Standard Bibliographic Style Sheet - Secondary

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
Gore, Al. Earth in the Balance; Ecology and the Human Spirit.

<>< ><>Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

BOOK WITH TWO AUTHORS
Edey, Maitland A. and Donald C. Johanson. Blueprints; Solving the Mystery of Evolution.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1989.
BOOK WITH A CORPORATE AUTHOR
Time-Life, Inc. This Fabulous Century: 1950-1960. New York:

Time, Inc., 1970.
BOOK WITH AN EDITOR
Easter, Eric, D. Michael Cheers and Dudley M. Brooks, eds. Songs of My People. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE-AUTHOR KNOWN
Church, George J. "Flood, Sweat and Tears." Time 26 July 1993: 22-33.
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER (OR GALE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER)
Wartik, Nancy. "Overview of "The Tell Tale Heart." Exploring Short Stories. Gale Research, 1998. In Gale Student Research Center, May 9, 2002.
NEWSBANK ARTICLE
DiBacco, Thomas V. "Tracing the Trail of Alzheimers." Washington Post 29 Nov. 94: p.9. NewsBank, 1994.
SIRS DISCOVERER ARTICLE (FROM FULL-TEXT SIRS DISCOVERER)
Wartik, Nancy. "Tough Calls." American Health Mar. 1992: 58-62. SIRS Discoverer, 1996.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE
"Jim Crow Law." Encyclopedia Britannica. http://school.eb.com/eb/article?eu=44633 Accessed September 16, 2002.
ALMANAC ENTRY
"Chile." The World Almanac Book of Facts. 1994 ed.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY
Diehl, Paul B. "Poetry." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc. 1997 ed.
SPECIALIZED REFERENCE BOOK ENTRY
"Ginsburg, Ruth Bader." Current Biography Yearbook. 1994 ed.
INTERVIEW
Waller, Robert. Telephone interview. 20 Feb. 1993.
ARTICLE OR ESSAY IN COLLECTION
Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Miller's Tale," The Canterbury Tales, trans. David Wright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Caldwell, Bettye. "The Condition of America's Poor Is Improving." Poverty. Ed. Tamara Roleff. Opposing Viewpoints Series. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994.
Minor, Madonne. "Madness and Silence in The Bluest Eye." Toni Morrison. Ed. Harold Bloom. Modern Critical Views Series. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1999.
Previously Published Article In A Multivolume Work
Blake, Susan. "Ritual and Rationalization: Black Folklore in the Works of Ralph Ellison," in PMLA, Vol.
94, No. 1, January, 1979. pp. 121-36. rpt in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Editor Jeffrey
Hunter v. 112. Detroit: Gale, 1999. pps. 91-102.
NONPRINT SOURCE
Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama. Videocassette. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1992.
CD-ROM
Fairbridge, Rhodes W. "Plate Tectonics." Encarta. CD-ROM. 1994 ed.
INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH A COMPUTER SERVICE (E.G., AMERICA ONLINE)
"Middle Ages." Academic American Encyclopedia. Online. America Online. 15 Oct. 1995.
INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH INTERNET
Willett, Edward F. "How Our Laws Are Made." Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet. Online. Internet. 1 Nov. 1995. Available: http://www.thomas.loc.gov
"Crimes and Crime Rates, by Type." Census Bureau Home Page. Online. Internet. 27 Nov. 1995. Available: http://www.census.gov/

 

 

GENERAL TIPS

o If you use a source not listed here, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Ref 808.02 Gib) or ask a librarian for assistance or consult
o If you cannot find a date, use the abbreviation n.d. (no date). If you cannot find a page, use n.p. (no page).
o Entries are in alphabetical order.
o The first line of each entry begins at the left margin. The second line (if needed) is indented five spaces.
o Single-space within an entry. Double space between entries.
o Underlining may be used rather than italics, if the document is not being word processed or the teacher prefers underlining.
o Do not label the entries with the type of source (e.g. Magazine).
o The following is an example of what a completed bibliography should look like.

Bibliography

"Brontë, Emily." Discovering Authors. CD-ROM. Detroit: Gale, 1992.

Caldwell, Bettye. "The Condition of America's Poor Is Improving." Poverty. Opposing Viewpoints Series. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994.

"Chile." The World Almanac Book of Facts. 1994 ed.

Church, George J. "Flood, Sweat and Tears." Time 26 Jul. 1993: 22-33.

DiBacco, Thomas V. "Tracing the Trail of Alzheimers." Washington Post 29 Nov. 94: Z9. CD-ROM. NewsBank, 1994.

Diehl, Paul B. "Poetry." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997 ed.

Edey, Maitland A. and Donald C. Johanson. Blueprints; Solving the Mystery of Evolution. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989.

Fairbridge, Rhodes W. "Plate Tectonics." Encarta. CD-ROM. 1994 ed.

"Ginsburg, Ruth Bader." Current Biography Yearbook. 1994 ed.

Hawes, Donald. "Chance in Silas Marner." Readings On Silas Marner. Greenhaven Press Literary Companion Series. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999.

"Middle Ages." Academic American Encyclopedia. Online. America Online. 15 Oct. 1995.

"Populist." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. 1993.

Smith, Donald. "Global Telecommuters Work from All Over." Cedar Rapids Gazette 25 Jul. 1993: C1+.

Time-Life, Inc. This Fabulous Century: 1950-1960. New York: Time, Inc., 1970.

"Two Cheers for Demokratiya." U.S. News & World Report 5 Apr. 1993: 42-46.

Waller, Robert. Telephone interview. 20 Feb. 1993.

Wartik, Nancy. "Tough Calls." American Health Mar. 1992: 58-62. CD-ROM. SIRS Researcher, 1996.

Willett, Edward F. "How Our Laws Are Made." Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet. Online. Internet. 1 Nov. 1995. Available: http://www.thomas.loc.gov