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...Book Examples
...U.S. Government Publications
...CD-ROMS
...Online Databases (Internet)
...Magazines and Journals
...Newspapers
The following list provides suggested guidelines for writing bibliographic citations and annotated bibliography cards:
 | Obtain information for a citation directly from the source (not the card catalog). Use the title page information when citing a book. |
| Double space the entire card. |
| Start the first line of the citation at the margin and indent all remaining lines one-half inch. |
| End each part of the citation with a period. |
| Omit a part of the citation when that part does not apply to your source. |
| Annotations begin immediately following the last period in the citation and continue to be double spaced and indented. |
| Putting your name, library, and call number on the card may save you time in the future. |
Holiday, Billie. "God Bless the Child." The Essence
of Billie Holiday. Audiocassette. Columbia, 1991.
Menken, Alan, and Howard Ashman, composers. Beauty
and the Beast. Perf. Celine Dion and Peabo
Bryson. CD. Walt Disney Records, 1991.
Ellington, Duke, cond. Duke Ellington Orchestra.
First Carnegie Hall Concert. Rec. 23 Jan. 1943.
LP. Prestige, 1977.
"Frederick Douglass." Civil War Journal. Narr. Danny
Glover. Dir. Craig Haffner. Arts and Entertainment
Network, 6 Apr. 1993.
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart,
Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. 1946.
Videocassette. Republic, 1988.
Michener, James A. Centennial. New York: Random, 1974.
Getz, Jason, John Rawlings, and David Sommer.
Back From Beyond. New York: Houghton, 1986.
American Medical Association. The American Medical
Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York:
Random, 1989.
Nichols, Fred, ed. An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry.
New Haven: Yale UP, 1979.
Dwight, John. Early Homes of America. Ed. Joanne
Brubaker. 2 vols. Dayton: Ohio UP, 1988-89.
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine. 1895. London: Dent;
Rutland: Tuttle, 1992.
Photographic View of New York. N.P.: n.p., n.d.
Bender, David, ed. Animal rights: opposing viewpoints.
Opposing Viewpoints Ser. San Diego: Greenhouse, 1995.
Lefever, Maynard K. "Motion Picture Production." The
World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.
"Migrant Workers." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1990 ed.
Full Employment Act. Feb. 1946. 60 Stat. 23.
Cong. Rec. 25 Mar. 1955: 4177-52.
Appalachian Electric Power Company v. United States.
311 U.S. 377. 1940.
United States. Department of Labor. Bureau of
Labor Statistics. "Dentist." Occupational
Outlook Handbook. Lincolnwood: GPO, 1991. 125-126.
Schlosberg, Jeremy. "Rain Forest Chic." Vegetarian Times May 1995:74.
Magazine Article Summaries. CD-ROM. EBSCO. Jan. 1996.
"New Evidence of Life's Origins; Other Developments."
Facts on File World News Digest. CD-ROM. Facts on File.
31 Dec. 1996.
The CIA World Factbook. CD-ROM. Minneapolis: Quanta, 1992.
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe ed. CD-ROM.
Novato: Broderbund, 1992.
Goode, Erick. "Drug Abuse." The Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia. Vers. 5.01. CD-ROM. Grolier, 1992.
American Heritage Dictionary. Microsoft Bookshelf. 1993 ed.
CD-ROM. Redmond: Microsoft, 1993.
"Space Exploration." The World Book New Illustrated Information
Finder. Vers. 3.0 CD-ROM. World Book, 1994.
"Middle Ages." Academic American Encyclopedia.
Online. Prodigy. 30 Mar. 1992.
Kelley, Ken. "Visions: Maya Angelou: A Celebrated Poet."
The Mojo Wire: Mother Jones (13 Jan. 1996): 4pp.
Online. Internet. 28 Feb. 1997. Available http://
www.mojo.wire.com
Walker, Richard. Personal Interview. 25 Mar. 1997.
Smith, Don. Telephone interview. 15 May 1997.
Trump, Ivana. Interview with Georgia Dullea.
"Thinner, Blonder, Wiser." New York Times
5 Apr. 1995: C1+
Clinton, Hilary. Interview with M. Dawson.
Good Housekeeping June 1992: 184+
Hickman, Ernest. Living with Blindness. New
York: Public Affairs Pamphlet, n.d.
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Walsh, John. "Crimes Fighters, Strike Again." Science
News 15 Jan. 1992: 25+
"Japanese Study: Aid is Education Reform."
Science. March 1989: 274+
Manning, Anita. "Curriculum Battles from Left and Right."
USA Today 2 Mar. 1994: 5D.
"Today's Morality Questioned." New York Times
10 May 1988, eastern ed.: C2.
Atwood, Margaret. "Silencing the Scream." Boundaries
of the Imagination Forum. MLA Convention. Royal
York Hotel, Toronto. 29 Dec. 1993.
Terkel, Studs. Address. Conf. on Coll. Composition and
Communication Convention. Palmer House, Chicago.
22 Mar. 1990.
| Works Cited |
| Works Consulted |
| Annotated Bibliography |
| Selected Bibliography |
| Leave a one inch margin around each page. |
| Double space the entire page. |
| Label each page in the top right corner with your last name and page number. |
| Arrange citations alphabetically by their first letters. |
| Start the first line of each citation at the left margin and indent all remaining lines in that citation one half inch. |
When you have several sources by the same author on your bibliography page, you can replace the author's name with three dashes and a period. See the "Sample 'Works Cited' Page" below for examples under the author of "Samuels".
Brown, Sally. "United States." The World Book
Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.
Croucher, Frederick. "Movies: My Way of Life."
New Yorker 24 Feb. 1981: 34+
Marrin, Albert. Virginia's General: Robert E. Lee and the
Civil War. New York: Atheneum, 1994.
Samuels, Jonathon. Fishing: The Ultimate Pastime. Dallas:
Harper, 1990.
---. The River Run. Cleveland: Follett, 1997.
---, ed. Stories That Make You Smile. New York: Foxshire, 1968.
