BBCHS English Department

 

 

Bibliography Cards

Book  Magazine  Encyclopedia  Internet


Each time you take notes from a new source, make a bibliography card before you take any notes.

If any portion of the required information is not available, skip that information and go on to the next part in order.  For instance, most encyclopedias do not name an author, so skip to the article name.  Put your initials in the lower right corner of each card so it can be identified if you lose a card.

Special Note:  In the Term Paper Packet, these examples are shown on cards.  However, here, only the text has been presented due to some formatting issues in html.  Also, we have shortened some examples from the Term Paper Packet in order to maintain proper spacing.

Book

Martin, Elizabeth K., and C. J. Howard.  Technique: Studies
in Composition.  2nd ed.  New York:  Harper and Row, 2000.

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Magazine Article

Newhouse, John.  “Letter from Cairo.”  The New Yorker
         30 July 2003: 68-70.

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Encyclopedia Article (signed)

 

Gyles, Mary Francis.  “Pompeii.”  The World Book
        Encyclopedia.  2001 Ed.
 

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Newspaper Article (signed)

Gaiter, Dorothy J.  “Scouts Tailor Programs for Urban
        Youths.”  The New York Times 2 Nov. 2003:  L29.
 

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Video Tape

The Traveler’s Guide to France.  PBS Home Video,
          2002.
 

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Television Program

“Outrageous Salaries in the NFL.”  60 Minutes.  CBS.
          2 Nov. 2002.

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An Online Computer Information Service

“The Great Depression.”   Compton’s Online Encyclopedia.
        Downloaded from America Online.  30 July 2002.

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“Dust Bowl.”   The Academic American Encyclopedia,
       online edition.  Danbury:   Grolier Electronic
       Publishing, 2003.
 

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Computer Software, CD-ROM
Give the name of the software; the version number if there is one; a brief description of the software; the word  On followed by a brief description of the format of the medium on which the software appears; the name(s) and, if appropriate, number(s) of the operating system with which the software is meant to be used; the location of the software’s publisher; the name of the publisher; and the date of publication.

Map Art.   Graphics files, EPS format.  On 3.5-inch DD
      diskettes.   Macintosh.   Labertville:   MicroMaps
      Software, 2000.

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Berlitz Think and Talk Spanish.  Vers. 5.0.
     Educational software.  On CD-ROM.  Macintosh
     6.0.7 or higher.  Knoxville:  Hyperglot, 2002.

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World Wide Web (WWW)

Today, many of your sources are likely to be found online, on what we refer to as either the internet or the world wide web.  As you navigate cyberspace, be careful that you get the correct and necessary information before you link to a new document.  Remember that your search engine helped you find information, but is not the source of your information. Therefore, you should NOT cite a search engine such as www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, or www.askjeeves.com as your source.  You will need the following information:


 
bulletAuthor:  Look at both the top of the web page immediately under the title and at the bottom of the web page for the author. It may be an individual person or it may be an organization or corporation.
 
bulletTitle: Use the title of the article that is located at the top of the web page. If there is no title there, look in the blue line at the very top of your screen. Copy the capitalization that the web page uses.
 
bulletAddress: Use the complete address that is in the location bar. It usually begins with http. If your information is in the center of a framed page, right click and select “remove frame” or “open frame in new window” before you write down the address. Be sure you copy the address accurately.
bulletDate: If the web page is dated with the last update, use that date. If not, use the date on which you first looked at the web page.
 


Structure of an internet citation:

Author.  Title of item.  [Online] Available 
     http://address/filename,  date  of document or date of
     download.

                                                                                    Your  Initials
 


Examples:

DiStefano, Vince.  Guidelines for better writing.  [Online]   
     Available http://www.usa.net/~vince/betterwriting.html,
     January 9, 2002.

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Yule, James. The Cold War Revisted.  [Online] Available 
     http://usa.coldwar.server.gov/germany.html, 
     November 5,  2002.

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