date.
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. City of publication:
Name of publisher, copyright
date.
Example:
Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins. New York: Harper Trophy, 1987.
Book Written by Two or More Authors:
First author’s last name, first name and second author’s name. Title
of book. City of publication:
Name
of publisher, copyright date.
Example:
Jakobson, Roman and Linda Waugh. The Sound Shape of Language. Bloomington:
Indiana UP,
1979.
Book with no Author or Anonymous:
Title. City of publication: Name of publisher, copyright date.
**NOTE: Do not use "Anonymous" or "Anon", simply leave off the author and alphabetize according to the title.**
Example:
Go Ask Alice. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1971.
Editor’s last name, first name, ed. Title of book. City of publication:
Name of publisher,
copyright
date.
Example:
Martignoni, Margaret, ed. The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature.
New York:
Grosset
and Dunlap, 1955.
Reference Book (i.e. Encyclopedia or Dictionary):
"Item looked up." Title of book. Edition. Copyright date.
Example:
"Giant Pandas." World Book Encyclopedia. 1998 ed.
Article Found in a Periodical:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine. Date: page numbers.
Example:
Lambeth, Ellen. "Big Bear Cat." Ranger Rick. December 1999: 20-25.
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper.
Date: section and page
numbers.
Example:
Foster, David. "Tallest Tree No Big Secret." The Journal News. January 24, 2000: 3E.
Material Accessed from a CD-ROM:
Author’s last name, first name (if available). "Title of Material". Title
of CD-
ROM.
City of publication: Name of publisher, date.
Example (no author available):
"Oboe." Orchestra. CD-ROM. Burbank: Warner New Media, 1992.
Material Accessed from the Internet:
Author’s last name, first name (if available). "Title of work." Title
of web page. [online]
Available
<http:// web address> (date accessed).
Example 1 (author available):
Conrads, David. "Jackie Robinson Biography." Kansas City Public Library
- Missouri History.
[Online]
Available <http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/sc/bio/robinson.htm>
(January 20, 2000).
Example 2 (author not available):
"A Life Without Modern Conveniences" Learners Online [Online] Available
<http://www.learnersonline.com/lessons/archive2K/week4/index.htm>
(January 26,
2000).
Database Accessed Online (i.e. Proquest Direct, SIRS, Electric Library, DIALOG):
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of article or document." Title
of journal, newsletter or
conference.
(date of publication): pages. Online. Name of database. Date of access.
Example:
Lalayants, I. "Physics Fights Frauds." Quantum. (Jan/Feb 1993): 11-16.
Online. SIRS. January
13,
2000.
Title. Director’s Name. Performer(s) Name(s) (if desired). Distributor. Year.
Example (with performers):
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna
Reed, Lionel Barrymore,
and
Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946.
Personal Interview (one which you conducted yourself):
Last Name of person interviewed, first name. Personal interview. Date.
Example:
Williams, Robin. Personal interview. December 12, 1999.
Last name of person interviewed, first name. Name of interviewer. Name of
television show.
Network.
Station call numbers, City. Date.
Example:
Angelou, Maya. Interview with Barbara Walters. 20/20. ABC. WABC, New
York. November
15,
1999
"Title of episode or segment."(if available) Title of program. Title
of series (if any). Name of
network.
Call letters, city of station (if any). Broadcast date.
Example:
"In the Navy." 60 Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York. January 23, 2000.
Treat a pamphlet as you would a book with or without an author. (see above).
Radio interviews, cartoons, advertisements, maps, charts, e-mail, and more
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