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No research work is complete without a list of references used. A bibliography is a list of books, articles, etc., used in a report or project. Each entry is arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. The second and following lines in each entry are indented. This may not appear on your screen, depending on your device. Below are examples for each type of source:
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| Book, one author |
| Author's last name, Author's first name. Title of Book. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication. |
| EXAMPLE:
Hills, Gavin. Skateboarding. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1992.
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| Book, two or more authors |
| Author I last name, Author I first name, and Author II first and last name. Title of Book. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication. |
| EXAMPLE:
Canfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1998.
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| Encyclopedia Article without an author |
| "Name of Article," Name of Encyclopedia, volume number, page number (Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication). |
| EXAMPLE:
"Track and Field," World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 19, pp. 354-359 (Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1997).
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| Encyclopedia Article with an author |
| Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Name of Article," Name of Encyclopedia, volume number, page number (Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication). |
| EXAMPLE:
Beaver, Donald. "Technology," World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 19, pp. 76-82 (Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1997).
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| Book with an Editor |
| Editor's Last Name, Editor's First Name, ed. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. |
| EXAMPLE:
Roth, John K., ed. Encyclopedia of Social Issues. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1997.
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| Magazine Article |
| Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of Article," Name of Magazine, Volume Number, Date of Publication, page number. |
| EXAMPLE:
Zakaria, Fareed. "After the Showdown," Newsweek, CXXXVII, April 16, 2001, p. 22-25.
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| Newspaper Article with an Author |
| Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of Article," Name of Newspaper, Date of Newspaper, page number, Column Number. |
| EXAMPLE:
Slough, Cheryl. "Cellular Phones To Benefit Abuse Victims," News Daily, February 7, 2001, p. 1, col. 2.
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| Newspaper Article without an Author |
| "Title of Article," Name of Newspaper, Date of Newspaper, page number, Column Number. |
| EXAMPLE:
"Big Ideas For Small Spaces," News Daily, February 7, 2001, p. 3B, col. 2.
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| Pamphlet |
| Title of Pamphlet. Sponsor of Pamphlet. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. |
| EXAMPLE:
The Wetlands Center of the Clayton County Water Authority. Clayton County Water Authority. Hampton, Georgia: Clayton County Water Authority, 1999.
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| Story from an Anthology |
| Author of Article Last Name, Article of Author First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Book. Edited by Name of Author. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. |
| EXAMPLE:
Frost, Robert. "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." Anthology of Children's Literature. Edited by Edna Johnson, Evelyn R. Sickels and Frances Clark Sayers. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1959.
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| Interview |
| Last Name, First Name. Personal Interview, Date of Interview. |
| EXAMPLE:
Woods, Tiger. Personal Interview, 26 January 2001.
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| Video |
| Last Name of Director, First Name of Director, Dir. Title. with Featured Actors. Producer, Date of Release. |
| EXAMPLE:
Bertolucci, Bernardo, dir. Last Tango in Paris. With Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. United Artists, 1972.
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