Research

General Search

Resource	Notes	Simple Bibliography	Full Bibliography
Stop Dog	This is a filtered search engine.	Search engins are not cited.	Search engins are not cited.
Wikipedia	An elaborate encyclopedia, that provides a good starting point for research, but users should use discernment concerning the accuracy of data (check or ask if unsure).	Author(s) If listed.. “Article Title.” Wikipedia Online. Web.	Author(s) If listed.. “Article Title.” Wikipedia Online. Web. Date Accessed. <URL>
Wolfram Alpha	This is a statistical search engine. It compiled data from other resources. To find links to more resources, click on "Source Information" at the bottom of the article.	“Article (Input).” wolfram Alpha. Comp. Wolfram Alpha. Web. Date Accessed.	“Article (Input).” wolfram Alpha. Comp. Wolfram Alpha. Web. Date Accessed. <URL>

Country/State Information

Resource	Notes	Simple Bibliography	Full Bibliography
National Geographic	B	C
Country Reports	Source for country information.	“Article Title.” CountryReports. CountryReports, 2011. Web. Date Accessed.	“Article Title.” CountryReports. CountryReports, 2011. Web. Date Accessed.<URL>
CIA: World Fact Book	The CIA World Fact Book is a collection of world country information and statistics.	United States. CIA. “World Fact Book: Country Name.” cia.com. Web. Date Accessed.	United States. CIA. “World Fact Book: Country Name.” cia.com. Latest Date Updated (see top of article for date). Web. Date Accessed. <URL>
Wikipedia Country Symbols	A good resource for both official and unofficial country symbols.	Author(s) If listed.. “Article Title.” Wikipedia Online. Web.	Author(s) If listed.. “Article Title.” Wikipedia Online. Web. Date Accessed. <URL>
A	B	C	D
A	B	C	D

Animal Information

Resource	Notes	Citation
National Geographic	B	C
Animal Planet: Mamals	B	C
A	B	C
A	B	C

Bibliography

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).

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.

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.)

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.

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)

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.

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

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.)

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).