Citation Guidelines

Elkridge Elementary School

	Form	Example
Book One Author	Author’s Last name, First name. Title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Date Published.	Berger, Melvin. Germs Make Me Sick. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
Book Two Authors	Author’s Last name, First name and Second Author’s First name Last name. Title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Date Published.	Johnson, Daniel and Robert Smith. The Wild Decade. New York: Doubleday, 1972.
Book Editor Only	Editor’s Last name, First name. ed. Title. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Date Published.	Tribble, Mimi. ed. The American President: Everything You Wanted to Know About the 43 Leaders of Our Country. New York: Main Street, 2004.
Periodical Magazine	Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Periodical Volume and Issue Number (Date): Page Number (s).	Baxter, Roberta. “Sifting Through the Dust.” Cobblestone 24:4 (April 2003): 12-14.
Encyclopedia	Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the Entry.” Encyclopedia Volume. Volume Number, Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Date of Publication. Page Number(s).	Miller, Lee D. “Butterfly.” World Book 2, Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1993. 748-758.
Internet	Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the Item.” Sponsoring Institution, Date of Publication or update. Date of visit. <http://address/filename>	Opler, Paul A. “Butterflies of North America”. US Geological Survey, 2004. March 15,2006. <http://www.npwrc.usgs. gov/resource/distr/lepid/ bflyusa/bflyusa.htm>.

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