Citations
You must always give credit to the authors of the work you use.
There are different styles to use for your bibliography but most of our teachers recommend MLA. The examples given are the newest - MLA 7.
If you need help making a citation, try Easy Bib.
There are different styles to use for your bibliography but most of our teachers recommend MLA. The examples given are the newest - MLA 7.
If you need help making a citation, try Easy Bib.
Books - One author:
Meyer, Stephenie. Breaking Dawn. New York: Little Brown Young Reader, 2008. Print.
Books – More than one author:
Canfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, and Irene Dunlap. Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Print.
Encyclopedia article (print):
McCleese, Don. "Beatles." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001. Print.
Encyclopedia article (online):
"Obama, Barack." Reviewed by Harvard Sitkoff. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 24 Nov. 2009 <http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0501326-0>.
Internet:
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Web. 22 Aug. 2009. <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod>.
(Be sure to put the date you accessed the information and the URL. Websites change all the time.)
Magazines - Weekly edition:
Murphy, Austin. "Break Out Teams." Sports Illustrated 17 Aug. 2009: 50-65. Print.
Magazines - Monthly edition:
O'Neill, Tom. "Raising Penguins." National Geographic Sept. 2009: 54-63. Print.
Magazines - No author listed:
"Dropping in on Mike Metzger." Dirt Rider Oct. 2009: 28-28. Print.
Newspaper article:
Corkran, Steve. "Maybe Raiders Can Pass." Contra Costa Times 23 Aug. 2009, sec. B: 6-6. Print.
(Note: If the story continues for more than one page, add a "+" to the page number)
Videotape, film or DVD:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Perf. Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom. Walt Disney Pictures, 2007. Film.
Meyer, Stephenie. Breaking Dawn. New York: Little Brown Young Reader, 2008. Print.
Books – More than one author:
Canfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, and Irene Dunlap. Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Print.
Encyclopedia article (print):
McCleese, Don. "Beatles." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001. Print.
Encyclopedia article (online):
"Obama, Barack." Reviewed by Harvard Sitkoff. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 24 Nov. 2009 <http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0501326-0>.
Internet:
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Web. 22 Aug. 2009. <http://apod.nasa.gov/apod>.
(Be sure to put the date you accessed the information and the URL. Websites change all the time.)
Magazines - Weekly edition:
Murphy, Austin. "Break Out Teams." Sports Illustrated 17 Aug. 2009: 50-65. Print.
Magazines - Monthly edition:
O'Neill, Tom. "Raising Penguins." National Geographic Sept. 2009: 54-63. Print.
Magazines - No author listed:
"Dropping in on Mike Metzger." Dirt Rider Oct. 2009: 28-28. Print.
Newspaper article:
Corkran, Steve. "Maybe Raiders Can Pass." Contra Costa Times 23 Aug. 2009, sec. B: 6-6. Print.
(Note: If the story continues for more than one page, add a "+" to the page number)
Videotape, film or DVD:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Perf. Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom. Walt Disney Pictures, 2007. Film.