Book BIBLIOGRAPHY (Works Cited) : Example

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Name ____________________________________
Book BIBLIOGRAPHY (Works Cited)

AUTHOR (last name, first name, middle initial.) _____________________________________________________ (period).


TITLE (italicized) _______________________________________________________________________(period).
PLACE of Publication _____________________________________________________________________(colon):

PUBLISHER _____________________________________ (comma), YEAR _________________________(period). PAGES USED:_________(period).


Print (period).

Example: Poe, Edgar Allan. Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. 3-9. Print.
BOOK BY MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR: Thomas, Frank, and Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. Print
BOOK WITH AN EDITOR: Wolfe, Thomas. The Thomas Wolfe Reader. Ed. Hugh Holman. New York: Scribners, 1962. Print

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Internet Web Site BIBLIOGRAPHY (Works Cited)

AUTHOR if available (last name, first name middle initial) _________________________________________________________(period).


ARTICLE TITLE if available (quotation marks) _______________________________________________________________ (period).
TITLE of web site (italicized)_________________________________________________________________________________(period).
DATE of access: (day month (abbreviated-period.) year) ____________ _____________ ___________ (no period)
day
month
year
URL (<Web site address in angle brackets>) _____________________________________________________________ (period).
Examples:

Stallone, Sylvester. Biography.com. 2004. Web. 26 Feb. 2005 <http://www.biography.com/search/results.jsp?search=stallone>.

Johnson, John S. "Edgar Allan Poe biography." Bio.com. Ed. John M. Wickerson. A+E Networks Corporate, 1994-2011. Web. 16 Nov. 2011.
<http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160?page=3

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Encyclopedia BIBLIOGRAPHY (Works Cited)

AUTHOR if available (last name, first name middle initial.) __________________________________________ (period).
(The author's name, if given, may be found at either the beginning or the end of the article)
ARTICLE TITLE (quotation marks) __________________________________________________(period).
TITLE of encyclopedia (italicized) ____________________________________________________________(period).
The EDITOR if available (Ed. first name middle initial. last name) _Ed._________________________________________ (period).
PLACE of Publication ______________________________________________________________________(colon):
PUBLISHER _____________________________________ (comma), YEAR __________________________(period). ). PAGES
USED:_________(period). Print (period).
Example Johnson, John S. "Egytian Mythology." Ed. John M. Wickerson. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994-2011. 187-93. Print.

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Online Database BIBLIOGRAPHY (Works Cited)

AUTHOR if available (last name, first name, middle) _______________________________________________ (period).


ARTICLE TITLE (quotation marks) __________________________________________________________(period).
DATE OF publication of original source (day month (abbreviated-period.) year) __________ ____________ __________ (period).
day
month
year
NAME OF THE DATABASE USED (italicized)_________________________________________________________(period).
NAME OF THE ONLINE SERVICE _____________________________________________________________ (period).
DATE OF access (day month (period.) year) ____________ _____________ ___________ (no period) Web.
day

month

year

URL (<Web site address in angle brackets>) ____________________________________________________ (period).


Example: Dobija, Jane. "The First Amendment Needs NEW CLOTHES. (Cover Story)." American Libraries 38.8 (2007): 50. MAS Ultra - School Edition.
Web. 17 Nov. 2011.

Note: MLA 7 says to leave out the URL unless the source cannot be located without it or if instructor requires it.

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