English Notes

Lesson: Writing Bibliographic Entries

APA- American Psychology Association

MLA- Modern Language Association

CMS- Chicago Manual of Style

Author’s surname, author’s initial(s). (Date Published). Title of the book(ed).

Publisher’s location: Publisher

Book:

(1 author)

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Book title. Place of Publication:
Publisher.

(2 author’s) – the authors name must be in alphabetical order

Author’s last name, first initial. & Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication
Date). Book title. Place of Publication: Publisher

(3 or more authors)- still alphabetical

Author’s last name, first initial. et. al. (Publication Date). Book title. Place of
Publication: Publisher.
Journal Article: (journal title – title of the book)

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Article Title. Title of the journal,
volume number , issue number.

Magazine Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Article Title. Title of Journal,
volume number, issue number.

Newspaper Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Year, Month day). Article Title. Title of
Newspaper, p. (pp.) page number (s).

Encyclopedia Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Article Title. Title of dictionary/
encyclopedia (p. page number). Location or city of publication: Publisher.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES:

E-book:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Book Title. Retrieved from
http://URL
Online Journal Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Article Title. Title of Journal,
volume number, issue number. Retrieved date, from http://URL

Online Magazine Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication Date). Article Title. Title of Magazine,

Volume number, issue number. Retrieved date, retrieved, from http://URL

Newspaper Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Year, Month day). Article title. Title of Newspaper,
p. (pp.) page number (s). Retrieved from http://newspaperhomepageaddress

Encyclopedia Article:

Author’s last name, first initial. (Year published). Article title. Title of the
dictionary/ encyclopedia. Retrieved date, from http://URL.

Image:

Author’s surname, initial(s). (Publication date). Title of image [media type].

Retrieved from http://URL

NOTE: If the author’s name is not available, you may write the title of the article
instead. After the date, the article title is not written anymore