Bibliography
General Bibliography Layout
Author(s). “Article.” Publication. Vol.Issue (Year). Editor Translator Compiler. City: Publisher, Date. Pages. Medium. Date Accessed. <URL>
Author(s)
Authors can be people or corporations, and may even be unknown. Always list authors in the order they appear in the publication.
One Author: Last, First
Two Authors: Last, First, and Firsttwo Lasttwo.
Three Authors: Last, First, Firsttwo Lasttwo, and Firstthree Lastthree
Four or More Authors: Last, First, et al.
If Corporate Author, put Corporation Name (i.e. Firm Foundation
Christian School)
If no author, omit and go to next section (Article Title).
One Author: Last, First
Two Authors: Last, First, and Firsttwo Lasttwo.
Three Authors: Last, First, Firsttwo Lasttwo, and Firstthree Lastthree
Four or More Authors: Last, First, et al.
If Corporate Author, put Corporation Name (i.e. Firm Foundation
Christian School)
If no author, omit and go to next section (Article Title).
Article Title
The article title always appears in quotes, and can include the following:
Title of an Article
A Selection from an Anthology or Collection (i.e. a stroy from your literature book, a poem, or a hymn from a song book).
An Entry in a Reference book (i.e. dictionary or encyclopedia).
Most books won't use this field, but you may, if you focus on a particular chapter.
If no author or article title, head your entry with the next section.
Title of an Article
A Selection from an Anthology or Collection (i.e. a stroy from your literature book, a poem, or a hymn from a song book).
An Entry in a Reference book (i.e. dictionary or encyclopedia).
Most books won't use this field, but you may, if you focus on a particular chapter.
If no author or article title, head your entry with the next section.
Publication
This is usually the most promenent name attached to something, and includes the following:
Book Title (if an edition, like your math or history book, include the edition number in this format: # ed.).
Encyclopedia Name (For an encyclopedia, no edition or volume number is necessary, also skip editor, city, and publisher. Do include the year.).
Magazine/Newspaper Title
Name of Website If available, include Version Number, which may be a revision notice, most recent posting date, volume/issue numbers, or any other information that may help someone identify it chronologically. (Some websites may not have any information along these lines, but usually the most reliable will.)
Book Title (if an edition, like your math or history book, include the edition number in this format: # ed.).
Encyclopedia Name (For an encyclopedia, no edition or volume number is necessary, also skip editor, city, and publisher. Do include the year.).
Magazine/Newspaper Title
Name of Website If available, include Version Number, which may be a revision notice, most recent posting date, volume/issue numbers, or any other information that may help someone identify it chronologically. (Some websites may not have any information along these lines, but usually the most reliable will.)
Volume/Vol.Issue
Multi Volume Work Include the volume number with Vol. #, if the work is more than one volume (exclude for reference books ordered alphabetically).
Peer Reveiewed Journal's need to have the volume and issue numbers with the year: vol.iss (YEAR). For example: 10.3 (2012) would be Volume 10, Issue 3, 2012.
Peer Reveiewed Journal's need to have the volume and issue numbers with the year: vol.iss (YEAR). For example: 10.3 (2012) would be Volume 10, Issue 3, 2012.
Editor Translator Compiler
Editors, Translators, and Compilers are identified with abreviations before their name. If you have have two or three of these, list them sequentially in the order above.
If you have an Editor: Ed. First Last (use commas and “and” to list if more than one, but if more than three, use “et al.” after the first).
If you have a Translator: Trans. First Last (use commas and “and” to list if more than one, but if more than three, use “et al.” after the first).
If you have a Compiler: Ed. First Last (use commas and “and” to list if more than one, but if more than three, use “et al.” after the first)
If you have an Editor: Ed. First Last (use commas and “and” to list if more than one, but if more than three, use “et al.” after the first).
If you have a Translator: Trans. First Last (use commas and “and” to list if more than one, but if more than three, use “et al.” after the first).
If you have a Compiler: Ed. First Last (use commas and “and” to list if more than one, but if more than three, use “et al.” after the first)
City: Publisher, Date
City and publisher are not necessary for dictionary, encyclopedia, and other reference books, but you do need to have the year.
Books should have City: Publisher, Date.
If you only have a year, write just the year.
If you have a specific date, write it in the format of Day Mon. YEAR (i.e. 8 Nov. 2011).
If not a print source, put just the date created or modified if available.
Books should have City: Publisher, Date.
If you only have a year, write just the year.
If you have a specific date, write it in the format of Day Mon. YEAR (i.e. 8 Nov. 2011).
If not a print source, put just the date created or modified if available.
Pages
List pages for print articles and periodicals. If the file is electronic, and has the page numbers, include them.
Medium
Medium is the type of resource you are using, and may be one of the following:
Print
Web
Film
CD-ROM
DVD
E-Mail
Web
Film
CD-ROM
DVD
Date Accessed
If an electronic (website or database) is being accessed, note the date accessed (the day you looked at it and recorded the information) in the form of Day Mon. Year (i.e. 2 Feb. 2012).
Abriviate months in with the three letter abriviation (Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May., Jun., Jul., Aug., Sep., Oct., Nov., and Dec.)
Abriviate months in with the three letter abriviation (Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May., Jun., Jul., Aug., Sep., Oct., Nov., and Dec.)
URL
Only necessary on teacher request. This is the full web address the page can be found at (i.e. <http://www.ffcs.org>, and needs to be recorded inside the“less than” (<) and more than (>) symbols (also known as angled brackets).