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When researching, it is important to give credit to other people
for ideas or work that they did. This also makes it possible for
others to use your work as a resource to find more information.
You will be locating the information listed below on the title page
and the verso. If the source does not include one or more pieces
of information, skip it. Each element is separated
by a period, followed by 2 spaces. Commas are followed by one space.
Colons are followed by 2 spaces.
The first line of each citation begins on the left margin with
additional lines being indented 5 spaces. All citations are listed
alphabetically.
1. author's name
2. title (underline if a book; quotation marks at beginning and end
if it's an article)
3. name of editor, compiler, translator
4. edition used
5. number of volumes
6. place of publication. publisher's name. date of publication
7. page numbers
Books
Author information comes first, title, then publication
information.
Single author
Fradin, Denis. The Virginia Colony. Chicago: Children's Press,
1986.
Multiple authors
Hanes, Peggy and Ivy Chisholm. Working with computers.
Seattle: Teacher's Pub., 1997
Unknown author
The Bible, a New Translation. Trans. James Moffatt. New
York: Harper and Row, 1954.
Multi-volume
"Elephant." Wildlife of the World. 13 Vols. New York:
Marshall Cavendish, 1994. 218-221.
An article in a reference book
Encyclopedias may be cited without the publisher's name
but the date of publication must be given. If the article is signed,
give the author's name first. If the article is unsigned, then give
the title first.
signed article
Piccard, Don. "Balloon." World Book. 1996.
unsigned article
"Stress." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1992
For other reference books give full citation as for any book.
Articles in Periodicals
Each periodical needs to have volume or issue number, year/date
and pages. Do not use a, an, or the in the title. Put
the author's name first, then the title.
Magazines
Kupfer, Brenda. "How to Put Up With Older Siblings." Teen
Mar. 1995: 56-59
Ratcliffe, Carter. "Where a Visionary Opened His Eyes: A Fresh Look
at El Greco." Saturday Review Mar.-Apr. 1983: 24-27.
Newspapers
Miller, David. "Tightening the Belt." Seattle Times
5 Jan. 1992: A1.
Non-print Materials
Tape
"Discovering Canada." Reader's Digest Association
Videotape, 1992
CD-ROM
Anderson, Marleen. "Bowling With the Best of Them." Sports
Illustrated 23 Oct, 1994: 33-37, Available on MAS.
"Chicago White Sox." Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopdia
CD-ROM, 1995 ed.
Laser Videodisc
Reinert, Al. "For All Mankind." The Voyager Co. Laser
videodisc, 1989.
WWW/Internet
Give the author's name, full title of the work in quotation
marks, the title of the complete work, if applicable, in italics, the
full http address, and the date of visit.
Burka, Lauren P. "A Hypertext History of Multi-User Dimensions."
MUD
History. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/1pb/mud-history.html
(5 Dec. 1994) .
Telnet Sites
Gomes, Lee. "Xerox's On-Line Neighborhood: A Great Place to
Visit."
Mercury News. 3 May 1992. tlenet lamba.parc.xerox.com
8888,
@go #50827, press 13 (5 Dec. 1994) .
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