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Follow these Basic Directions and use the MSAD#50 Works Cited to write your Bibliography:
•Your bibliography should be in alphabetical order by the first word in each entry.
•For each entry, type all the way to the end of the line. Indent the second line.
•Italicize titles if you type your bibliography on a computer. Underline if you write by hand.
•CAREFULLY follow the punctuation given in the examples above.
•Write the date you visited the site in an internet entry.
•Write dates: day month year without commas.
MSAD #50 Works Cited
Adapted from MLA Style Sheets
BOOKS
Author’s last name, First name. Title (underlined). Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Book by one author:
Boorstin, Daniel J. The Creators: A History of the Heroes of the Imagination. New York:
Random, 1992.
Two or more authors:
Hyde, Margaret, and Elizabeth Forsythe. Suicide: The Hidden Epidemic. New York: Watts,
1986.
Book with an editor:
Hall, Donald, ed. The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes. New York: Oxford
UP, 1981.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS (Print)
Author’s last name, First name. Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Reference Book (underlined). Vol: Page. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
A signed article in a reference book:
Manning, Kenneth. “Nightingale, Florence.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 14: 420.
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1997.
An unsigned article in a reference book:
“Key, Francis Scott.” Webster’s American Biographies. 584. Springfield, MA: G. & C.
Merriam Company, 1975.
MAGAZINES
Author’s last name, First name. Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Magazine (underlined). Date: Pages.
An article from a monthly or bimonthly magazine:
Wills, Garry. “The Words That Remade America: Lincoln at Gettysburg.” Atlantic.
June 1992: 57-59.
An article from a weekly or biweekly magazine:
Trillin, Calvin. “Culture Shopping.” New Yorker. 15 Feb. 1993: 48-51.
NEWSPAPERS
Author’s last name, First name. Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Newspaper (underlined). Date, edition: section and page.
A signed article from a daily newspaper:
Barringer, Felicity. “Where Many Elderly Live, Signs of the Future.” New York Times.
7 Mar. 1993, nat. ed.: sec. 1:12.
An unsigned article from a daily newspaper:
“Infant Mortality Down: Race Disparity Widens.” Washington Post. 12 Mar. 1993: A12.
INTERVIEWS
Interviewed person’s last name, first name. Title of interview (in quotes). Type of Interview. Magazine title (underlined). Date: Pages.
Interviews:
Ellison, Ralph. “Invisible Man.” Interview by James Alan McPherson. Atlantic.
Dec. 1970: 45-50.
Diamond, Carol. Telephone Interview. 27 Dec. 1988.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Database
Author’s last name, First name. Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Electronic Reference (underlined). Database. Internet address of database. Date accessed.
Signed Article in an Online Encyclopedia
Sochen, June. “Anthony, Susan Brownell.” World Book Online America’s Edition.
http://www.worldbookonline.com. 2 Mar. 2001.
Unsigned Article in an Online Encyclopedia
"Sampson, Deborah.” Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online. http://www.eb.com:180. 2 Mar.
2001.
Article in a Reference Database
“Asoka.” Hutchinson’s Biography Database. EBSCOhost Full Display.
http://libraries.maine.edu/maine.edu/mainedatabases. 2 Mar. 2001.
Article in a Magazine or Newspaper Database
“Why Seattle’s Big Quake Had Little Impact.” Christian Science Monitor. 2 Mar. 2001.
EBSCOhost Full Display. http://libraries.maine.edu/maine.edu/mainedatabases.
2 Mar. 2001.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Other
Author’s last name, First name. Title of Article/Page (in quotes). Title of Electronic Reference (underlined). Internet address of database. Date accessed.
Internet Site
Toole, Betty. “Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace.” Biographies of Women Mathematicians Web
Site. http://www.agnesscott.edu/riddle/love.htm. 2 March 2001.
OTHER RESOURCES
Cartoons and advertisements:
Adams, Charles. Cartoon. New Yorker. 22 Feb. 1988: 33.
Advertisement:
Philip Morris. “What Are You Going To Wear Tonight?” Advertisement. Freeze.
Feb. 2001: 35.
Films, radio, and television programs:
The Last Emperor. Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With John Lone and Peter O’Toole. Columbia,
1987.
“If God Ever Listened: A Portrait of Alice Walker.” Horizons. Prod. Jane Rosenthal. NPR.
WBST, Muncie. 3 Mar. 1984.
Maps and charts:
Sonoma and Napa Counties. Map. San Francisco: California State Automobile Assn., 1984.
Works Cited
Baron, Alvin. Bud’s Easy Research Paper Computer Manual For IBM PC’s. 3rd ed.
New York: Lawrence House Publishers, 2000.
“Modern Language Association (MLA) Guidelines.” UHWO Writing Center.
http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu/~writing/mla95.htm. 13 Dec. 2000.
