Bibliographic Format
All entries should be listed alphabetically, ignoring "a" "an" and "the". The second and subsequent lines indented, single spaced. There should be one space in between each citation. (See reverse side for examples)
Books with one author
Author’s last name, First Name. Title underlined. Place of Publication:Publisher,
Date of Publication.
Longman, Jere. The Girls of Summer. New York: HarperCollins Publishers,
2000.
Books with two authors
First Author’s last name, First Name, First and last Name of Second Author.
Title underlined. Place of
Publication:Publisher, Date of Publication.
Spradley, Thomas and James P. Spradley. Deaf Like Me. New York: Random
House, 1978.
Books with no author
Chief editor’s last name, First name., ed. Title underlined. Place of
Publication: Publisher, Date of
Publication.
Harris, Cyril M., ed. Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture. New York:Dover Publications, 1977.
Magazine articles
Author. "Title of Article in quotes." Title of Magazine or
Periodical underlined Date:first page-last page.
Wolkomir, Richard. "American Sign Language: It’s Not Mouth Stuff-It’s
Brain Stuff." Smithsonian 23, 8
July 1992, 30-42.
Cook, Sydney. "Baseball’s Legends." Sports Illustrated 8 June
1989, 61-65.
Magazine accessed online
Author. "Title of Article in quotes." Title of Magazine underlined Date of article. Name of database such
Infotrac or Newsbank if used. Date of Access. <URL in Brackets>.
Vass, George. "Baseball's 'Late Bloomers'." Baseball Digest June 2001 Infotrac Retreived 10 April 2001
<web1.infotrac.galegroup.itw/infomark>.
Newspaper Articles
Author’s last Name, First Name. "Title of Article (in quotes)," Name of Newspaper (underlined). Date of
Issue, pages.
Scruggs, Roberta. "North Woods Park Facing Long Odds." Maine Sunday Telegram. 17 December 1995,
1A and 16 A.
Newspaper Articles accessed on line
Author. "Article in quotes." Title of Newspaper underlined Date of Issue. Name of database such as
Infotrac or Newsbank if used. Date of Access <URL in Brackets>.
Gorov, Lynda. "Bush plan could narrow species path to protection." Boston Globe Extranet 15 May 2001
www.boston.com/dailyglobe/136/nation/Bush.
Encyclopedia Article
Author. "Title of Article in quotes." Book Title. Place of Publication:Publisher. Date. First page-
Last page. (omit any information that is not given, such as author)
Parseghian, Ara. "Football." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago:World Book Inc. 1996. 312-320.
Encyclopedia Article online
Author (if given). "Title of article in quotes." Title of Encyclopedia underlined. Date of electronic
Publication if known. Access Date. <URL in brackets>.
Zimring, George. "Gun Control." Worldbook onlineAmericas Edition 12 Jan 2000.
< http://www.worldbookonline.com/wbol/wbpage/na/ar/co240440>.
Television Program
"Title of Episode or Segment in quotes." Credit (Performer or author). Title of program underlined. Local
Station, City of local station. Broadcast date.
.
"Hurricane." Raging Planet. Discovery Channel. 21 Mar. 1998.
Videotapes, DVD’s, Laserdiscs
Title underlined. Director, Producer, and/or Writers. Medium. Distributor, year.
Yoga Conditioning. Andrew Lesky. Videocassette. LivingArts, 1999.
Interview
Last Name of Person being interviewed, First Name. Occupation. Where Interviewed, Day month year
Interviewed.
Sweeney, Esther. Director of Gladstone Senior Citizen’s Center, Interviewed at Center, 103 Concord Street
Tarrington, NY, 12 December 2000.
World Wide Web Home page
Name of author or creator (if given). Title of Web site underlined. Name of institution or organization
associated with the site if given. Access date <URL in brackets>.
Personal E-Mail
Sender’s entire e-mail address. "Subject of Message in quotes." E-mail recipient’s address.
Message date.
Joanl@aol.com. "notes from lecture on Yoga." MariK@yahoo.com. 3 March 1999.
Sample Bibliography Page
Cook, Sydney. "Baseball’s Legends." Sports Illustrated 8 June 1989, 61-65.
Harris, Cyril M., ed. Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture. New York:Dover Publications, 1977.
.
"Hurricane." Raging Planet. Discovery Channel. 21 Mar. 1998.
Longman, Jere. The Girls of Summer. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.
Scruggs, Roberta. "North Woods Park Facing Long Odds." Maine Sunday Telegram. 17 December 1995,
1A and 16 A.
Spradley, Thomas and James P. Spradley. Deaf Like Me. New York: Random House, 1978.
Wolkomir, Richard. "American Sign Language: It’s Not Mouth Stuff-It’s Brain Stuff." Smithsonian 23, 8
July 1992, 30-42.