General Bibliography Form Directions

Study Skills – Mrs. Desplat

How to set up your bibliography:

  • Center the word Bibliography at the top of the page.
  • Alphabetize all the sources by the first word of the entry, but do not number them.
  • Skip a line between each entry.
  • Use the proper format for each source you used.
  • Begin each entry at the left margin. Indent each line of the same entry that follows ten spaces. This is called “hanging paragraph” form.

Book

Author’s last name, first name. Title. City of publication: Publisher, Date published.

Brunner, Borgna. Time Almanac 2004.Needham: Information Please division of Pearson Education, Inc., 2003.

Book with 2 or more authors:

First Author’s last name, first name and Second author’s first and last name. Title. City of

publication: Publisher, Date.

Parker, Derek and Julia Barker. Atlas of the Supernatural. New York: Prentice Hall, 1990.

Encyclopedia

Author’s last name, first name. (if given) “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Date

published.

Internet Source

Author’s last name, first name (if given). “Title.” Date of posting (if available). Complete web

address or URL. Date accessed.

Bradshaw, Gary S. “Wilbur and Orville Wright.” October, 1996.

November 22, 2005.

Magazine

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine. Date: Page numbers

used.

Satchell, Michael. “To Save the Sequoias.” Newsweek. October 7, 1996: 42 – 46.

Newspaper

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Name of Newspaper. Date: Pages.

Murphy, Sean. “It Floats.” New York Times. May 21, 1999: A1+B13.

Video or DVD

Title. Director or producer. Medium. Distributor, Date.

Eyewitness: Planets. Dir. Alex Hearle. Videocassette. DK Vision, 1997.

CD-ROM

Author (if given). “Title of section.” Title of publication. CD-ROM. Edition, release, or

version. City of publication: Publisher, year.

“King, Martin Luther, Jr.” The Best Electronic Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1995 ed. New York:

Home Town Publishing, 1995.

Interview

Person interviewed. Type of interview (e.g. personal, telephone). Date.

Parsons, Mary. Telephone interview. May 30, 1998.