Sample Bibliography

A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources used in your research and is usually the last page attached to a report or essay. It is important to use a bibliography to avoid potential appearance of plagiarism and to back up any facts you state.

Sources should be alphabetized by author or by title if no author is given, teachers normally like a space between entries.

Books
One Author:
Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamun. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.

More than One Author:
Cooper, Robert K. and Leslie L. Cooper. Low-Fat Living. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.

No Author Given:
The Amazing Universe. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1991.

Periodicals
Begley, Sharon. "A Healthy Dose of Laughter." Newsweek 4 Oct. 1987: 65.

"A Walk Across America: Part II." National Geographic August, 1979: 52.

Periodicals on a CD-ROM
Davis, James. "The Cult Connection." Time 2 February 1996: 27. CD-ROM. Infotrac, June, 1996.

Robertson, John. "Cloning." Science News March 1994: 14. CD-ROM. SIRS, Vol. 4, Article 46.

Periodicals Online
"Human Cloning?". Maclean's 28 December 1998: 110. [Online] Available http://infotrac.galegroup.com March 21, 2000

Newspapers
Collins, Glenn. "Single Father Survey." New York Times 21 November 1986: 20.

"Low Cholesterol Level Key." Providence Journal-Bulletin 24 November 1987: A6.

Encyclopedia Articles: Print and CD-ROM
"Animal Rights." World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 edition.

Stemple, James. "Solar Energy." Book of Popular Science. 1990.

"Wyoming." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1996 edition.

Pamphlet (Usually the same as book with no author given)

Smoking and Your Lungs. Providence, Rhode Island: American Lung Association, 1991.

Television Program

"Legacy: India." WSBE, Channel 36, Providence, Rhode Island. August 22, 1992.

Interview

Patinkin, Mark. Telephone interview. April 26, 1999.

Online Services & the Internet

Gordon, Daniel. "Acid Rain" Compton's Living Encyclopedia. [Online] America Online. Mar. 6, 1997.

Plant Extracts. [Online] Available http://www.sciences.com/scidata/edu.html February 23, 1997.

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