A bibliography is a list of books, articles, etc., about a particular
subject or by a particular author. The bibliography page is found
at the end of a research paper or book. The form of an entry in
the bibliography is different from that of the footnote. The following
examples are from Basic English Revisited: A Student Handbook
and are used by permission:
Wheelen, Richard. Sherman's March. New York: Crowell, 1978.
Purves, Alan C. and Victoria Rippere. Elements of Writing about
a Literary Work: A Study of Response to Literature.
NCTE Research Report No. 9. Urbana: NCTE, 1968.
(Note: For a book with more than three authors, simply drop eds.
from the entry.)
The Rockefeller Panel Reports. Prospect for America. New York:
Doubleday, 1961.
One volume of a multi-volume work
Benton, William B. Discovering a New World. Vol. I of The
Annals of America, New York: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968.
Congressional Quarterly Service. Congress and the Nation: A
Review of Government in the Postwar Years. Washington, D.C.:
GPO, 1965.
Wallis, Wilson D. "Superstition." World Book Encyclopedia,
1970.
(Note: It is not necessary to give full publication information
for familiar reference works. If the article is initialed rather
than signed, check in the index of authors (usually located in
the opening section of each volume) for the author's full name.)
Shakespeare, William. King Lear.
Material from one source quoted
in another
Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel. Quoted by Wayne C. Booth
in The Rhetoric of Fiction. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press,
1961.
Hughes, Robert. "Futurism's Farthest Frontier." Time,
9 July 1979, pp. 58-59.
"Changing Way of Death." Time, 11 April 1969,
p. 22.
Lewis, Kevin N. "The Prompt and Delayed Effects of Nuclear
War." Scientific American, July 1979, pp. 35-47.
Review of a book in a magazine
Foote, Timothy. "The Eye of the Beholder." Rev. of Testimony
and Demeanor by John Casey. Time, July 1979, p. 66.
Jackson, Jesse L. "'Must' is Key Word in Outlawing Bias."
Milwaukee Sentinel, 9 July 1979, Sec. 1, p. 15.
(Note: For an unsigned story, simply omit Editorial.)
Laird, Jean E. The Metrics Are Coming. Burlington, Iowa:
National Research Bureau, 1976.
Pamphlet with no author, publisher
or date
Pedestrian Safety. [United States]: n.p., n.d.
(Note: List the country of publication (in brackets) if known.)
Guthrie, Woody. Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs. With Leadbelly,
Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, and Bess Hawes. Intro. by Pete Seeger.
Folkways Records, FA 2483, 1962.
Radio or television program
"An Interview with Sadat." 60 Minutes. CBS, 11
Nov. 1979.
(Note: Other information (director, producer, narrator, writer)
may be listed if appropriate.)
Author. Title of item. (Online) Available http://address/filename,
date of document or, if document date is not available, download.
Example
Weiser, Daniel.The Cold War Revisited:A Splintered Germany. (Online)
Available http://usa.coldwar.server.gov/index/cold.war/countries/former.soviet.block/Germany/germany.html,
November 5, 1996.
Author of email message. Subject line of the message. (Online)
Available email:Student@address.edu from Author@address.edu.date
of document, or, if document date is not available, the date of
the download.
Example
Kinyon, Deborah. Nile River Research Project results. (Online) Available email:student5@smallvillehigh.edu form ert@informns.k12.mn.us,September 25, 1996.
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