Bibliography Format

This is the proper MLA format for citing your sources in your research paper.  Use the information from your Bibliographic Data Sheet, and put it into this format for your paper.  Alphabetize your entries by the first important word (e.g., use author’s last name or first word of title—except for “the”, “a” or “an”—if author is not known).

FOR A BOOK:

Author. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright date. Pages used.

    ONE AUTHOR:
    Flexner, James Thomas. American Painting.  Boston: Houghton, 1999. p. 39-45.

    2 or 3 AUTHORS:
    Bebhardt,Richard C., and Dawn Rodriguez.  Writing: Processes and Intentions.  2nd ed. Lexington: Heath, 2000. p. 11.

    EDITOR:
    Hindle, Brooke, ed. Material Culture. Rev. ed. Tarrytown, NY: Houghton, 2002.

FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA or DICTIONARY:

Author. “Title of Article.”  Title of Encyclopedia.  Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright date.  Volume, pages used.

Wexo, John. “Alligators.” World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2002. Vol. 1, p. 186-188.   

FOR MATERIAL FROM THE INTERNET:

Author. "Title of article." Title of Web Page/Complete Document. Date of publication. (date of your visit) <web address>.

---. “Hepatitis B.” The New Threat: Disease. 2001. (March 17, 2003). <www.cpmcnt.columbia.edu/dept/gi/hepB.html>.

FOR AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA:

"Title of article." Title of encyclopedia. Publisher, Date of publication.  <web address> (date of your visit).

“San Juan Capistrano.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Scholastic Library Publishing, 2004. <go.grolier.com> (March 19, 2004)

 
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