Central Linn High School
Senior Project: Bibliographical Citations
All sources used in any assignment in this class should be cited in a bibliography that is a separate page at the end of your research paper.
The bibliography should either have a title that says “sources” or Bibliography” and should be single spaced with 1 blank line between each source.
It also should be left justified (not centered or bulleted list)
Additionally, the information in the body of the paper should have citations and references to the sources listed in the bibliography such as “according to [SOURCE NAME] ……..”, or a statement followed by the source and year in parentheses in italics (Rowton 2011), or actual quotations in quote marks with the source shown as well. Any source cited in the paper should be included in the bibliography, and all information should be backed up with specific citations.
Research essays, and PowerPoint presentations should always have the sources listed and cited. Don’t let someone assume you “made up” the information. Research essays are not simply summaries but various assertion statements, backed up by specific information cited from sources when the information is used in the essay and in the bibliography.
You can use the citation builder in World Book online, OSLIS, Destiny, or other locations or create them yourself following MLA format or the following format.
Correct format:
Webpages:
Author/editor OR Website name (Year),Name of the website, Main page URL, Producer or publisher if known, Exact URL to the information, Access date
American Medical Association (2006). AMA Website, http://www.ama.org, http://www.ama.org/careers/physician/education.html, Accessed January 8, 2006
People:
Last Name, First name (Year), Job Title, Company they work for, Contact Information, Access date
Rowton, Paul (2006), Teacher, Central Linn High School, 32443 Hwy 228, Halsey OR, 97348, 541-369-2811 x225, Accessed January 8, 2006
Articles in magazines, Journals, Books:
online
Author/editor (Year),Title of article, Name of magazine or website, Producer or publisher if known, Exact URL to the information, Access date
Book
Author/editor (Year),Title of article, Name of magazine, Publisher, Volume, Pages used
Example:
Pritzker, T. J. (1995). An Early fragment from central Nepal, Archeology Online, http://www.ingress.com/~astanart/pritzker/pritzker.html, Accessed June 8, 1995
Pritzker, T. J. (1995). An Early fragment from central Nepal, Archeology Today, June 1995, Volume 200 No. 6, Pages 34-36
Encyclopedia Articles:
online
Author/editor (Year),Title of article, Name of Encyclopedia, Website URL, Publisher if known, Exact URL to the information, Access date
Book
Author/editor (Year),Title of article, Name of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Volume, Edition and year, Pages used
Example:
Daniel, R. T. (1995). The history of Western music, Britannica online: Macropaedia,www.eb.com, http://www.eb.com:180/cgi-bin/g:DocF=macro/5004/45/0.html, Accessed June 14, 1995
Daniel, R. T. (1995). The history of Western music, Encyclopedia Britannica, Prentice Hall Publishers, New York NY, Volume M, 1995 edition, pages 361-373
Sources:
Information on this page is adapted from http://www.unc.edu/depts/jomc/academics/dri/cites.html
For more examples of electronic source citations, using the MLA style, see http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html.
If this guide doesn't include an example appropriate to your work, see the other sites listed below. It is most important to be clear and consistent in following the logic of a citation style. The citation should provide enough information so that a reader could find the article or book you have in mind.
Other ideas
http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/mla.html, a collection of samples at the University of Vermont
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~sponder/j202/ style.html at the University of Oregon
http://www.lacollege.edu/depart/EJL/electronic.html at Louisiana College
http://www.worldbookonline.com