Citing
Books:
Book by a single author:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. Title of the Books. City: Publishing
Company, Year of
Publication.
Example: Rowling, J.K.
Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic
Inc., 1998.
Book by two authors:
First Author's last name,
Author's first name and Second author's first name, last name. Title
of
the Book. City: Publishing Company, Year of publication.
Example: George, Jean
Craighead and John George. Dipper of Copper Creek. New
York: Dutton Childrens Books,
1996.
Book by two or more authors:
First Author's last name,
Author's first name et al. Title of the Book. City:
Publishing Company,
Year of Publication.
Example: Dispezio,
Mark et al. Science Insights: Exploring Matter and Energy.
New York: Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, 1997.
Book by an editor:
Editor's last name, Editor's
first name, ed. Title of the Book. City: Publishing
Company,
Year of Publication.
Example: Ehrlich, Amy,
ed. When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing
Up. Cambridge: Candlewick
Press, 1996. |
Citing
Articles in Periodicals:
Article by a Single Author:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. "Title of the Article." Title of the Periodical.
Volume #
(Year of Publication): Pages of Article.
Example: Travis, J.
"Ewe Again? Cloning From Adult DNA." Science News.
151(1999): 132-3. |
Citing
Articles in a Newspaper:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. "Title of the Article." Title of the Newspaper
Day Month,
Year, Edition: Page Number(s).
Example: Vigue, Doreen
Ludica. "Farce Busting: Leaf Peepers on the Tour." Boston
Sunday Globe 12 Oct. 1997,
natl. ed.: A1+ |
Citing
Information From a CD-ROM:
Author's last name, Author's
first name (if given). "Title of Information/Article." Title
of the
CD-ROM. CD-ROM. Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Example: Macauly, David.
"Scanner." The Way Things Work 2.0. CD-ROM. DK
Multimedia, 1996. |
Citing
Online Databases:
Author's last name, Author's
first name (if given). "Title of the Information/Article." Title
of the
Database. Online. Publishing Company/Computer Service.
Day Month. Year.
Example: "U.S. Population
By Age." Online. Dialog @ Carl. 15 Dec. 1997. |
Citing
an Interview:
Person Interviewed last
name, first name. Interview. Title of the Periodical/TV
Show. Publishing
Company. Date Month. Year.
Example: Brown, Kate.
Interview. Time. Time Inc. 19 Feb. 1998. |
Citing
Internet Sites:
Title of Item.
Editor's Name (if given). Date of Download. Name of Sponsoring
Institution or
Organization. Date of Access <URL>.
Example: CNN Interactive.
19 June 1998. Cable News Network. 19 June 1998 <http://www.cnn.com>. |
Citing
a Personal Web Site:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. Title of Web Page. Date of Download.
<URL>.
Example: Smith, Robert.
My
Insect Page. 14 September 1999 <http://www.cnn.com/insect/>. |
Citing
an Article in an Online Periodical:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. "Title of Item." Title of Periodical.
Volume Number. Issue
Number (Date of Publication). Date of Download <URL>.
Example: Smith, Robert.
"Bill Gates." Time Online. 12.1 (1999). 12 September
1999 <http://www.time.com/billgates/>. |
Citing
E-mail:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. "Subject Line of the Message." E-mail to Recipient.
Day
Month. Year.
Example: Smith, Susan.
"Information on Hubble." E-mail to Charles Brown. 1 Jan. 1998. |
Citing
Online Images:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. "Title of Image." Title of Web Page.
Publishing Company.
Date of Publication. Date of Download <URL>.
Example: Harden, Mark.
"Flowers Still Life." Mark Harden's Artchive. 14 September
1999
<http://www.artchive.com/flowers>. |
Citing
Online Sounds:
Author's last name, Author's
first name. "Title of Sound Clip." Title of Web Page.
Publishing
Company. Date of Publication. Date of Download <URL>.
Example: Smith, Robert.
"Thunder Clip." Sound Effects, Inc. Acme. 12 June
1999. 13 September 1999
<http://www.acme.com/soundeffects/thunder/>. |
Citing
Online Video Clips:
"Title of Video Clip." Title
of Web Page. Publishing Company. Date of Publication.
Date of
Download <URL>.
Example: "Insect Patrol"
Acme.
13 June 1998. 17 September 1999 <http://www.insectlife.com/patrol/>. |
Citing
Encyclopedia Articles:
"Title of the Encyclopedia
Article." Title of the Encyclopedia. Edition Number. Year of Publication.
Example: "Robotics." World
Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. 1999. |
