BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDELINES
BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDELINES
Entries should be listed in alphabetical order according to the author's last name.
If no author is given, the entry should be alphabetized by the first important word in the title (not including A, An, or The).
Page numbers are given for articles from magazines and newspapers only.
Place a period at the end of each entry.
BOOKS:
Author’s Name (Last Name, First Name).
Title Of The Book (Underlined). Place Of
Publication: Publishing Company, Copyright
Date.
EXAMPLE:
Carpenter, Alan. Oregon. Chicago: Children’s
Press, 1992.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Author’s Name [If Given (Last Name, First
Name)]. "Title Of Article." (In Quotation
Marks) Title Of Encyclopedia (Underlined),
Edition (Year), Volume Number.
EXAMPLE WITH AN AUTHOR:
Piccard, Don. "Delaware." The World Book
Encyclopedia, 1992, Vol. 5.
EXAMPLE WITHOUT AN AUTHOR:
"Balloon--The First Aircraft of Man." The World
Book Encyclopedia, 1992, Vol. 2.
PERIODICALS (MAGAZINES):
Author’s Name (Last Name, First Name). "Title
Of Article." (In Quotation Marks) Name
Of Magazine (Underlined), Volume Number
And Date. Page(s) Of Article.
EXAMPLE WITH AN AUTHOR:
Anderson, Bob. "Navy Unveils Low-Cost
Sounding Rocket." Aviation World,
Vol. 41, September/October 1997, pp. 93-
101.
EXAMPLE WITHOUT AN AUTHOR:
"New Life on the River." Time. LXXXI, Jan. 4,
1997.
NEWS STORY:
Author’s Name (Last Name, First Name). "Name
Of Article." Name Of Newspaper.
(Underlined) Date, Year, Page(s) Of Article.
EXAMPLE WITH AUTHOR:
Giniger, Henry. "France Protests Algiers’
Seizures." The New York Times. April
6, 1997, pp. 1 & 13.
EXAMPLE WITHOUT AN AUTHOR:
"Aiding the Arts." The Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Jan. 15, 1997, p. 4.
COMPUTER PROGRAM:
"Name Of Article Of File." Complete Title Of
Program. (underlined) Computer Edition.
City: Publishing Company, Date.
EXAMPLE:
"Alaska." Microsoft Encarta. PC Edition.
Redmond Washington: Microsoft
Corporation, 1997.
WWW
Author. (Last Name, First Name) "Full Title Of
Work." (In Quotation Marks) Title Of
Complete Work. (Underlined) Available: Full
http Address (Date Of Visit).
EXAMPLE:
Burka, Lauren P. "A Hypertext History Of
Europe." MUDHistory. Available:
http://www.ccs.new.edu/home/lpd/mud-
(January 5, 1997).
E-MAIL:
Sender. (Last Name, First Name) "Subject Line
From The Posting." (In Quotation Marks)
Personal e-mail (date).
EXAMPLE:
Thomas, Barry. "Virtual Reality." Personal e-mail
(January 5, 1997).
INTERVIEW:
Interviewee’s Name (Last Name, First Name).
Interview. Interview Location, Interview Date.
EXAMPLE:
Jones, Joe. Interview. Classroom. Carnation,
Washington, September 15, 1994.
VIDEOTAPE/MEDIA:
Title Of Program. (Underlined) City: Production
Or Publishing Company, Date. Type Of
Media.
EXAMPLE:
Birds. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1996.
Videocassette.
ART:
Artist. (Last Name, First Name) Title Of Work Of
Art. (Underlined) (Medium and Dimensions)
Museum or Collection, City, State.
EXAMPLE:
Bierstadt, Alber. Rocky Pool, New Hampshire
(Oil on Canvas, 18x24 inches) Metropolitan
Museum Of Art, New York, New York.
TV PROGRAM:
Title Of Program. (Underlined) Station. Month,
Day, Year. City, State. Type Of Program.
EXAMPLE:
News At Eleven. KOMO. June, 5, 1997. Seattle,
Washington. Television Broadcast.
MAP:
Title Of Map (Underlined) [Map]. Publisher,
Date, Type Of Map, Color Or Black And
White, Dimensions, Scale, Projection.
EXAMPLE:
Relief Map Of The World [Map]. Educational
Aids, 1996, relief map, col., 47x67
cm.,1:1,013,760, Mercator Projection.