A bibliography is an alphabetical list of books
and other sources used when writing a report. It
is the last page of the report and should be arranged
alphabetically by author (or title, if no author appears
in the entry). Indenting, spacing, commas, periods,
underlining, and other punctuation are important. The
following is a quick guide to the MLA style of documenting
sources.
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Book by one author |
Author's
last name, author's first name. Title. Place
of publication: publisher,
copyright date. |
Example:
Stone, Lynn M. Wombats. Vero
Beach: Rourke Corporation, Inc., 1990. |
Book by two or three authors |
Author's
last name, author's first name, and author's first name
last name. Title.
Place of publication: publisher,
copyright date.
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Example:
McDowell, Josh, and Don Stewart. Answers
to Tough Questions Skeptics Ask
about the Christian Faith. San Bernardino:
Here's Life
Publishers, Inc., 1980.
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Book
by corporate author |
Corporate
author. Title. Place of publication: publisher,
copyright date.
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Example:
Wissahickon Home Economics Department. Cooking
with Spice. New York:
Scribners, 1993.
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Book compiled by an editor |
Editor's
last name, editor's first name, ed. Title. Place
of publication: publisher,
copyright date.
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Example:
Blaiklock, E.M., ed. Pictorial Bible
Atlas. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing
House, 1969.
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CD-ROM |
Author's
last name, author's first name (if given). "Title
of Part of Work." Title
of Product. Edition
or release, if given. CD-ROM. Place
of publication:
Publisher,
year of publication. |
Example:
Wallechinsky, David. "Olympic Games." World
Book
Multimedia Encyclopedia.
3.20b. CD-ROM. Chicago:
World Book, 1996. |
Encyclopedia
article |
Signed
article
Author's last name, author's first name. "Title
of article." Title of encyclopedia.
Place
of publication: publisher, copyright
date.
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Example:
Rosberg, Carl G. "Kenya." World
Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book,
Inc.,
1988.
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Unsigned article |
"Name
of article." Title of encyclopedia. Place
of publication: publisher copyright
date.
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Example:
"Jewel." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago:
World Book, Inc., 1988. |
Online
encyclopedia article |
Author's
last name, author's first name. "Title of
Article." Title
of Reference
Work. Online. Title of the
Database or Online Service. Date of access.
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Example:
Cook, Sarah Gibbard. "Berlin, Germany." Compton's
Living Encyclopedia.
Online. America
Online. 27 Aug. 1997. |
Interview
|
Last
name of person interviewed, First name of person interviewed.
Personal
interview. Date of interview. |
Example:
Craig, John. Personal interview. 23 Sept. 1999. |
Magazine
article |
Author's
last name, author's first name. "Title of
article: subheading." Title of
magazine date
of publication: pages.
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Example:
Roberts, Leslie. "The Gene Hunters:
Unlocking the Secrets of
DNA to Cure
Disease,
Slow Aging." U.S.
News & World Report 3 Jan.
2000: 34-38.
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Magazine
article online |
| Author's
last name, author's first name. "Title of
article: subheading." Title of
magazine date
of publication: pages. Name of database. Library
Name. Date of
access <http://address/filename>. |
| Roberts,
Leslie. "The
Gene Hunters: Unlocking the Secrets of DNA to Cure
Disease,
Slow Aging." U.S.
News& World Report 3 Jan. 2000: 34-38. Ebsco
Middle
Search Plus. Boca Raton Christian School. 26 May
2001
<http://address/filename>.
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Newspaper |
Signed
article
Author's last name, author's first name. "Title
of article: subheading." Title
of
newspaper date
of publication: pages.
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Example:
Barbero, Maria. "City Set for Input
on Library: Council May Choose Architect
Wednesday." Boca
Raton News 21 Feb. 2000: 1A.
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Unsigned article
"Title of article: subheading." Title
of Newspaper date of publication:
pages. |
Example:
"Brooks Winded after First Day in Spring
Training." Boca
Raton News 21
Feb.
2000: 2A. |
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