Sixth Grade Bibliography

1. For each source listed, begin first line at margin and indent each line that follows.
2. Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and software. Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.
3. Note punctuation and follow exactly.
4. If required information, such as author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out.
5. Arrange all sources in one list, alphabetically by first word, which will generally be either the author's last name or the first important word of the title.

 

PRINT SOURCES

Book with one author:

1. Author.
2. Title of book.(underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date of publication.

   Anderson, Dale.  A Soldier's Life in the Civil War.  Milwaukee 
       WI:  World Almanac Library, 2004.
      

Book with two authors:

1. Authors (in the order they are given in the book).
2. Title of book.(underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date.

   Ride, Sally and Tam O'Shaughnessy.  The Mystery of Mars.  
          New York:  Crown, 1999.
      

Encyclopedia and other familiar reference books:

1. Author of article (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of book.(underlined)
4. Date of edition. (Volume and page number not necessary if articles are arranged alphabetically).

   Cunningham, Noble E., Jr.  "Jefferson, Thomas."  The World Book  
       Encyclopedia. 2006.
      
   "France."  Compton's Encyclopedia.  2004.
      

Article in a periodical:

1. Author (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title  (underlined) date: page.

   Childress, Diane.  "Traders East and West."  Calliope  
       Feb. 1996:  13-15.
     
   "Atomic Benchmarks"  Kids Discover March 2006: 
       4-5.
      
   Wallis, Cludia.  "The Evolution Wars."  Time  
       15 August 2005: 27-35.
      
   "N.F.L. Training Camp Report"  The New York Times  
       15 August 2005: 12D.
     
      

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE RESEARCHER

1. Name of person interviewed.
2. Type of interview.
3. Date of interview.

   Corzine,Jon.  Personal interview. 20 March 2006.
      
   Pitt, Brad.  Telephone interview. 26 January 2006.
         
      

ONLINE SOURCES

Encyclopedia Online:

1. Author, if shown.
2. "Title of the article."
3. Name of encyclopedia  (underlined).
4. Date of your visit (day, month, year -- see example)
5. <First part of http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets).

      
      
   Chase, Philander D. "Washington, George."  World Book Online.
          22 March 2006 <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
      
   Duffy, Norman V. "Chemistry"  Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  
       10 September 1999 <http://gme.grolier.com>.  
         

Periodical article found on an online database:

1. Author.
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title  (underlined) date: page.
4. Name of database.(underlined)
5. Publisher of database (if available).
6. Date of visit
7. <first part of http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets)

   McKinley, Cynthia R.  "Battle Style Blunders."  
       Cobblestone Nov. 2005: 10-13. Primary Search. EBSCO Publishing.  
       12 Dec. 2006 <http://sasweb1.epnet.com>.
   		
   O'Meara, Donna.  "Afghanistan and the United States."  Faces  
       March 2006: 12-13.  Middle Search Plus. EBSCO Publishing.
       26 Jan. 2006 <http://sasweb2.epnet.com>.		

World Wide Web:

1. Author (if known).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of complete work. (if relevant, underlined)
4. date of visit
5. <full http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets)

    Norton, R.J. "An Overview of John Wilkes Booth's Assassination of 
          President Abraham Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln Research Site.
          28 November 2005 <http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.html>.
         
   "Statistical Summary:  America's Major Wars."  The U.S. Civil   
          War Center. 14 March 2006 <http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/
          stats/warcost.htm>. 
      
   Arnett, Bill. "Callisto."  The Nine Planets. 21 Feb. 2006 
          <http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/callisto.html>. 
      
   Winter, Mark.  "Nitrogen."  WebElements periodic table.  9 July 2005
          <http://www. webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/N/key.html>.
      

Personal e-mail:

1. Author.
2. <Author's e-mail address> (enclosed in angle brackets)
3. "Subject line from posting."
4. Date of publication
5. Personal e-mail.

   Thompson, Barry. <bthompson@aol.com>  "Computer Viruses."  26 Nov. 2005.  
       Personal e-mail.

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