Print Resources

A book by one author

Format: Author's last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example: Sachar, Louis. Holes. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, c1998.

 

A book by two authors

Format: First author's last name, first name. Second author's first name last name.Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example: De Fleur, Melvin L. and Sandra Ball. Theories of Mass Communication. New York: Harper, 1991.

 A magazine article

Format: Author's last name, first name [if no author, title of article comes first]. "Title of article." Title of magazine Date of issue, pages.

Example: Hagen, Barbara. "Catching America Fever." Cobblestone Feb. 2006, 12-13.

 An article in an encyclopedia or other alphabetically-arranged reference book with an author.

Format: Author's last name, first name [if no author, title of article comes first]. "Title of article." Title of encyclopedia, edition.

Example: Mazo, Earl. "Richard M. Nixon." World Book Encyclopedia 1995 ed.

An article in an encyclopedia or other alphabetically-arranged reference book without an author

Format: "Title of article." Title of encyclopedia, edition.

Example: "Richard M. Nixon." World Book Encyclopedia, 1995 ed.

Online Resources

An original web page, created for publication on the Internet

Format:

Author's last name, first name. "Title of document or web page." Date of publication. Date you viewed the document. <URL>

Examples:

Linner, Rachelle. "The E.B. White Home Page." Dated Apr. 1996. Viewed 14 Sept. 1997. <http://www.tiac.net/users/winlib/ebwhite.htm>

Cheetham, Robert. "Japanese Garden Database." Dated 9 Mar. 1998. Viewed 15 Sept. 1997. <http://pobox.upenn.edu/~cheetham/jgarden/>

An article from an online encyclopedia or periodical database

Format:

Author's last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of periodical. Title of database or service. Date of publication. Date you viewed the article. <URL>

Examples:

"Diana, Princess of Wales." Britannica. No date. Viewed 15 Sept. 1997. < http://www.eb.com:180>

Morton, Andrew. "The Diana I Knew." People Magazine. ProQuest Direct. Dated 15 Sept. 1997. Date viewed 3 Mar. 1998. <http://proquest.umi.com/pqd/mainpage.htm>

 Other

Videos/DVDs

Format: Title. Videotape. Video company, Year. Length.

Example: A time for Justice: America's Civil Rights Movement. Videotape. Teaching Tolerance, 1992. 38 minutes.  

Radio or TV

Format: "Title." Show Title. Broadcast company, Date [day month year].

Example: "Post 9/11 Immigration." All Things Considered. NPR, 30 January 2002.

**Adapted from "Citing Sources" on the Winsor School Library and Meadowbrook School websites.