***All entries must be identified by the appropriate medium: Print, Web, DVD, CD-ROM, PDF file, and so on.

Electronic Sources/ Non-Print

***Online sources no longer require a URL/ web address.

Databases (Web)

Author. “Article Title.” Title of Original Publication.Date Published. Title of Database. Web. Date of access.

Example:

Leon, Vicki. “Girls rule! Three queens of Egypt rocked the ancient world.” National Geographic World. Sept. 2001. Gale Student Resource Center Gold. Web. 17 Dec. 2004 .

Wald, Matthew L. “At a School, the Unbelted Go Unfed.” New York Times. 17 Sept. 1999. ProQuest. Web. 2 Dec. 1999.

World Wide Web site (Web)

Author(s). “Article Title.” Name of web site. Website publisher. (if no publisher put N.p.) Date of Publication. Medium of publication. Date of access.

Example:

Newcomb, Dani. “Amphiprion ocellaris: clown anemonefish.” Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. 2008. Web. 6 Oct. 2009.

Poland, Dave. “The Hot Button.” Roughcut. Turner Network Television. 26 Oct. 1998. Web. 28 Oct. 1998.

DVD or Videotape (DVD, Videocassette)

Planet Earth. Dir. David Greene. Discovery Channel. 2007. DVD.

Print Sources (Print)

Book –Anonymous / No Author

A Guide to Our Federal Lands. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1984. Print.

Print Sources continued (Print)

Book -One Author

Bunting, Eve. The Sea World Book of Whales. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Print.

Book -Two or Three Authors

Gibaldi, Joseph, and Walter S. Achtert. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1988. Print.

Book -Editor

Gove, Philip Babcock, ed. Webster’s Third International Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam Webster, 1986. Print.

Article in Major Encyclopedia / Reference Book

Foley, William E. “Missouri Compromise.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. Print.

  • If no author is given follow this format.

“Morse Code.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. Print.

Article in Lesser Known Reference Book

“Garrison, William Lloyd.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Ed. Paula K. Byers. 2nd ed. Vol. 6. New York: Gale, 1998. Print.

Opposing Viewpoints Series Book

Wolfinger, Raymond E. “Ease Voter Registration Requirements.” Politics in America: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1992. 63-70. Print.

Poem or Short Story -Anthology

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Carl E. Bain, Jerome Beaty, and J. Paul Hunter. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1991. 537-549. Print.

Magazine Article

Robinson, Simon. “Orphans of AIDS.” Time 13 Dec. 1999: 60+. Print.

Newspaper Article

Shean, Tom. “Buried By Bills.” The Virginian-Pilot [Norfolk] 30 May 1997, D1-2. Print.

Works Cited

Basila, Martin. Commercial Uses of Communication: Today’s Evolving Marketplace. New York: Dutton, 1997. Print.

- - -. Media Advertising for the Masses. Philadelphia: Merton, 1995. Print.

“Crafts Fair Showcases Women.” Entrepreneur May 1995: 23. Print.

Gove, Philip Babcock, ed. Webster’s Third International Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam Webster, 1986. Print.

A Guide to Our Federal Lands. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1984. Print.

Newcomb, Dani. “Amphiprion ocellaris: clown anemonefish.” Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. 2008. Web. 6 Oct. 2009.

Rebel Without a Cause. Dir. Nicholas Ray. Perf. James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood. Warner Brothers, 1955. DVD.

Wald, Matthew L. “At a School, the Unbelted Go Unfed.” New York Times. 17 Sept. 1999. ProQuest. Web. 2 Dec. 1999.

This is a sample bibliography

(Notice this is an integrated, alphabetical list of all sources)