A Brief Citation Guide for Print and Electronic Sources

Bibliography Format

This page outlines the format that you will need to know in order to complete a bibliographic citation for both print and electronic resources. If you are not able to find the format you require, go to one of the more detailed bibliograhic format sites listed in this assignment.

These citations are to be listed at the end of your essay or research assignment, in a Works Cited page.

The following information explains how a Works Cited page should look:

• The works cited page is double-spaced throughout - within and between the entries.
• The entries are alphabetized (do not number the entries).
• The second and successive lines are indented five spaces.
• You need the title Works Cited (not underlined, not in quotation marks)
• The works cited page is the last page of your paper - and has a page number using the same format as the previous pages. e.g. Sanders 8
• Every piece of punctuation must be used precisely.

Citation of Print Resources

1. Book by one person:

   Laurence, Margaret.The Stone Angel. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1968.

2. Anthology by one editor:

   Weaver, Robert, ed.Small Wonders. Toronto: CanadianBroadcasting Corporation. 1982.

3. Anthology by more than one editor:

   Cuff, Harry and Percy Janes, eds. Twelve Newfoundland Short Stories. St. John's Newfoundland: Harry Cuff Publications, 1982.

4. A work in an anthology:

   Birney, Earle. "Bushed." Fifteen Canadian Poets. Eds. Gary Geddes and Phyllis Bruce. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970.

5. Article in an encyclopedia: ...author included...

   Ross, Howard. "Pollution." The Canadian Encyclopedia. 3 vols. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1985.

   ...author unnamed...

   "Faction." The Penguin Modern Guide to Synonyms and Related Words. 1987 ed.

6. An article in a periodical:

   Mitchell, Barbara. "The Long and the Short of It: Two versions of Who Has Seen the Wind." Canadian Literature. 119 (Winter 1988): 8-22.

7. An article from a daily newspaper:

   Groen, Rick. "Witty Batman a Dark Triumph for Young Director." Globe and Mail. 23 June 1989, C1.

Citation of Database Resources

1. Author. "Title." Original Source - Title of periodical. Volume number, issue number or other identifying number. (Year or date of publication): Page number(s). Product Name. Online. Name of computer network. Access Date.

   Dinan, Stephen. "Meteors to Provide Celestial Light Show." Washington Times. 2nd ed.
           (11 Aug. 1997): C6. UMI-Proquest Direct. Online. Internet. 11 Nov. 1998.
   

   Lanken, Dane. "When the Earth Moves."  Canadian Geographic. (March-April 1996):66-
   	73.  SIRS Researcher. Online. Internet. 5 May 1998.
   

Citation of Internet Resources

1. Basic Citation Components and Punctuation

   Author's Last Name, First Name. [author's internet address if available]. "Title of Work" or "title line of message." In "Title of Complete Work" or title of list/site as appropriate. [internet address]. Date, if available.

2. World Wide Web - Example...

   Limb, Peter. "Relationships between Labour and African Nationalist Liberation movements in Southern Africa." [http://neal.ctstateu.edu/History world history/archives/limb- 1.html]. May 1992.

3. E-mail messages - Example... Page, Mel. [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu] "African dance...and Malawi." Private e-mail message to Masa Banda, [mbanda@igc.apc.org]. 28 October 1996.