BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS
It is necessary to document all the sources used in a research project. Listed below are the resources currently available in the Roselle Park High School Library. An example of how to document each source is available by clicking on the appropriate link. Refer to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers for additional information.
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BOOKS 1. With single author PERIODICALS 11. Magazine/Journal article12. Anonymous article 13. Article with several authors 14. Newspaper articles 15. Opinion/Editorial 16. Letter to the editor |
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCESCR-ROMS 18. Discovering Biographies 19. U.X.L. Science Online Encyclopedias 20. Encyclopedia Americana 21. Grolier's Online Periodicals Additional Online Resources 26. Discovering Authors 27. World Wide Web/ Internet ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 28. Personal Interview |
BOOKS
Information is usually arranged in the following order:
1. Author's name
2. Title
3. Name of editor or translator
4. Edition used
5. Number of volume(s) used
6. Name of series
7. Place of publication, name of publisher, and date of publication
8. Page Numbers
1. Book with single author:
Put name of author first. Italicize the title. Include place of publication, name of publisher, and date of publication.
Toffler, Alvin. Future Shock. New York: Random House, 1970.
2. Book with two or three authors:
Put the first author's last name first. Then give full names and co-authors in normal order. With three authors, place commas between author's names.
Thrail, W. F., and Mark Hopper. A Handbook to Literature. New York: Odyssey Press, 1978.
Bliss, Jonathon, Mary Jones, and Thomas Winfield. Aging. Vero Beach: Rourke, 1998.
3. Book by more than three authors:
Give the first author's name, followed by a comma and the abbreviation et al (Latin for "and others"), or give the full names of the co-authors.
Hafner, Katie, et al. Where Wizards Stay Up Late. New York: Touchstone, 1996.
4. Book with no author:
Chamber's Etymology Dictionary. Chicago: Littlefield Press, 1976.
If you use a book revised or updated by the author, identify the new or revised edition the way it is labeled on its title page. After the title of the book, put 2nd ed. for second editions, rev. ed. for revised editions, or 1990 ed. for 1999 edition.
Morton Helen. Against the Tide. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw, 1985.
For an edited book with an author, put the author’s name first and editor’s name after the title. If there is no author, put the editor’s name before the title.
Wilson, James. The Philosophy of William James Ed. Horace Kallen. New York: Modern Library, 1983. Griffin,
Alice, ed. Rebels and Lovers: Shakespeare's Young Heroines. New York: Random House, 1976.
If you use one volume of a multivolume work, add the abbreviation Vol. followed by the number of the volume: Vol. 5. If the separate volumes have their own titles, include the volume title as well as the title of the multivolume work. If you use more than one volume, list the whole multivolume work, giving the total number of volumes.
Kuhn, Laura, ed. Baker's Students Encyclopedia of Music. Vol. 2. New York: Schirmer Books. 1999.
Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 20 Vols. London: Macmillan, 1980.
Begin with name of editor or compiler, followed by a comma, and the abbreviation ed. or comp.
Scott, Robert, ed. Tales of a Vanishing Culture. New Haven: Yale, 1987.
Identify both the article or other text (poem, short story) and the collection of which it is a part. Put the individual title in quotation marks; italicize the title of the whole collection; conclude with the page numbers for the part.
Hemingway, Ernest. "The End of Something." The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Ed. Finca
Vigia York: Scribner, 1987. 77-82.
Put the title of entry in quotation marks. Date or number of edition should be included.
"Criticisms." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1998 ed.
Periodicals
A periodical is a publication that appears at regular intervals, such as a newspaper, magazine, or scholarly journal.
1. Author’s name
2. Title of article
3. Name of periodical
4. Volume number (for scholarly journal)
5. Date of publication
6. Page numbers
11. Standard Entry for a Magazine/Scholarly Journal:
Cloud, John. "General on the March." Time 19 Nov. 2001: 63
12. An Anonymous Article:
"The Trouble with Harry." Ban Drives Rome Crazy." Newsweek 19 Nov. 2001:47.
Give the full name of the co-authors. If there are more than three, put et al (Latin for "and others") after the name of the first author instead.
Gale, Harry, and Lois Stabile. "Life in the Forbidden Zone." Scientific American June 1981: 176-77.
Larkin, Jack. "Never Say Never." Newsweek 16 Jan. 1989: 44-45.
14. Newspaper Article:
Sections of a newspaper are often identified by letters (B34) or by numbers (late ed., sec. 3:7). Use the major headline of the article as its title.
Archibold, Randal. "A House Divided." New York Times 14 July 2001, sec. C1.
15. Opinion Column (signed) or Editorial (unsigned):
After the title, add the right label: Editorial or Opinion Column (unitalicized, not in quotation marks). If an editorial, then begin with the title.
Manahan, Thomas. "A Lesson Not to be Forgotten." Opinion Column. Leader 15 Nov. 2001.
"A School Year With out a Strike." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 22 July 1998, sec. 1:10.
16. Letter to the Editor:
After the name of the author, add the right label: Letter (unitalicized, not in quotation marks).
Vinaver, Martha. Letter. Los Angeles Times. 14 July 1989, sec. 2:6.
Publications on CD-ROM
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the material accessed." Date of print publication [Day Month Year](if available) Title of the database. Edition, release, or version (if relevant). Name of the compiler, or translator (if relevant) Publication medium [CD-ROM]. Edition, release, or version (if relevant). Place of publication: Name of producer (if relevant). Publication date.
17. American Decades:
"Andrew Carnegie." American Decades. CD-ROM. Version 1.0. Gale, Inc. 1989.
18. DIScovering Biographies:
"Henry Adams." Discovering Biographies. CD-ROM. Version 1.0. Gale, Inc. 1997.
19. U.X.L. Science:
"Acid rain." U.X.L. Science. CD-ROM. Gale, Inc. 1998.
RPHS Library Online Encyclopedias
Author’s Last Name, First Name. (if available) "Article Title." Title of Database. Name of the editor (if given). Electronic publication information, including version number (if relevant and if not part of the title), date of electronic publication or the latest update. If a library is the subscriber - - the name and city (and state abbreviation, if necessary) of the library. Date accessed (Day Month Year) <URL of Service Home Page>.
20. Encyclopedia Americana:
Pasquier, Roger F., "Owl." Encyclopedia Americana Online. 2001. Grolier, Inc.
RPHS Library, Roselle Park, NJ. 21 Feb. 2001 <http://ea.grolier.com/ea-online/static/search.htm>.
21. Grolier’s Encyclopedia:
Twohig, Dorothy, "George Washington." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online. Grolier, Inc. RPHS
Library, Roselle park, NJ 14 Oct. 2001 <gme.grolier.com>
RPHS Library Online Periodical Services
Providers of electronically republished articles and documents that were originally published in a wide variety of sources and formats.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. (if available) "Article Title." Original source of article Date of origin publication (Day Month Year) Edition (if available): Page numbers (If available) or number of pages printed. Name of subscription service. If a library is the subscriber - - the name and city (and state abbreviation, if necessary) of the library. Date when the researcher accessed the information (Day Month Year) <URL of Service Home Page>.
22. EBSCOhost:
Edwards, Tamala. "Scourge of the Playground." Time 21 May 2001 v157 n20 p2-3.EBSCOhost. RPHS Library,
Roselle Park, NJ. 15 May 00<http://search.epnet.com/comm_generic.asp>.
Hemingway, Ernest. "A Canary for One." Masterplots II: Short Story Series 1886.EBSCOhost. RPHS
Library, Roselle Park, NJ. 13 Nov. 2001. <http://ehostvgw5.epnet.com>.
23. SIRS:
Tanner, Michael. "Corrupting Charity." USA Today Magazine Sept. 2001. pp16-19.
SIRS Reporter. SIRS Mandarin, Inc., 2001. RPHS Library, Roselle Park, NJ. 19 May 2001.
<http://ars.sirs.com/>.
24. Wilson Web:
"Joseph McCarthy." Biography from Chambers Biographical Dictionary 1997.
Wilson Biographies Plus H.W. Wilson Company. RPHS Library, Roselle Park, NJ. 4 Feb. 2001.
<http://vweb.hwwilsonweb.com/cgi-bin/webspirs.cgi>.
RPHS Library Online Resources
25. World’s Best Poetry:
Dove, Rita. "Explanation of Adolescence 3." The World's Best Poetry Online. Roth, Inc. RPHS Library,
Roselle Park, NJ. 9 Dec. 2000. <http:''www.bestpoetry.com>.
"Ernest Hemingway: Criticism" DIScovering Authors 2001. Gale Researcher, Inc. RPHS Library, Roselle
Park, NJ. 15 Nov. 2001. <http:''galenet.gale.com>.
27. WWW (World Wide Web)/The Internet:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. (if available) "Article Title." Title of site (If there is no title, use a description such as Home Page. Name of the organization associated with the site. Date of access (Day Month Year) <URL of network address>.
"Manatees: Diet and Eating Habits." Manatees. Seaworld Education Department Resource. 18 June 2001
<http://www.seaworld.org/manatee/dietman.html>.
Edwards, James R. "American Immigration Policy" Welfare and Immigration Policy Center for Immigration
Studies. 5 May 2001 <http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/back701.html>.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
28. Personal Interview:
Give name of the person you interviewed,, kind of interview (personal, telephone), and the date.
Gould, Harold. Personal interview. 30 May 1998.
29. Television or Radio Program:
Include title of the episode, program and series. Lists name of the network, call letter and city of the local station and broadcast date. Include information about directors, writers, or performers if it seems relevant.
"Frederick Douglass." Civil War Journal. Narr. Danny Glover. Arts and Entertainment Network. 12 Apr.
1989.
30. Film or Video Recording:
Give the title, director, distributor and the year. If necessary, include the names of performers, writers and producer between the title and distributor. Identity a videocassette or filmstrip before the name of the distributor.
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart and Donna Reed. RKO, 1946.
Looking at our Earth. Sound filmstrip. Natl. Geographic Services. 1992.
31. Pamphlet:
Treat the same as a book.
Best Museums. New York: Dover, 1998.