Bibliography Formatting


BOOKS

When finding information for citing a book you will find it on the title page in the front of a book. You need to find the information listed below:

~ Author(s) (last name first, first name last…Smith, William)

• Note: If there is more than one author, list up to three in the order the book lists them.
• ONLY the first author is last name first and first name last, the other authors are listed normally with a common in between the authors…Smith, William, Margaret O’Brien, Thomas Miller.

~ Title of Article (for encyclopedias and magazines)
~ Title of Book
~ Publisher
~ City where the book was published
~ Date it was published… © Copyright

MCL Format for listing books in Bibliography

Author. Title of the Book. City of publication: Publisher, Copyright.

• NOTE-REMINDER: Pay attention to specific punctuation. Use proper capitalization for names and titles.
• The first line of the Bibliography Listing is aligned to the LEFT. If you need a second or third line, those lines are indented.

MCL format for listing an encyclopedia or a magazine article in Bibliography

Author/Editor. “Article Title.”  Title of Book/Magazine. City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright.

Example:

Lesko, Leonard H. “Pyramids.” The World Book Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan,  2001.

WEB SITES

When finding information from a web site you will traditionally find the needed information on the bottom of the page you found the information on. You need to find the information listed below (complete publication information may not always be listed for a web site; provide what is given):

~ Author(s) (sometimes called webmaster)
~ Title of the page (WILL FIND ON THE VERY TOP BAR OF YOUR INTERNET WINDOW)
~ Name of Sponsoring organization or company
~ Copyright date or  (last updated date)
~ Date you went to this page (date of access)
~ Exact URL - Web Address (leave out the http://)

• Note:  If you can't find specific information above, look for and click on the links on the page that say "About Us" or "Contact Us".

 MCL format for listing a Web Site

Author. Title of the Site. Date and/or Version (lasted updated). Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date 
        of Access/(date you found the info). <URL-web address>.

Example:

Sherman, Chris. SearchEngineWatch. 24 Aug 2004. SearchWatch. 4 Sept 2004 
        <http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/>

• NOTE-REMINDER: Pay attention to specific punctuation.  Use proper capitalization for names and title.
• Dates are written as   DATE MONTH YEAR    (24 Aug 2004)
• The first line of the bibliography listing is aligned to the LEFT.  If you need a second or third line, those lines are indented.

Bibliography Page

When listing books and web sites on your bibliography page, you NEED to ALPHABETIZE them by the first letter of the information.

• Book and web site information is combined together.
• Title the page with “Bibliography”.

Example Page:

Bibliography

Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation. New York: Knopf, 1993.

Lesko, Leonard H. “Pyramids.” The World Book Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan, 2001.

Sherman, Chris. “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL.” SearchEngineWatch. 24 Aug 2004. Search Watch. 
        4 Sept 2004.  http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/.

All information developed by Miss Pieper for St. Patrick School Curriculum