LCHS Library Media, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS

Prepared by the Library Staff

For the convenience

Of our Wonderful Students

Encyclopedia Article

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Edition year.

Consider: Not all encyclopedias have signed (author’s name) articles.

Not all articles in an encyclopedia are signed.

If it is, the name will appear at the end of the article.

If there is no author, start with the “Title of Article.”

Example

Fogarty, Gerald P. “Pius X, Saint.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2000.

CD-ROM Encyclopedia Article

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. CD. Publisher, Edition or year.

Example

Pasachoff, Jay M. “Big Bang Theory.” Encarta. CD. Microsoft, 2000.

Book: No author

Formula

Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example

Understanding Psychology, Fourth Edition. New York: Random House, 1986.

Book: One author

Formula

Last, First name of author. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example

Kent, Zachary. The Persian Gulf War. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 1994.

Book: Two authors

Formula

Last, First name of author and First Last name of second author. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example

Berra, Yogi and Ed Fitzgerald. Yogi: The Autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961.

Book: Three authors

Formula

Last, First name of author, First Last name of second author and First Last name of third author. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example

Wallace, Patricia M., Jeffrey H. Goldstein and Peter E. Nathan. Introduction to Psychology, Second Edition. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown, 1990.

Book: Four or more authors

Formula

Last, First name of first named author, et al. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Example

Atkinson, Rita L., et al. Introduction to Psychology, Ninth Edition. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, 1987.

Note: On the title page, the authors are listed in the following order: Rita L. Atkinson, Richard C. Atkinson, Edward E. Smith, Ernest R. Hilgard. Only the first named author gets credit. Et al means “and others.”

BOOK: Editor

Formula

Editor’s last name, first, ed. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date.

Title of book. Ed. First, last name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, date.

Sample

Bloom, Harold, ed. Robert Frost. New York: Chelsea House, 1986.

Robert Frost. Ed. Bloom, Harold. New York: Chelsea House, 1986.

BOOK: One volume of a multi-volumed work

Formula

Last, First name of author. Title of the Book. Vol. #. Place of publication: Publisher, date.

Example

Parker, Hershel. Melville: A Biography. Vol. 1.. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U P, 1996.

U P stands for University Press.

eBook: unrestricted database

Formula

Last, First name of author. Title of the Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, date. Access date <URL>.

Access date is in the DD Month YYYY format.

Example

Rosenfeld, Alvin H. Thinking About the Holocaust: After Half a Century. Bloomington, Ind: Indiana U P, 1997. 3 Feb. 2004 <http://legacy.netlibrary.com>.

U P is used for University Press

eBook: restricted database

Formula

Last, First name of author. Title of the Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, date. Name of Database. Publisher of database. Library supplying database, City, State. Access date <URL>.

Example

Sendyk, Helen. The End of Days. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse UP, 2000. NetLibrary. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Lansing Catholic Central High School, Lansing, MI. 3 Feb. 2004 <http://www.remc13.org/membersonly>.

Journal Article

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of article.” Name of Journal volume number (year of publication): page number(s).

Example

Most, Andrea. “We Know We Belong to the Land.” PMLA 113 (1998): 77-88.

Magazine Article

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of the article.” Name of Magazine Issue date: page number(s).

Issue date is in DD Month YYYY format

Example

Gibbs, Nancy. “When the Cheering Stops.” Newsweek 21 April 2003: 40-48.

Note: If no author is named, begin with “Title of the article.”

Article in a Newspaper

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of the article.” Name of the Newspaper [City if not included in name of Newspaper] Issue date: page number(s).

Example

Andrejevic, Mark. “Dress Code Receives Support.” Lansing State Journal 10 April 1996: B1.

Hethcock, Bill. “Young Criminals Describe Hard Life in Cellblocks.” Gazette [Colorado Springs] 11 March 2002: n.p.

Note: if there is no byline (no author named) skip that and begin your citation with the “Title of the Article.”

SIRS Enduring Issues

1999-

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of article.” Name of publication, issue date, page number(s). Rpt. in Volume name Year. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Boca Raton, FL: SIRS Publishing, Inc., YYYY. Art. ##.

Example

Hayden, Thomas. “The Age of Robots.” U.S. News & World Report, 23 April 2001, 44-50. Rpt. in Science 2002. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Boca Raton, FL: Sirs Publishing, Inc., 2002. Art. 66.

SIRS [older volumes, pre 1999]

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Title of article.” Name of publication, issue date: page number(s). Volume name. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein Vol. #. Boca Raton, FL: SIRS, YYYY. Art. ##.

Example

Cohen, Jon. “A Shot in the Dark.” Discover, June 1996: 66-73. AIDS. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Vol. 3. Boca Raton, FL: SIRS, 1997. Art. 52.

SIRS Discoverer on the Web

Formula

Last, First name of author. “Article Title.” Original Source of Article. Date of original source: page number(s). Name of the Database Used. Name of the Service. Library supplying database, City, State. Date of access <URL>.

Example

Maddren, Gerry. “Against All Odds.” Cricket Feb. 1998: 21-23. SIRS DISCOVERER. SIRS Discoverer on the Web. Lansing Catholic Central High School, Lansing, MI. 09 Feb. 2004 <http://www.remc13.org/membersonly>.

Poems, Essays, Short Stories, Plays in Anthologies

Formula

Author of poem, essay, short story, play last, first, mi. “Title of P,E, SS, P.” Title of the Anthology. Ed. Name of Editor. Place of publication: Publisher, date. page number(s) [of P, E, SS, P].

Example

Poem

Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.” Great American Poetry. Ed. Richard Johnson. New York: McGraw, 1978. 38-40.

Essay

Johnson, Clifford. “Samuel Pepys: The Texture of Daily Life.” The Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism: The Critical Perspective. Vol. 4. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1989. 2108-2113.

Short Story

Henry, O. “The Cop and the Anthem.” The Complete Works of O. Henry. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1937. 37-42.

Play

O’Neill, Eugene. “Desire Under the Elms.” Twenty-five Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre, Early Series. Ed. John Gassner. New York: Crown, 1949. 25-56.