Creating a Works Cited Page (Bibliography)
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT
A bibliography is an important part of a research assignment. It is made up of citations which provide information for the resources that you used in researching your topic. Respecting the copyright of others is very important (more information on using copyrighted works for educational purposes can be found at: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html). A bibliography is usually on a separate page, with the citations arranged in alphabetical order by the first word that appears in the citation. At LHS, most courses use the MLA format and require that the page be titled Works Cited. More help with MLA formatting and other types may be found at the University of Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Attention to detail is very important when writing your citation. The samples below provide a general format to follow (MLA). If a bibliography is longer than one line, all subsequent lines should be indented. For more information, refer to the latest MLA Handbook, or ask the librarian if you need help. You may also find a citation creator useful, such as citation machine. However, you will still need to alphabetize the citations before printing.
A few examples are listed below. You can also refer to your LHS planner, library section. NOTE: Example do NOT reflect indentation of subsequent lines.
BOOK - ONE AUTHOR
Author's Last name, First name. Title of book, including subtitles. Edition.
City of publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Example:
Banks, Carol. Women:Images in Fiction. 1st ed. Boston:Yale Pub., 1986.
BOOK - TWO OR MORE AUTHORS
First Author's Last name, First name, Second Author's First name (then) last name, Third Author's First name (then) last name. Title of book, including subtitles. City of publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Example:
Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II.
Athens: U of Georgia, 1999.
MAGAZINE
Author's Last name, First name. "Title of article." Name of magazine Day Month Year: pages.
Example:
Walsh, John. "U.S.-Japan Study on Education Reform." Newsweek 16 Jan 2002: 34-42.
ENCYCLOPEDIA (Book)
Author's Last Name, First name. (if any) "Title of article." Name of Encyclopedia. Edition. Year.
Example:
Chiappini, Luciano. "Spain." Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th ed. 2006.
NEWSPAPER (PRINT VERSION)
Writer's Last name, First name. "Title of article." Name of newspaper Day Month Year: Section-Page number.
Example:
Wagner, Peter. "80 Isle Plants Pack Poisonous Punch." Honolulu Star Advertiser, 21 Jul 2010 A-12.
INTERNET
Author's last name, First name (if any). "Page Title ". Title of article. Date published or last updated. Organization. Date accessed <URL>.
Example:
"History of Wahiawa." Sites to see in Central Oahu. Aug 2000. State of Hawaii. 14 Oct 2006.
<http://www.hawaii.gov>.
INTERVIEW
of person interviewed. Type of interview (personal, telephone). Day Month Year (of interview).
Example:
Jones, Mary. E-mail interview. 4 July 1999
BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LEILEHUA HIGH SCHOOL ELECTRONIC DATABASES
EBSCO ONLINE
Author. (Date of article). "TITLE OF ARTICLE." Name of magazine/newspaper , Volume number (Year):page number. Name of EBSCO database used. EBSCOhost. Leilehua High School Library, Wahiawa, Hawaii. Date accessed. <search.epnet.com>.
(Words in bold do not change - see sample below)
Example:
Phillips, Charles. "A DAY TO REMEMBER." American History 39:1 (2005): 16-20. Academic Search Premier.
EBSCOhost. Leilehua High School Library, Wahiawa, Hawaii, 24 May 2005. <http://search.epnet.com>.
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
(See article for specific citation. You can find it in the Table of Contents under "Source Citation."
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA ONLINE
(You can find the citation for a specific article at the end of the article.)
Author. "Title of article." World Book Online Reference Center, 2005. World Book, Inc. Date accessed. <web address>.
Example:
Boyland, Dan, and Lyndon Wester. "Hawaii." World Book Online Reference Center, 2005.
<http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar248660>.
CULTUREGRAMS ONLINE
"Country name." Title of Product. year. Sponsoring organization. date accessed <URL>
"Peru." CultureGrams World Edition. 2005. ProQuest Information and Learning. 19 May 2005
<http://online.culturegrams.com/secure/world/world_country.php?contid=7&wmn=South_America&cid=125&cn=Peru>.
A bibliography is an important part of a research assignment. It is made up of citations which provide information for the resources that you used in researching your topic. Respecting the copyright of others is very important (more information on using copyrighted works for educational purposes can be found at: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html). A bibliography is usually on a separate page, with the citations arranged in alphabetical order by the first word that appears in the citation. At LHS, most courses use the MLA format and require that the page be titled Works Cited. More help with MLA formatting and other types may be found at the University of Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Attention to detail is very important when writing your citation. The samples below provide a general format to follow (MLA). If a bibliography is longer than one line, all subsequent lines should be indented. For more information, refer to the latest MLA Handbook, or ask the librarian if you need help. You may also find a citation creator useful, such as citation machine. However, you will still need to alphabetize the citations before printing.
A few examples are listed below. You can also refer to your LHS planner, library section. NOTE: Example do NOT reflect indentation of subsequent lines.
BOOK - ONE AUTHOR
Author's Last name, First name. Title of book, including subtitles. Edition.
City of publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Example:
Banks, Carol. Women:Images in Fiction. 1st ed. Boston:Yale Pub., 1986.
BOOK - TWO OR MORE AUTHORS
First Author's Last name, First name, Second Author's First name (then) last name, Third Author's First name (then) last name. Title of book, including subtitles. City of publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Example:
Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II.
Athens: U of Georgia, 1999.
MAGAZINE
Author's Last name, First name. "Title of article." Name of magazine Day Month Year: pages.
Example:
Walsh, John. "U.S.-Japan Study on Education Reform." Newsweek 16 Jan 2002: 34-42.
ENCYCLOPEDIA (Book)
Author's Last Name, First name. (if any) "Title of article." Name of Encyclopedia. Edition. Year.
Example:
Chiappini, Luciano. "Spain." Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th ed. 2006.
NEWSPAPER (PRINT VERSION)
Writer's Last name, First name. "Title of article." Name of newspaper Day Month Year: Section-Page number.
Example:
Wagner, Peter. "80 Isle Plants Pack Poisonous Punch." Honolulu Star Advertiser, 21 Jul 2010 A-12.
INTERNET
Author's last name, First name (if any). "Page Title ". Title of article. Date published or last updated. Organization. Date accessed <URL>.
Example:
"History of Wahiawa." Sites to see in Central Oahu. Aug 2000. State of Hawaii. 14 Oct 2006.
<http://www.hawaii.gov>.
INTERVIEW
of person interviewed. Type of interview (personal, telephone). Day Month Year (of interview).
Example:
Jones, Mary. E-mail interview. 4 July 1999
BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LEILEHUA HIGH SCHOOL ELECTRONIC DATABASES
EBSCO ONLINE
Author. (Date of article). "TITLE OF ARTICLE." Name of magazine/newspaper , Volume number (Year):page number. Name of EBSCO database used. EBSCOhost. Leilehua High School Library, Wahiawa, Hawaii. Date accessed. <search.epnet.com>.
(Words in bold do not change - see sample below)
Example:
Phillips, Charles. "A DAY TO REMEMBER." American History 39:1 (2005): 16-20. Academic Search Premier.
EBSCOhost. Leilehua High School Library, Wahiawa, Hawaii, 24 May 2005. <http://search.epnet.com>.
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
(See article for specific citation. You can find it in the Table of Contents under "Source Citation."
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA ONLINE
(You can find the citation for a specific article at the end of the article.)
Author. "Title of article." World Book Online Reference Center, 2005. World Book, Inc. Date accessed. <web address>.
Example:
Boyland, Dan, and Lyndon Wester. "Hawaii." World Book Online Reference Center, 2005.
<http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar248660>.
CULTUREGRAMS ONLINE
"Country name." Title of Product. year. Sponsoring organization. date accessed <URL>
"Peru." CultureGrams World Edition. 2005. ProQuest Information and Learning. 19 May 2005
<http://online.culturegrams.com/secure/world/world_country.php?contid=7&wmn=South_America&cid=125&cn=Peru>.