Bibliography Format Samples

BOOKS

Author. Title: Subtitle. Place: Publisher, Date.

Examples:

Colins, Harriot. Patience: My Story. New York: Random House, 2001.

Franks, Beverly A., and Vernon Jordan. How Get Ahead in Business. Washington, DC: Border Publishing, 2000.


 MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Date: First page-last page.

Examples:

Seinfeld, Jerry. "What I Did Today." People 4 Dec. 1997: A10.

Harry Neilson. "Why I Sing." National Enquirer  01 Feb.1998: 4-5.
 

WEBSITE OR WEBPAGE

  Author. Title. Editor. Date. Institution. Access Date URL.
              [Simply omit any information that isn't available]

Examples:

Student Initiated Drinking and Driving Prevention. 4 Oct. 2000. National GRADD. 16 Feb. 2001<http://saferide.org>.

Various contributors. How To Be Popular In High School. Jeff Marx Books. 16 Feb. 2001 <http://schoolelection.com/www.popularity.com/>.
 

MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ACCESSED ONLINE

 Author. "Article." Periodical Date: Extent. Access Date URL.
              [Simply omit any information that isn't available]

Examples:

"Customer's Attempt To Complain To Manager Thwarted By Employee."  The Onion 14 Feb. 2001 <http://theonion.com/onion3705/attempt_to_complain.html>.

Carlson, Margaret. "When a Friend Lies." Time 19 Feb. 2001. 21 Feb. 2001  <http://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,98988,00.html>.


ARTICLE FROM A REFERENCE BOOK

Author. "Title of Article." Book Title: Subtitle. Editor. Place: Publisher, Date. First
page-last page. [Simply omit any information that isn't available]

Examples:

King, Martin Luther. "I Have A Dream." Speeches: The Collected Wisdom of Martin Luther King. James Horn. Washington: King Press, 1971. 10-11.

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