DOVER-SHERBORN MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY

DOVER-SHERBORN MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY

All original artwork by Cynie Linton

CITING RESOURCES
DOVER-SHERBORN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Helpful hints for writing a resource list:
*Alphabetize your final list, using the first word of each citation*
*Indent all the lines except the first line*
*If you want an online citation maker, try one of these:

OSLIS Citation Maker

Links on this page:

book with one author
book with two or more authors
books arranged alphabetically, such as encyclopedias
book with an editor
book with an organization as an author
internet websites created specifically for the web
article from a database on the internet
magazine articles
videos and DVD's

BOOKS:

Author (or authors or editors). Title. Place of publication: Publisher,
    copyright date.

Book with one author:

Example:
Reilly, Mary Jo. Mexico. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1991.

Book with two or more authors:

Example:
Yolen, Jane, and Robert J. Harris. Girl in a Cage. New York: Philomel, 2002.

Book with an editor:

Example:
Lawrence, Jane A., ed. Palestinians in the Middle East. New York: McGraw-Hill,
    1987.

Book with an organization as an author

Example:
The National Geographic Society. National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Fifty States. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1991.

BOOKS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY, SUCH AS ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

Author of article (leave out if no author). "Title of article." Title of reference
    work.  Place of publication: Publisher, most recent copyright date.

Examples:
Huey, Raymond B. "Komodo dragon." World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2002.

"Jones, Norah." Current Biography Yearbook 2003. New York: H.W. Wilson Co.,
     2003.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

Author (leave out if there is no author). "Title of article." Title of magazine
     date of magazine: page numbers.

Example:
Saporito, Bill. "Holy Sox!" Sports Illustrated November 8, 2004: 38-46.

Videos and DVD's:

Title of Video or DVD. Producer/Director. Publisher, copyright date.
     Videocassette or DVD.

Example:
The Art of Romare Bearden. Dir. Carroll Moore. National Gallery of Art, 2003.
        DVD.

Internet websites created specifically for the web:

Author of site (or leave out). Name of website (see homepage if needed!). Name of page where article appears. Date of site leave out if not available). Date you visited the site. <Internet address>

 Example:
 The Red Hot Jazz Archive. Edward Duke Ellington.  Dated 2004. Viewed 12/13/07. <http://www.redhotjazz.com/duke.html>

Article from a database on the Internet (many databases will give you the source citation right on the page so you can copy and paste it!!)

"Title of article." Title of original source. Publisher and date of original source. Title of database or service. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.  date viewed <Internet address>

Example:
"Mamie Smith." Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 32. Edited by Ashyia Henderson. Gale Group, 2002.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2004. 11/4/04 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC>