How to Write a Bibliography

Print Materials                                                                                                                     
Books (Use alphabetical order. Do not number the list. List only the sources you actually used.)

One Author
Small, Larry. Living in Lebanon Today. New York: Harper and Row, 1993.

Two Authors
Brimner, Carl, and Steven Merrideth. The Civil War. New York: Genesis Press Company, 1987.

More than Two Authors
Graff, Ted, et al. The Muslim World. Boston: Wadsworth Publishing, 1993.

No Author
Webster’s Biographical Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Dutton, 1991.

Editor
Untermeyer, Louis, ed. Modern American Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1988.



Encyclopedias

Author given
Field, William. "Japanese Beetle." Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 6. New York: Macmillian, 1994.

No Author
"Interpretation of Dreams." Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 5. New York: Macmillian, 1994.


Magazines or periodicals (If the article is not on consecutive pages, write the first page number and a plus sign.)

Author given
McGrath, Ellie. "Top Dollar for Top Student." Time Magazine. November 29, 1994: 19-21.

No Author
"Living in Southern California." Time Magazine. December 3, 1994: 14+.


Newspapers (The letter after the colon is the newspaper section letter. Then write the beginning page number and a + if the pages aren't consecutive.) 

Author given
Giniger, Henry. "The Wall Is Broken." The New York Times. 20 November 1993: A1+.

No Author
"Earthquake Hits San Francisco." Los Angeles Times. 25 October 1989: C3+.

 


Pamphlets

Sugar, Bert Randolph, ed. Mecca 1911 Double-Folder Baseball Cards. Dover Press, 1991.

Best Museums: New York City. New York: Trip Builder, 1995.

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