Bibliography Style Sheet

ALMANAC
Title of Book.  City of Publication:  Name of Publisher, Date.
EXAMPLE:  World Almanac and Book of Facts.  New York:  World Almanac, 2002.

ATLAS
Title of Book  City of Publication:  Name of Publisher,Date.

EXAMPLE:  The World Almanac Atlas of the World.  New York:  World Almanac Books, 2001.

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR:
Author's Last Name,  First Name.  Title of Book.   City of Publication:  Name of Publisher,  Date.

EXAMPLE:  Cerullo, Mary M.  The Truth About Great White Sharks.  San Francisco:
     Chronicle Books, 2000.

*if city is not well known, include both city and state

BOOK WITH TWO AUTHORS:
Author's Last Name, First Name,  and First Name Last Name of other author. Title of Book.  City of    

     Publication:  Name of  Publisher, Date. 
EXAMPLE:  Couper, Heather, and Nigel Henbest.  Black Holes.  New York:  DK  Publishing, 1996.

  BOOKS WITH MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
First Author's Last Name, First name, et al.  Title of Book.  City ofPublication:   Name of Publisher, Date.  

EXAMPLE:  Cobb, Allan B. et al.  Scientifically Engineered Food: The Debate Over What's on Your Plate.  New York:  Rosen Publishing Group, 2000.
             * et al is an abbreviation meaning "and all"

CD-ROM:

Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title."  Name of the CD-ROM. CD-ROM. City of  

     Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year.

EXAMPLE:  "Ireland." CultureGrams.  CD-ROM. Orem, Utah: Brigham Young University, 2001.  

        *if an author is given for the article, start the citation with the Author of Article.

ENCYCLOPEDIA:   (General)

Author of article Last Name, First Name.  "Title of article."  Name of  Encyclopedia.  Date.

EXAMPLE:  Hobbs, Richard R.  "Compass."  World Book Encyclopedia.  2001.

        *if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Title of Article.

  ENCYCLOPEDIA:   (Specialized)
Editor(s) of encyclopedia Last Name, First Name. "Topic." Name of Encyclopedia.  City of Publication: Name    

     of Publisher, Copyright Date.
EXAMPLE:  Newton, David, ed., et al.  "Leukemia."  Sick!  Detroit:  UXL, 2000.

INTERNET:
Author or Organization.  "Title of the work."   Date Information Posted or Accessed.  Internet address.

EXAMPLE:
Heilman, Chris.  "The Pictorial Periodic Table."  1995.  http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/about.html.

INTERVIEW

Last Name of person interviewed, First Name. Kind of Interview. Date.

EXAMPLE:  Woods, Tiger. Personal interview. 16 June 2002.

LETTER

Last Name of letter writer, First Name. Organization/Company/Affiliation. Date.

EXAMPLE: Woolsey, Lynn, Congresswoman, 5^th Congressional District. May 10, 2002

MAGAZINE:
Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title."  Name of the Magazine Day Month Year:  page

     numbers.

EXAMPLE:  Travis, John. "Transplant Triumph." Science News 8 June 2002: 356-357.

*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.

MUSIC:

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Recording. Recording Company, Year.

EXAMPLE:  Simon, Paul. The Rhythm of the Saints. Warner Bros., 1990.

NEWSPAPER:

Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title."  Name of the Newspaper Day Month Year:  page 

     numbers
EXAMPLE:  "EPA To Relax Air Pollution Standards." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 13 June 2002: 15A.

           *if an author is given for the article, start the citation with the Author.

  PAMPHLET:

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Pamphlet. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year.
EXAMPLE:  Richmond, Mardi. Secondhand Smoke. Santa Cruz, CA: Journeyworks Publishing, 2001.

VIDEO OR FILM:

Title. Medium. Distributor's Name, Date.
EXAMPLE:  Ruby Bridges. Videocassette. Disney Educational Productions, 1999.

 

SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

• The entries in a bibliography are arranged alphabetically by the first word of the entry, except if the first word is a , an, or the.
• Bibliography entries are not numbered.
• Bibliography entries are indented after the first line.

 

Bibliography

Cerullo, Mary M.  The Truth About Great White Sharks.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000.

 

Cobb, Allan B. et al.  Scientifically Engineered Food: The Debate Over What's on Your Plate.  New York: 

     Rosen Publishing Group,  

"EPA To Relax Air Pollution Standards."  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 13 June 2002: 15A.

 

Heilman, Chris.  "The Pictorial Periodic Table."  1995.  http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/about.html.

Hobbs, Richard R.  "Compass."  World Book Encyclopedia. 2001.

 

"Ireland. Culturegrams.  CD-ROM.  Orem, Utah: Brigham Young University, 2001.

Richmond, Mardi. Secondhand Smoke. Santa Cruz, CA: 
    Journeyworks Publishing,  2001.

Woods, Tiger.  Personal Interview.  16 June 2002.

 

World Almanac and Book of Facts.  New York: World Almanac, 2002.