How to Cite Sources
Books:
Last Name, First Name. Name of book. City of publication: Publisher's name, Copyright Date.
Example: Greenfield, Eloise. Rosa Parks. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973.
Encyclopedia:
"Article title". Name of encyclopedia. Copyright Date.
Example: "Ant". World Book Encyclopedia. 1990.
Magazine/Newspaper:
Last Name, First Name. "Article title." Name of magazine (Issue date): pages.
Example: Markham, Lois. "A Gallery of Great Native Americans." Kids Discover Aug.-Sep. 1966: 6-7
Online Article:
Last Name, First Name. "Title." Journal Date. Date you read it. URL
Example: Halls, Kelly. "Juggling History." U.S. Kids June 1997. 10 Mar 2009
<http://discoverer.sirs.com/cgi-bin/dis-article- display?id=MA152516791158&artno=031110&searchkey=apples.>
World Wide Web:
Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.
Example:
U.S. Census Bureau. "American FactFinder: Facts About My Community." [Online] 17 August 2001.
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>.
Interview:
Last Name, First Name. Kind of interview. DD Mo. YYYY.
Example: Goodkind, Mary. Personal interview. 4 Sept. 1996.
For Other Sources:
Check : http://www.citationmachine.net or
http://www.bibme.org/
Last Name, First Name. Name of book. City of publication: Publisher's name, Copyright Date.
Example: Greenfield, Eloise. Rosa Parks. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973.
Encyclopedia:
"Article title". Name of encyclopedia. Copyright Date.
Example: "Ant". World Book Encyclopedia. 1990.
Magazine/Newspaper:
Last Name, First Name. "Article title." Name of magazine (Issue date): pages.
Example: Markham, Lois. "A Gallery of Great Native Americans." Kids Discover Aug.-Sep. 1966: 6-7
Online Article:
Last Name, First Name. "Title." Journal Date. Date you read it. URL
Example: Halls, Kelly. "Juggling History." U.S. Kids June 1997. 10 Mar 2009
<http://discoverer.sirs.com/cgi-bin/dis-article- display?id=MA152516791158&artno=031110&searchkey=apples.>
World Wide Web:
Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.
Example:
U.S. Census Bureau. "American FactFinder: Facts About My Community." [Online] 17 August 2001.
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>.
Interview:
Last Name, First Name. Kind of interview. DD Mo. YYYY.
Example: Goodkind, Mary. Personal interview. 4 Sept. 1996.
For Other Sources:
Check : http://www.citationmachine.net or
http://www.bibme.org/
Last updated 1/31/2016
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