A BIBLIOGRAPHY is a list of sources including
books, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, interviews, and
electronic media used by the writer of a research paper. All the
sources used are listed alphabetically.
Bibliography Guide 2002-2003
for Print & Nonprint Sources
(MLA Style for Citing Sources)
All
sources in a bibliography must be arranged alphabetically in one list, with
books and web sites listed together.
Please
note the format of the following citations. The first line of each citation
is aligned with the left margin and the next line is indented.
Book
by one author
Bode, Janet. The Colors of Freedom: Immigrant Stories. New
York: Franklin Watts, 1999.
Book
without an author
Computer Age. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life, 1992.
Book
by two authors
Jennings, Peter and Todd Brewster. The Century New
York: Doubleday, 1998.
Book
by three or more authors
Kessler, James H. et al. Distinguished African American Scientists of
the 20th Century.
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1996.
Book
by an editor (for more than one editor, see the “a work in an anthology”
example)
Sullivan, Charles, ed. Imaginary Gardens: American Poetry and Art for
Young People.
New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989.
A
work in an anthology
Bradbury, Ray. “Another Fine Mess.” The Best from Fantasy and Science
Fiction: the Fiftieth
Anniversary Anthology. Edward L. Ferman and Gordon
Van Gelder, eds. New York:
Tor, 1999.
Print
encyclopedia article (find the author of “the article” not of the volume)
Moss, Cynthia. “Elephants.” World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World
Book, 2000.
Print
encyclopedia article (without an author)
“Jane Goodall.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale,
1998.
Electronic encyclopedia article
Moss, Cynthia. "Elephant." World Book. Viewed 27 February 2002.
World Book Online.
Web
site
(note how dates are written below, i.e. today is 27 September 2002)
Include:
Author responsible for page (may be an individual or group). “Title of
page.”
Updated [only if date is stated on page]. Viewed [date you
viewed the page].
<url or web address>.
American Library Association. “YALSA: 2002 Top 10.” Updated 28 January
2002.
Viewed 4 March 2002. <http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/2002top10best.html>
Periodical ( journal, magazine, or newspaper) article from an electronic
database
Include:
Author responsible for article. “Title of article.” Title of
periodical.
Date of volume or issue: page #. Name of database.
Kuchment, Anna. “State of the Ice: Beyond the Simple Fact of Earth's
Warming lies a
Sea of Conflicting Data.” Newsweek. 25 February
2002: p. 33. Proquest.
Revkin, Andrew C. “A Chilling Effect on the Great Global Melt.” New
York Times.
18 January 2002: p. A17+. Proquest.
Videocassette
Vertigo. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Perf. James Stewart. Universal
Studios, 1958. Videocassette.
Universal Studios Home Video, 1999. | 