ENCYCLOPEDIA (General)
Author of article Last Name, First Name. (if listed) "Title of article."
Name of Encyclopedia. Copyright Date.
EXAMPLES:
no author listed:
"Dinosaur." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002.
author listed:
Chiappini, Luciano. "Liberty, Statue of." World Book Encyclopedia.
2002.
BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of
Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.
EXAMPLE:
Freedman, Richard. What Unions Do. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.,
2003.
BOOKS 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,
Copyright Date.
EXAMPLE:
Edens, Walter, et al. Teaching Shakespeare. Princeton, New Jersey:
Princeton Press, 2000.
BOOK WITH NO AUTHOR:
Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright
Date.
EXAMPLE:
World Almanac & Book of Facts 2003. New York: World Almanac
Books, 2003.
MULTIVOLUME WORK:
Author of article Last Name, First Name. (if listed) "Article Title."
Title of the work. Ed. (editor) of the work. Vol. Number. City of
Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year. Inclusive Page
numbers.
*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.
EXAMPLE:
Hornberger, Theodore. "Benjamin Franklin." American Writers: A
Collection of Literary Biographies. Ed. Leonard Unger. Vol. II
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. 101-25.
MAGAZINE:
Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of
the Magazine. Day Mo. Year: inclusive page numbers.
*If no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.
EXAMPLE:
Thompson, Mark. "Up From the Depths." Time. 28 Feb. 2002: 43-
46.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of
the Newspaper. Day Mo. Year: section letter and page.
EXAMPLE:
Manning, Sara. "Curriculum Battles from Left and Right." USA
Today. 2 Jan. 2003: D5
INTERNET / ONLINE:
Author of article (if listed). "Title of the article." Name of site (or
online database). Other relevant info. (when available) Date
accessed-Day Mo. Year <Internet address (URL)>
*Since many Internet addresses are lengthy, include only the Internet address up to the first single slash (adding only
any relevant path and file names).
EXAMPLES:
"Elephant." Worldbook Online. 30 Mar. 2002
Schaller, George. "on the Trail of New Species." Scientific
American. 1 May 2002:44 Newsbank Infoweb. Greece Athena
Gahr, Evan. "Access to Guns Can Lead to School Shootings."
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. 8 Jan. 2003
"Raebok International LTD."Hoover's Online. 2002. Hoover's
Company Information. 14 Jan. 2003
INTERVIEW:
Last Name of person interviewed, First Name. Kind of Interview.
Date.
Examples:
Stephani, Gwen. Telephone interview. 12 June 2002.
Woods, Tiger. Personal interview. 18 Dec. 2002.
VIDEO OR FILM:
Title. Director. Performers (if pertinent). Distributor, Date of
release.
*Cite a video, DVD, slide program, or laser disc like a film, but include teh original release date relevant) and the
medium, neither underlined nor enclosed in quotes, before the name of the distributor.
EXAMPLE:
Titanic. Dir. James Cameron. Perf. Kate Winslet and Leonardo
DiCaprio. Paramount, 1997.
MUSIC:
Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Recording. Recording
Company, Year.
EXAMPLE:
Simon, Paul. Father and Daughter. Warner Brothers, 2002.
PAMPHLET:
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Pamphlet. City of
Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year.
EXAMPLE:
Smith, John. Erie Canal. Albany: New York Historical Society, 1997.
