Professional Documents
Culture Documents
HOW TO CITE SOURCES 1. For each source, begin first line at left margin and indent and double space each line that follows. 2. Use ITALICS or UNDERLINE titles of books, periodicals, and software. Article titles are enclosed in QUOTATION MARKS. 3. Follow punctuation use exactly in examples provided below. 4. If require information, such as an author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out. 5. Arrange all citations alphabetically by the first word, which will be the author's last name or first important word of the title.
BOOK
WITH ONE AUTHOR Author's last name, first name. Title of the book is UNDERLINED or in ITALICS. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
New York:
Doubleday,
ENCYCLOPEDIA Author's last name, first name. Title of the Article in quotes. Title of the Book is UNDERLINED or in ITALICS. Date of Publication,
World Book
World Book
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA Title of the Article in quotes. Online Name of the Encyclopedia is UNDERLINED. Encyclopedia Name, Year Date Visited <Website Address> in angled brackets
Rain Forest. Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010. 7 Dec 2010. <http://www.school.eb.com/elementary/article? articleid=353695>
PERIODICALS Author's last name, first name. Title of Article in quotes, Periodical or Magazine Title UNDERLINED or in ITALICS Date: Page Number.
Cobblestone May
Cobblestone May
INTERNET/ONLINE/WWW Author's last name, first name (if known.) Title of Article in quotes. Title of Complete Work (if relevant, UNDERLINED or in ITALICS) Date you accessed the data. <Full http address> (Enclosed in angled brackets)