Citing

Sources

 

When doing research, it is ESSENTIAL to cite your sources to give credit to the author(s) of the information that you are using. Use the chart below to help you create a work sited page. For a printable version, go to the circulation desk at the media center.

Citing Sources for Research-Printable Handout

Taken from BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMATS at http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/hooverms/hhmc/bibliographic%20format.htm












MATERIAL TYPE

FORM

EXAMPLE

BOOK:

     Single author

Author’s name. (Last name first)  Title of Book.  Publication information. (Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.)

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Ice Story: Shackleton’s Lost Expedition.  New York: Clarion Books, 1999.

BOOK:

     Editor

Editor’s name (Last name first), ed. Title of Book. Publication information.

McGeveran, William A. Jr., ed. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003. New York: World Almanac Books, 2003.

BOOK:

     Two or more

     authors

First author’s name (Last name first), and second author’s name (First name first). Title of Book. Publication information.

Spangenburg, Ray, and Kit Moser.  A Look at Saturn. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001.

BOOK:

     Anthology: poem,

     article, or story.

Author’s name. (Last name first)  “Title of poem or article.” Title of anthology. Editor. Publication information. Page(s).

Bishop, Elizabeth. “The Armadillo.” The New Oxford Book of American Verse. Ed. Richard Ellmann. New York: Scribner’s, 1995. 763-4.

ENCYCLOPEDIA:

     Print

Author of article. (Last name first) “Title of article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Publication information. Volume, Page(s).

Lyon, Bryce. “Middle Ages.” The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2000. Vol. 13, 522--529.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE:  Print

     Signed

Author’s name. (Last name first) “Title of article.” Name of magazine date of issue: page number(s).

Henneberger, Melinda. “Weight of the World.” Newsweek 26 May 2003: 32-37.

 

MAGAZINE ARTICLE:  Print

     Unsigned

“Title of Article.” Name of Magazine date of issue: page number(s).

“A Lake Is Born.” Kids Discover April 2003: 12-13.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:  Print

     Signed

Author’s  name. (Last name first) “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper  date of issue: section page number.

Gillis, Justin. “New Drugs Help Cancer Patients.” Washington Post 2 June 2003: A1.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:  Print

     Unsigned

“Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper  Date of issue: section page number.

“House Speaker’s Dual Role Prompts Criticism.” Montgomery Journal  30 May 2003: 8.

CD-ROM PROGRAMS:

  Ancient Lands

“Title of article.” Name of CD-ROM Program. [CD-ROM]. Publication information. Year.

“The Great Pyramids.” Microsoft Ancient Lands. [CD-ROM]. Microsoft, 1994.

PAMPHLET:

     (Vertical File)

Author’s name. (Last name first) Title of publication. Publisher, date.

Smith, Joseph. Bone Diseases:  Causes and Treatment.  American Cancer Society, 1996.

MAPS AND CHARTS

Title of map.  Map.  Origin, date.

Everest 50.  Map.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2003.

INTERVIEW

Name of person interviewed. Personal Interview.  Date of interview.

Nelson, Cary. Personal interview. 15 Sept. 1996.

VIDEOS

Title of Video.  Videocassette. Director. Distributor, year.

The Missing Link.  Videocassette.  Dir. Alan Ritsko.  British Broadcasting Corporation. 2001.

WORLD WIDE WEB

-Author. (Last name first – person who created the page, if given)

-Title of web page

-Name of project (if applicable)

-Editor (if given)

-Information about the web site including the Name of the Web Site, date of the latest update. the sponsoring university or government agency

-Date of access

-URL

Pioch, Nicholas.  “The Italian Renaisaance (1420-1600).” Webmuseum, Paris 14 October 2002. BMW Foundation. 3 June 2003 <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/it-ren/>

 

“The Forty Niners.” California History Collection, American Memory, Library of Congress.  9 Sept. 1998 <http://memory.loc.gov/Ammem/cbhtml/cbforty.html>

 

INTERNET:

     E-mail

-Author of e-mail message (Last name first)

-Subject line of message. [Online]

-Available e-mail: student @address.edu from author@address.edu, date of message.

Robert, Eric. Nile Research Project results. [Online] Available e-mail: student@smallvillehigh.edu. From ert@informs.k12.mn..us, Feb. 2, 1997.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Online

    

-Author of article, if given. (Last name first)

-Title of Article

-Name of Online Magazine

-Date of publication

-Date of access 

-URL

Fallows, James. “The Fifty-First State?” Atlantic Online  November 2002. 3 June 2003<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/11/fallows.htm>

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:  Online

-Author of article, if given.  (Last name first)

-Title of article

-Title of newspaper online site

-Date of publication

-Date of access

-URL

Biskupic, Joan. “Justices Save Several Key Cases for Last.” usatoday.com 1 June 2003. 2 June 2003  <http:// www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-06-01-court-usat_x.htm>

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE SERVICE BASED ON A REFERENCE WORK:  

  Encyclopedia Brittanica or World Book     

-Title of Article

-Title of Online Reference

- Date of publication (if known). Publisher. Date of access <URL>

"Lymphatic System." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2003. Encyclopedia Brittanica. 02 June 2003  <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=107925>.

 

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE PERIODICAL DATABASE:

  SIRS Researcher, Discoverer, Electric Library, etc.

-Author

-Publication information for print source – Title of article. Name of periodical, Date of primary source, page.

-Title of database or product the article is available on

-Name of vendor or publisher (if known)

-Date of access

-URL

Shute, Nancy.  “Germs and Jitters.”   U.S. News and World Report, 14 April 2003, 46+.  SIRS Researcher Sirs Knowledge Source 02 June 2003 <http://sks20.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=0000MD0684-S44593MI&artno=168570&key=&type=ART&sound=no>

 

Boyd, Melissa D..  “Building Momentum: A New Exhibit at the Minnesota Children’s Museum Makes Physics Fun – and Educational.” Minneapolis Star Tribune 11 April 2003, 19E. Electric Library 3 June 3, 2003 <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>

GRAPHICS: Online

-Title of document

-Type (Photo, Picture, Map, Chart, etc)

-Date of access

-URL

Tutankhamun. Picture. 23 May 2000. <http://www.touregypt.net/t1812.htm>

RADIO OR TELEVISION

-Title of Segment

-Title of Program and Station.

-Date.

“Founding Fathers.”  History Channel Classroom. HIST, 30 June 2003.