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Bibliography
Print Sources Interview Electronic Sources Online Sources
1. For each source listed, begin first line at margin and indent each
line that follows.
2. Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and
software. Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.
3. Note punctuation and follow exactly.
4. If required information, such as author or place of publication, is
not available, just leave it out.
5. Arrange all sources in one list, alphabetically by first word, which
will generally be either the author's last name or the first important word
of the title.
PRINT SOURCES
Book with one author:
1. Author.
2. Title of book.(underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date of publication.
Cohen, Daniel. America's Very Own Ghosts. New
York: Doubleday, 1985.
Book with two authors:
1. Authors (in the order they are given in the book).
2. Title of book.(underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date.
Smith, Elizabeth, and David Wright. Rocks and Minerals.
Chicago: Macmillan, 1995.
Encyclopedia and other familiar reference books:
1. Author of article (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of book.(underlined)
4. Date of edition. (Volume and page number not necessary if articles
are arranged alphabetically).
Eiselen, Malcolm R. "Franklin, Benjamin." The World Book
Encyclopedia. 1999.
"France." Compton's Encyclopedia. 1998.
Article in a periodical:
1. Author (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title (underlined) date: page.
4. Haverkamp, Beth. "Bad Women and Bandit Queens." Cobblestone
May 1996: 20-22.
"N.F.L. Training Camp Report" The New York Times
21 August 1996: B12.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE RESEARCHER
1. Name of person interviewed.
2. Type of interview.
3. Date of interview.
4. Whitman, Christie. Personal interview. 20 August 1999.
Ford, Harrison. Telephone interview. 26 January 1999.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Encyclopedia and other publications on CD-ROM:
1. Author (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of product (underlined or in italics).
4. Edition or version (if relevant)
5. CD-ROM.
6. City of publication: Publisher, date of publication.
Cashman, Katharine V. "Volcano." World Book Multimedia
Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book
Inc., 1999.
"Japan." Cartopedia. CD-ROM. New York: Dorling
Kindersley, 1995.
Solnick, Bruce B. "Columbus, Christopher." Grolier MultiMedia
Encyclopedia. 1994 ed. CD-ROM. Danbury, CT: Grolier
Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1992.
Leicester, Henry M. "Chemistry." Microsoft Encarta. 1998 ed.
CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 1998.
"Engine, Four-Stroke." David Macauley: The Way Things Work.
CD-ROM. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
Periodical article found in CD-ROM database:
1. Author.
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title (underlined) date: page.
4. Title of database.(underlined)
5. CD-ROM.
6. City of publication: name of electronic publisher, date of electronic
publication.
Gray, Robert. "Do You Believe in Dragons?" Ranger Rick
Oct 1993: 21-29. SIRS Discoverer. CD-ROM. Boca Raton:
SIRS, Inc., Spring 1996.
Timney, Mark C. "Virtual Chills and Thrills." Boys' Life
April 1995: 13-15. Primary Search. CD-ROM. Peabody, MA:
Ebsco, March 1996.
ONLINE SOURCES
Encyclopedia from an online service:
1. Author, if shown
2. "Title of the article."
3. Name of encyclopedia (underlined).
4. Name of publisher, date of publication, if available.
5. Date of your visit
"Animal Rights." Compton's Living Encyclopedia. Compton's
Learning Company, 1996. 22 August 1999.
Ketcham, Ralph. "Franklin, Benjamin." World Book Online.
10 September 1999.
Periodical article from an online database:
1. Author.
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title (underlined) date: page.
4. Name of database.(underlined)
5. Publisher of database (if available).
6. Date of visit
7. Http address in italics.
Peterson, Robert W. "Teddy Roosevelt: The Conservation President."
Boys' Life April 1994: 28. Primary Search. EBSCO Publishing.
12 November 2000
Timney, Mark C. "Virtual Chills and Thrills." Boys' Life
April 1995: 13-15. Primary Search. CD-ROM. Peabody, MA:
March 1996
World Wide Web:
1. Author (if known).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of complete work. (if relevant, underlined)
4. Date of visit
5. Full http address in italics.
Boritt, Gabor S. "Civil War." World Book Online. 10 September 1999
http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar117060.htm.
Norton, R.J. "An Overview of John Wilkes Booth's Assassination of
President Abraham Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln's Assassination.
28 November 1999 http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.
html.
"Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars." The U.S. Civil
War Center. 14 August 1999 http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/
stats/warcost.htm.
Arnett, Bill. "Callisto." The Nine Planets. 21 May 1999
http://seds.lplarizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/callisto.
html.
Winter, Mark. "Nitrogen." WebElements. 9 July 1999 http://www.shef.
ac.uk/chemistry/web-elements/N/key.html.
Personal e-mail:
1. Author.
2. Author's e-mail address in italics.
3. "Subject line from posting."
4. Date of publication
5. Personal e-mail.
Thompson, Barry. bthompson@aol.com "Computer Viruses." 26 Nov.
1999.
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Oradell Public School
Oradell, New Jersey
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