USING THE BH-BL RESEARCH GUIDE TO WRITE
A WORKS CITED LISTUSING THE BH-BL RESEARCH GUIDE TO WRITE
A WORKS CITED LIST
Bibliography forms adapted from the BH-BL Research Guide
In order to give your reader complete information as to your sources, you must attach to your paper a separate Works Cited or bibliography page(s), an alphabetized list of the sources you used. It should include only the materials from which you took notes.
1. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order according to the first word in each entry. Usually this is the author's last name. Anonymous entries are alphabetized by the first words in the titles, unless the word is the, an or a, in which case the second word determines the alphabetical position. Alphabetizing is easy if you have your bibliography entries on cards or bibliography forms available in the Middle School library.
2. When you have more than one entry by the same author, after the first entry in his/her name, substitute three hyphens, followed by a period instead of repeating the name.
3. Begin each entry at the left margin of your paper. When an entry occupies more than one line, the second line should be indented five spaces. Single space within entries.
4. Do not number the entries.
5. Double space between entries.
6. Each entry has three main divisions, each followed by a period: the author's name reversed for alphabetizing, the title, and the publishing data. The entire entry always ends with a period.
7. While many standard formats exist for bibliographic citations, the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake School District expects the use of the MLA format. All subsequent information appears in MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Eds. Joseph Gilbaldi and Walter Achtrert. 3rd Ed. New York: MLA,1988.*
* Note: Titles of books, magazines, videos, and other long works may be underlined or printed in italics as shown here.
*Note: Single space within entries. Double space between entries.
Single author:
Brown, Alan. The Life and Opinion of Confucius. New York: Pantheon
Books, 1998.
More than one author:
Davis, Clyde, Robert Plummer, and Richard Richardson. The Two-Year
College. Boston: Prentice, 1995.
Work in an anthology (story, article, poem, etc.):
O'Connor, Flannery. "The Life Your Save May Be Your Own." The
Realm of Fiction: Seventy Four Stories. Eds. James B. Hall and
Elizabeth C. Hall. 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw, 1997. 479-88.
Foreword,introduction, preface, or afterword:
Doctorow, Edgar. Introduction. Sister Carrie. By Theodore Dreiser. New
York: Bantam, 1992. v-xi.
Translation:
Calvino, Italo. The Uses of Literature. Trans. Patrick Creagh. San Diego:
Harcourt, 1986.
Daily Newspaper:
(no author cited)
"Everywhere in Saudi Arabia, Islam is Watching." New York Times 6
Jan.1993: A12.
(author cited)
Kerr, Walter. "When One Illuminates the State." Washington Post 16
Sept. 1990, late ed., sec 2: 1+.
Weekly or biweekly periodical:
Dowell, William. "Life in the Slow Lane." Time 26 Nov.1998: 46.
Monthly or bimonthly periodical:
Alireza, Marianne. "Women of Saudi Arabia." National Geographic
Oct.1997: 423-453.
Review:
Rev. of Anthology of Danish Literature, ed. F. J. Jansen and P.M.
Mitchell. Times Literary Supplement 7 July 1992: 785.
Animals of India. Chart. Grand Haven: School Zone, 1993.
Canada. Map, Chicago: Rand, 1995.
Book:
Chiapini, Luciano. "Italy." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1987 ed.
"Expressionism." American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language. 1993 ed.
"Sudan." The World Almanac. 1992 ed.
Pamphlet (treat as a book):
Capital Punishment: Cruel and Unusual? Plano: Instructional Aides,
1992.
Kilgus, Robert. Color Scripsit Program Manual. Fort Worth: Tandy,
1991.
Social Issues Resources Series (SIRS):
Gilman, Robert. "No Simple Answers." In Context (Spring 1992):10-15.
Rpt in Population, Vol.5 Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Boca Raton, FL:
Social Issues Resources Series, Inc., 1993. Art. 44.
Background Notes:
United States. Bureau of Public Affairs. "Trinidad and Tobago."
Background Notes. April 1989.
Casablanca. Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
and Paul Henreid. Originally 1942. MGM/UA video, 1992.
Heaven and Earth. Dir. Oliver Stone. United Artists, 1993.
"Women of the Kalahari." In Search Of. NBC, July 28, 1993.
Smith, John. Telephone interview. 22 August 2002.
Stafford, John. Personal interview. 26 July 2003.
Wolfe, Tom. The Wrong Stuff: American Architecture. Videocassette.
Dir. Tom Bettag. Carousel Films, 1983.
Electronic Encyclopedia
"Jack London." Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia. Grolier Electronic
Publishing, Inc., 1998. CD-ROM.
Others
Baum, Rosalie. "Alcoholism and Family Abuse in The Bluest Eye."
Enghsh Journal Oct.1987: 91-105, excerpted in Discovering
Authors, Gale Research Inc., 1993. CD-ROM.
"Toni Morrison." Discovering Authors. Ver. 1.0. Computer Software.
Gale Research, Inc., 1993. CD-ROM.
Schomer, Howard. "South America: Beyond Fair Employment." Harvard
Business Review May/June 1993: 145+. Dialog file 122, item 119425
833160.
"Tennessee Williams." Monarch Notes Biography Section. Computer
Software. Bureau Development. Inc., 1991.CD-ROM.
"Women Drive Home Their Point." New York Times 13 April 1990, sec 1:
1+. 1990. CD-ROM.
Before you decide to use information obtained from Internet, you should assess the authority of the information. Random information posted to a bulletin board may not add credibility to your ideas. You should usually use only information that can be attributed to a specific source.
Website with a unique URL
Author (if supplied). Title of web page. Date of access <URL>.
Example:
Gary Paulsen Online. 29 Oct. 2003 <http://www.garypaulsen.com>
Article from an online encyclopedia with a unique URL
Author (if supplied). "Title of article." Title of online encyclopedia.
Date of encyclopedia. Page number of article. Date of access <URL>.
Example:
"Stone Age." Britannica Online. 2000. 1657. 20 Oct. 2003
<http://www.britannica.com>.
Article from an online database
Author (if supplied). "Title of article." Title of source Date of
periodical: pages of original article. Name of database. Library
providing access. Date of access <URL>.
Example:
Mackay, Kathy. "Protecting Canyonlands." National
Parks Jul/Aug 1999: 14-15. Proquest. O'Rourke Middle School
Library. 10 Jan. 2000 <http://proquest.umi.com>.