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General Guide to Writing a Bibliography
For a book:
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Author (last name first). Title of the book. City: Publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE: Dahl, Roald. The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. |
For an encyclopaedia:
Encyclopaedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page numbers.
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EXAMPLE: The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997. Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp. 50-51. |
For a magazine:
Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date): page
numbers.
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EXAMPLE: Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming at the Top of the World." Museum of Science Magazine. Volume 47, No. 1, (Winter 1998): p. 11. |
For a newspaper:
Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of newspaper, city, state of publication.
(date): edition if available, section, page number(s).
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EXAMPLE: Powers, Ann, "New Tune for the Material Girl." The New York Times, New York, NY. (3/1/98): Atlantic Region, Section 2, p. 34. |
For a person:
Full name (last name first). Occupation. Date of interview.
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EXAMPLE: Smeckleburg, Sweets. Bus driver. April 1, 1996. |
For a film:
Title, Director, Distributor, Year.
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EXAMPLE: Braveheart, Dir. Mel Gibson, Icon Productions, 1995 |
CD-ROM:
Disc title: Version, Date. "Article title," pages if given. Publisher.
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EXAMPLE: Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia: Macintosh version, 1995. "Civil rights movement," p.3. Compton's Newsmedia. |
Magazine article:
Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of magazine (type of medium). Volume
number, (Date): page numbers. If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
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EXAMPLE: Rollins, Fred. "Snowboard Madness." Sports Stuff (CD-ROM). Number 15, (February 1997): pp. 15-19. SIRS,
Mac version, Winter 1997. |
Newspaper article:
Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of newspaper (Type of medium), city and
state of publication. (Date): If available: Edition, section and page number(s). If available: publisher of medium, version,
date of issue.
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EXAMPLE: Stevenson, Rhoda. "Nerve Sells." Community News (CD-ROM), Nassau, NY. (Feb 1996): pp. A4-5. SIRS, Mac. version, Spring 1996. |
Online Resources
Internet:
Author of message, (Date). Subject of message. Electronic conference or bulletin board
(Online). Available e-mail: LISTSERV@ e-mail address
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EXAMPLE: Ellen Block, (September 15, 1995). New Winners. Teen Booklist (Online). Helen Smith@wellington.com |
World Wide Web:
URL (Uniform Resource Locator or WWW address). author (or item's name, if mentioned), date.
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EXAMPLE: (Boston Globe's www address) http://www.boston.com. Today's News, August 1, 1996. |
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