <http://www.netlibrary.com>. January 1, 2002.

Your citation for an electronic book should include these important elements:
Author or editor.
Title of the book.
Place of publication:
Publisher,
Date of publication.
<Address of the site>.
Date you accessed it.

Short Story

Connell, Richard. "The Most Dangerous Game." Short Stories: Characters In Conflict. Ed. John E. Warriner. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Orlando. 1981. 1.

Your citation for a short story should include these important elements:

Author
"Title" of the short story
Title of the anthology
Editor of the anthology
Publisher and city
Page on which the story begins

Chart or Map

Stars and Constellations. Chart. M. Ruskin. 1997

Your citation for e-mail should include these important elements:
Name of chart or map.
Format.
Publisher.
Location.
Year.

E-Mail

Horowitz, Anthony. "Re: Sakura Medal" to Martin Swist, 8 June 2007

Your citation for e-mail should include these important elements:

Author's last name, first name
"Subject of the e-mail"
Recipient's name
Date e-mail was sent

Encyclopedias and other multi-volume works

Lehman, Jeffrey. "French Americans: Bad advice given in good French." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Primary Documents. 2nd. ed. Vol.2, p 591.1999.

Your citation for an article from an encyclopedia should include these important elements:
Author (if given)
"Title of article"
Title of the encyclopedia
Volume number,
Page number.
Date of publication.

From an online encyclopedia:

"Einstein, Albert." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 1999. Encyclopedia Britannica. 27 April 2004 <http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=108494&sctn=1>

Your citation for an article from an online encyclopedia should include these important elements:
Author (if given)
"Title of article"
Title of the encyclopedia
Date published on the WWW
Publisher
Date you accessed the material
URL

Image located through Google Images

Kawasaki, Satoko. Bobby Valentine. October 14, 2005. The Japan Times www.japantimes.co.jp/ sports/2004bbpreview.htm October 27, 2005.

Click on the picture and then go to the website it came from. (It's listed at the top of the page.)

Your citation should contain the following information about the image:

Photographer's or artist's name (often not given)
Name of subject or title of picture
Date of picture (often not given)
Title of website
URL
Date you accessed the picture.

On-Line Listserv, BB, or Discussion Group Posting

Cheshire_Cow. Re: "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key." Online posting. Saturday, March 09, 2002. Mustangs On Books. April 20, 2002.
<http://www.harmani.com/discus/index.html>.

Your citation for an on-line source should include these important elements:
Author.
"Title of posting."
Name of site host,
Date of posting.
URL of message site or archives.
Date of access.

Primary Sources

Interview

Pumpkin, Great. Interview with Charlie Brown. Rec. October 31, 1990

Your citation for an interview should include these important elements:
Interviewee's name
Interviewer's name
Date conducted

Videos

Finding Nemo. Dir. John Lasseter. Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.

Web Pages

A Document on the World Wide Web

Writer's Handbook: MLA Documentation. University of Wisconsin-Madison. February 29, 2000. April 1, 2002. <http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html#book>

Your citation for a web page should include these important elements:
Author, if given
Title of work
Group responsible for the site, if given.
Date site was last updated
Date of access.                                                           |
URL of the site.

Bibliography rubric

10 points	8	6	4	2	0
ALL entries are complete, in the correct form and order, horizontal; citations are listed in alphabetical order.	MOST entries are complete, in the correct form and order; citations are listed mostly in alphabetical order.	Information is nearly complete, but in the wrong order (e.g. list instead of vertical citation), and not in alpha order.	A FEW entries have information in the correct form and order; citations may be in alpha order.	Evidence of some research is present.	Nothing.

The Works Cited above was modeled on the Guide to Library Research at Duke University <http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm> . The term "Works Cited" refers to the citation guide developed by the Modern Language Association (MLA).

General notes:

give the authors' names in the fullest possible form (Cross, Roberta Louise instead of Cross, R. L.), if there are several places of publication, use the first city mentioned,
if you can't find the place of publication, ask for assistance
if you can't find a date of publication, write n.d., or ask for assistance
if a list of copyright dates are given, use the most recent one,
for the United States: a well-known city may be used alone (like New York City), but for lesser-known cities, write the state as well (you may abbreviate the state -- Olympia, Wash.). For other countries, write the city and the country (Nagoya, Japan),
if you can't find an author or editor: look on the official title page, look on the reverse (verso) side of the title page, skip the author and put down the rest of the information.

MS Virtual Library
12/17/09