Documenting Sources

Note: In all examples "author" means author's name written last name first with a comma and then the author's first name.

Briefly credit sources with parenthetical citations in the text of the paper and give the complete descriptions of each source in the Works Cited.

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Books
Periodicals
Internet Resources
Guidelines for Referencing
Other Sources
Placement of Citations
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Books
ONE AUTHOR
Author. Title of Book. Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print.
Graymont, Barbara. The American Revolution. Evanstan, IN: Brown, Inc. 2002. Print.
TWO AUTHORS
Author and second author's name first name. Title of Book. Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print.
Deloria, Alberta, Jr., and Clifford M. Mytle. The Nations Within: The Past and Future of America Sovereignty. New York: Pantheon, 2004. Print.
THREE AUTHORS
Author, 2nd author's name and 3rd author's name . Title of Book. Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print.
Gosnells, Alex B., Lane W. Mancaster, and Robert S. Mankin. Fundamentals of Government:
     National, State, and Local. New
York: McGraw, 2007. Print.
FOUR OR MORE AUTHORS
Author, et al. Title of Book. Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print.
Spencer, Robert F., et al. The Americans . New York:Harper, 2007. Print.
NO AUTHOR SHOWN
Title of Book or pamphlet. Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print
Report on Education. Washington: American Policy Review Commission, Task Force
     Five, 2006. Print.
EDITOR OF A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS
Editor's name, last name first. Title of Book. Publishing city:Publisher, year. Print.
Zooker, Elisabeth, ed. A Source Book: Political and Social Organization. New York:
        Garland, 2005. Print
TWO OR THREE EDITORS
Editor last name first, editor and editor, eds. Title of Book. Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print.
Foster, Jack, Mike Campise, and Marianne Lithun, eds. Extending the Rafters: Interdisciplinary
        Approaches to Studies .
Albany: State U of Montana P*, 2004. Print.
*University of Montana Press is abbreviated in the entry.

SACRED TEXT
Title of Book . Publishing city: Publisher, year. Print
Holy Bible . Wheaton:Tyndale, 2000. Print.


Periodicals

Articles from Magazines, Newspapers & Journals
FROM A WEEKLY MAGAZINE
Author. "Title of article in magazine." Magazine day month year:pages. Print.
Madler, Jerry. "The Genius of the People." Newsweek 25 May 2003: 46-47. Print.

FROM A MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
Author. "Title of article in magazine." Magazine month year:pages. Print.
Robel, Hillery B. "How History Made the Constitution." American Heritage Mar. 2005:54+. Print.

NO AUTHOR SHOWN
"Title of article in magazine." Magazine day month year:pages. Print.
"Revenge of the Senecas." Time 2 July 1999:27+. Print.

FROM BIOLOGY DIGEST
Author." Title of article" Biology Digest Vol . #. Issue (Date); page. Print.
Essman, Janet. "Dumps and Bears" Biology Digest 20.3 (Nov. 2003):30. Print.

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ENTRY
Author. "Title of article." Name of Journal Vol. ? (date) : pages.
Jones, Simon. "The Last Temptation of an Insect." Journal of Periodic Biology 5 (1998) :325.

NEWSPAPER
Author. "Title of article." Name of Newspaper Day Month Year, sec. # : pages. Print.
Barnes, Sam. "Refiners:Both Teams to Divisionals." Sunburst Times 8 Nov. 2007, sec M:.3+. Print.

Sections Within Books
POEM or SHORT STORY in an ANTHOLOGY
Author of story. "Title of Story." Title of Book. Name of Editor. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers of the story.
Wilson, Edmund. "The Seneca Republic." Apologies to the Iroquois . New York: Vintage,
     1998. 169-97. Print.

Encyclopedias:
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
Author given:
Author. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia . Year edition. Print.
Smith, Whitney. "Great Seal of the United States." Encyclopedia Americana . 2005 ed. Print.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE or DICTIONARY
No Author given:
"Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Year edition. Print.
"Liger." New Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropaedia .2005 ed. Print.
ARTICLE IN A BIOGRAPHY REFERENCE BOOK--CURRENT BIOGRAPHY
Author of article." Title of article." Name of reference book . Editor of book. Volume number. Publishing city: Publisher, Year. Page numbers. Print.
Embouchure, Richard E. "Benjamin Franklin." Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. Emery Elliott.
       Vol.24  Detroit: Gale, 2004. 125-47. Print.

Net Citations:

For Latest update and Date of Access use date format: day month year
|If paragraphs are numbered, use: (Horner, pars. 19-20). pars. = parargraph 
At NTCHS URLs will be required. However, instructors outside Sunburst may not require them.   

WITH AUTHOR
Author. Title of work. Title of Web site. Sponsor or publisher of site. Latest update . Web. Date of Access. < URL>.
Kelly, Jay.How to weld a pipe. Weld Technology. St. Louis WT Co. 1 Oct. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2006 <http://www.weldtechnology.com>.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Title of work. Title of Web site. Sponsor or publisher of site. Latest update. Web. Date of Access. < URL>.
Look What I Like. All about me. The Press. 1 Oct. 2006. Web. 3 Sept. 2008. < http:// johnson.net>.
SHORT WORK FROM WEB SITE
Author. " Title of work". Title of Web site. Sponsor or publisher of site. Latest update . Web. Date of Access. < URL>.
Metcalfe, Lucille. "The Golden Section." GoldenNumber.net. PhiPoint Solutions. 16 Sept. 2007. Web. 9 Oct. 2007.< http://goldennumber.net/goldsect.htm>.
 
E-MAIL
Writer's name. "Title." (From Subject line of the message). Message to author. Date. E-mail.
Kinyon, Deborah. "Marias River Research Project Results." Message to Emily Smith. 31 Oct. 2004. E-mail.

Infotrac
Full Text Article:
Author. "Article Title." Title of magazine date of magazine:page numbers. List the section Infotrac that you used, such as Student or Expanded Academic ASAP. Web.. Date accessed.
Smith, Joseph. "Sunburst History." Montana Magazine 28 June 2000:56-58. InfoTrac Expanded Academic
         ASAP
. Online. Web. 15 March 2005.

*Cite director(Dir.) and lead actors(Perf.) or narrator (Narr.) medium ( Film or DVD)*
Ttitle of video clip. *Web Page Title. Date of access <URL network address>.
Shoemaker-Levy Comet enters Jupiter's atmosphere and breaks. NASA.
       <ftp://ftp.cribx1.u-bourdeaux.fr/atro/anim/sl9/breakingup.mpg> 5 March.1997.

ONLINE WORK OF ART
Artists name. Title of art work. Date of composition. Title of web site. Web. Date of access. <URL network address>.
Monet, Claude. The Japanese bridge over the Water-Lily Pond. 1899. Claude Monet Paintings.A. Cauderlier. Web. 10 Oct. 2008.
asdf <http://www.intermonet.com>.
MAP, CHART, GRAPHIC
Name of creator. "Title of item." Publisher or sponsor. Date of publication. Web. Date of access. <URL network address>.
Crean, Hugh. "Fare History." ReadWriteWeb.

14 Mar. 2007. Web. 20 Oct. 2008.<http://www.Fare History.org>.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Author."Title of Item."  Title of Encyclopedia. Year. Web. Date of access. <URL network address>.
Firpo, Meri T. "Stem Cell." World Book Advanced. 2008. Web. 10 Nov. 2008 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced>.

ONLINE MAGAZINE
Author. "Title of Article." Magazine title. Sponsor or publisher, Date of Magazine . Web. Date of access <URL network address>.

* N.p. if there is no publisher.

Ghosh, Bobby. "Five Reasons for Hope in Iraq." Time. Time, Inc., 3 Dec. 2008. Web. 3 Dec. 2008.< http://www.time.com/time/world>.


Other Sources
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
Person interviewed. Personal Interview. Date.
Whitecrow, Gloria. Personal Interview. 15 Aug. 2006.

TELEPHONE INTERVIEW
Person interviewed. Telephone interview. Date.
Hauptman, Laurence M. Telephone interview. 5 Oct. 2006.

RADIO INTERVIEW WITH TITLE
Person interviewed. Title of program by name of interviewer. Name of show. Channel, city, date.
Lyons, Oren. Oren Lyons: The Faithkeeper. By Bill Moyers. Public Affairs Television. XMPR. Web. 22 Oct. 2008.

TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS
If your reference is primarily to the work of an individual, cite that person before the title. Otherwise, other pertinent information (writer, director, producer, narrator, etc.) Should be given after the main title of the program with is in italics/bold. Portion of program cited. Name of Program. NETWORK. Station, City. Day, month, year. Television.
"An Interview with Tom Rassemusen." Bill Hill Special . NBC. KTGF, Great Falls, MT. 12 Aug. 2008. Television.

UNPUBLISHED LETTER
Author of letter. Letter to (person receiving letter) date. Holder of letter (museum or individual), city.
Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Count de Bouffon. 19 Nov. 1787. Library of Congress, Manuscript Div., Washington.

LETTER RECEIVED BY THE AUTHOR (YOURSELF)
Person who sent the letter. Letter to your name. Date.
Thomas, Bob. Letter to your name. 10 Jan. 2006.

RECORDING
Person who's voice is on the recording. "Title of song." Title of Album, Recording company, date.
Sainte-Marie, Buffy. "Native North American Child." Native North American Child: An Odyssey. December 2000.

MAPS AND CHARTS
Title of map. Map. Publishing city: Publisher. Date. (if accessed online give Web. and date accessed, then URL)
Montana Territory. Map. Madison: Wisconsin Trails. 1992.


BASIC CONTENT AND FORM OF PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS

These examples assume that the author or work has not been names in introducing the source information.
Works by one author

Author's last name and a page reference

(Jones 99)
Works by more than one author

All author's last names (or first author and et al. if over three) and a page reference

(Richter and Merrill 98)

(Spencer et al. 384)

Works with a title only
Full title (if short) or a shortened version and page reference
(World Almanac 394)

("Fitzgerald" 5)

More than one work: Two citations from different sources in same sentence.

Citations, with page numbers, separated by semicolons

(Bjorklund 57; Moquin 20)

Internet resources
Author named in Signal Phrase
Author named in Parenthesis
Author unknown - Use complete title or short form of title in parenthesis

ONLY USE "par.", "sec.", or "screen" if these are numbered on web.

(36).
(Ross 73).
("Teens need").

   

 


PLACEMENT OF CITATIONS

1. Put the citation close to the information it documents, but try not to interrupt sentences. Place it at the end of a sentence or at another point of punctuation.

2. Place the citation before the punctuation mark of the sentence, clause or phrase you're documenting.
EXAMPLE: The League was a strong confederation of nations that were related by language and culture but had a history of being separate and quarrelsome (Jennings 362-63).

3. For a direct quotation that ends a sentence, place the citation after the quotation mark but before the end punctuation mark.
EXAMPLE: The Onondagas were the "firekeepers" (Johansen 24).

4. For a quote of 5 or more lines indent from both margins and single space. Do NOT use quotation marks. DO use a citation.

GUIDELINES FOR WORKS CITED

The list of Works Cited contains all the sources that you cite in your paper. Works Cited is a broader term than Bibliography, which refers only to printed information. Don't include in the Works Cited pages sources that you looked at but did not refer to. (Some teachers, however, may want you to list all sources consulted. If so, prepare a Works Consulted list.)

1. Center the heading WORKS CITED* on a separate page from your report.

2. Alphabetize the sources by the authors' last names. If a source has no author, alphabetize it by the first word of the title, ignoring an initial A, An or The.

3. Begin each entry on a separate line. Start the first line of the entry at the left margin. Then indent the second and subsequent lines five spaces. Double space entries.

4. If you list two or more sources by the same author, put the author's name only in the first entry. For the subsequent entries, put three hyphens where the author's name would be, followed by a period.

---. Title of author's work. City:Publisher, year. Date.


* Use References or Works Cited as the title of the page when the paper includes in text citations. Otherwise, use the title Bibliography.
























WORKS CITED

Hauptman, Laurence M. Telephone interview. 5 Oct. 2006.

Look What I Like. All about me. The Press. 1 Oct. 2006. Web. 3 Sept. 2008. < http:// johnson.net>.

Monet, Claude. The Japanese bridge over the Water-Lily Pond. 1899. Claude Monet Paintings.A. Cauderlier. Web. 10 Oct. 2008.
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<http://www.intermonet.com>.







This page was updated 11 Nov 2008.