Library : How to Cite Information
Recent ActivityWhenever you are writing a report or doing a project, it is important to cite your sources; that is, to give credit to the sources from which you took your information. This is done by creating a bibliography or works cited page.
H. H. Poole Middle School uses the MLA style for citing sources. Examples of commonly cited resources are below.
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BOOKS
Author’s name (last name first, then a comma, first name, then a period)
Title (in italics, then a period)
Publication information (place, then a colon, publisher, then a comma, date of publication, then a period)
Example:
Taylor, Theodore. The Bomb. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, l995.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
Author’s name, if article is signed (last name first, then a comma, first name, then a period)
Title of article (in quotation marks, with a period inside the quotation marks)
Title of encyclopedia (in italics, then a period)
Year of publication followed by a comma, then “ed.”
Example:
“Plants.” World Book. 1994, ed.
ARTICLES FROM A REFERENCE BOOK
Author’s name, if article is signed (last name first, then a comma, first name, then a period)
Title of article (in quotation marks, with a period inside the quotation marks)
Title of reference book (in italics, then a period)
“Ed.” Followed by the editor’s name (followed by a period)
Number of volumes (followed by a period)
Publication information (place, then a colon, publisher, then a comma, date of publication, then a period)
Example:
“Bullfrogs.” International Encyclopedia of Wildlife. Ed. John Johns. 25 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998.
MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM A PRINT SOURCE
Author’s name (last name first, then a comma, first name, then a period)
Title of article (in quotation marks, a period after title and inside the quotation marks)
Title of magazine (in italics)
Date of publication (month, day, year, then a colon)
Page numbers (section and page if a newspaper, then a period)
Example:
Ferrara, Jerry L. “Why Vultures Make Good Neighbors.” National Wildlife June-July 1987: 16-20.
MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM AN ONLINE SOURCE
Author of the article (last name first, then a comma, first name, then a period)
Title of the article (in quotation marks, a period after title and inside the quotation marks)
Title of the magazine or newspaper (in italics, then a period)
Date of publication (then colon)
Page numbers (then a period)
Title of online service (then a period)
Date you accessed the article (then a period)
“Keyword” (then a colon)
Keyword you used to find the article (then a period)
Example:
Davis, Edward. “Dangerous Rollercoasters.” Newsweek. 14 March 1998: 33-39. Electric Library. 15 May 2001. Keyword: rollercoaster.
CD-ROMS – ENCYCLOPEDIA/REFERENCE
Title of article (in quotation marks, then a period inside the quotation marks)
Title of CD-ROM (in italics, then a period)
Medium (“CD-ROM”, then a period)
Publication information (place, then a colon, publisher, then a comma, date of publication, then a period)
Example:
“B.B. King.” Discovering Biography. CD-ROM. New York: Gale, 1997.
CD-ROMS – MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Author’s name (last name first, then comma, first name, then period)
Title of article (in quotation marks, then a period inside the quotation marks)
Title of magazine (in italics, then a period)
Date of publication of magazine (then a colon)
Page numbers (then a period)
Title of CD-ROM (then a period)
Medium (“CD-ROM”, then a period)
Date of publication of CD-ROM (then a period)
Example:
Goodstein, Carol. “Healers from the Deep.” American Health. Sept. 1991: 60-64. SIRS Researcher. CD-ROM. 1994.
INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET
Author’s name, if any is given (last name first, then comma, first name, then period)
Title of article or document (in quotation marks, then a period inside the quotation marks)
Information supplier or name of institution associated with the information (then period)
Date you accessed the information (then a period)
Internet address or URL (inside angle brackets, then a period inside of the angle brackets)
Example:
“Endangered U.S. Listed Birds.” National Wildlife Federation. 14 March 1998. <www.nwf.org/nwf/endangered/listing/birds1.html..>
INTERVIEWS
Name of person interviewed (last name first, then comma, first name, then period)
Kind of interview (personal or telephone, then period)
Date of interview (then period)
Example:
Jones, John. Personal interview. 23 September 1999.
TELEVISION OR RADIO PROGRAMS
Title of program (in italics, then period)
Netword\k (then period)
Local station on which you saw or heard the program (then comma)
Date of broadcast (then period)
Example:
Tarantulas and Their Venomous Relations. Discovery Channel. WXIZ, 19 July 1998.
VIDEOS OR DVD
Title of videotape or DVD (in italics then period)
Director’s name (first name, last name, then period)
Production studio (then comma)
Year produced (then period)
Example:
Romeo and Juliet. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Paramount Pictures, 1968.
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