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ENG 231

Professor Haydee Cruz Rivera

What is a bibliography?

A list of resources that were used in creating a research paper or other document

A method of giving credit to the people from whom information was taken.

A resource you can use to get information about the topic in the future.

Why are bibliographies created the way they are?

A bibliography entry depends on the TYPE of resource you used.

The format is slightly different for a book, a magazine, a website, an interview, a

video, etc.

Documenting a BOOK

As you research, collect this information for each book used:

The complete title, including the subtitle

The authors complete name (or names, if more than one)

The PLACE of publication (city)

The publishing companys name

The year the book was published.

Documenting a BOOK, part 2

For your bibliography, each entry will be organized alphabetically by the authors last

name.

If there is more than one author, use the name that comes first on the books title

page.

Information is recording in this order: authors last name, first name, title of book,

city of publication, publisher, year of publication.

SEE EXAMPLE, next slide.

Documenting a BOOK: Example 1One Author

Bibliography

Belben, Cathy. How to Create a Bibliography. Burlington: Tiger Publishing Co.,

1998.

NOTE: All indentations, punctuation, and capitalization must be followed as shown here.


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Documenting a BOOK: Example 1a: A book with an editor

A book with an editor (or editors) is documented as if the editor(s) were the author(s).

The only difference: the abbreviated (ed.) in parentheses is included after the

editors name.

Example: Belben, Cathy, (ed). The Life and Times of Kosha. Bellingham:

Good Dog Books, 2002.

Documenting a BOOK: Example 2-More than one author.

Lowin, Colin, Cathy Belben, and Kosha Perro. Cleaning Your House from the

Inside Out. Bellingham:

Rainy Day Books, 2001.

NOTE: When there is more than one author listed, alphabetize the book in your

bibliography

according to the author whose name appears first on the books title page.

Documenting a BOOK: Author Unknown

When the author of a book is unknown, everything in the bibliographic entry is the

SAME, except the author is unlisted.

The entry is then included in the bibliography in alphabetical order according to the

first word in the books title.

How to Create Award-Winning PowerPoint Presentations. Burlington:

Happy Camper Publications, 2002.

Documenting a MAGAZINE

In a bibliography, magazines are included in the SAME list as books.

Magazines are also listed alphabetically by the authors last name.

The TITLE of the ARTICLE is placed in quotations.

The TITLE of the MAGAZINE is italicizedor underlined.

Documenting a MAGAZINE: Example 1

Tyson, Mike. How to Fight With Your Teeth. Abominable Boxer Magazine.

23 November 1996: 2-14.

NOTE: The arrangement of the DATE.

The numbers given at the end refer to the pages of the article.

Documenting a MAGAZINE: Example 2: Magazine Article from Pro Quest Direct.


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Pitt, Brad. My Beautiful Wife. People 2 February 2002. ProQuest Direct.

Online. 6 February 2002.

NOTE: The FIRST DATE refers to the article publication date. The SECOND date refers

to the date you accessed the article online.

Documenting a NEWSPAPER article

Newspaper articles are documented just like magazine articles.

The only difference: after the date, the page and section numbers are given.

EXAMPLE:

Powers, Jay. Wearing Shorts in Winter. Burlington Argus. 23 January

2002: 17B

Documenting a NEWSPAPER accessed using PROQUEST

Document a newspaper article accessed via ProQuest as follows:

Bradbury, Jennifer. Kentucky Bluegrass Makes Me Smile. Burlington

Argus. 5 April 2001. Pro Quest

Direct . Online. 1 March 2002.

Documenting a WEB SITE

The MLA provides complete guidelines for documenting web sites at www.mla.org

Go to the section entitled Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to get the information.

Basic instructions are on the next slide, and an example is on the slide after that.

Documenting a WEB SITE: Instructions

You need this information:

1. Title of web page

2. Name of author or editor, if given

3. Electronic publication information, including date of publication or latest update, and

the sponsoring institution or organization, if given.

4. Date of access and the network address (the URL).

Documenting a WEB SITE: Example

Belben, Bartholomew. False Email Reports: False internet report about bananas. 23

May 2001. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. 7 February 2002.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/banana.htm.>
http://www.mla.org/http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/banana.htmhttp://www.mla.org/http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/banana.htm

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