Citing Your Sources

 

The following citation forms have been adopted by Immaculate Heart of Mary School for use by all 6-8th grade students handing in research projects. Please follow the examples carefully. An example of an annotated citation appears at the end of the series.

Citation Examples: Use the Noodleb Bib MLS starter to help you make a citation Noodle bib MLA Starter

CITATION EXAMPLES.

All citations must be listed in alphabetical order by the first word in the entry.
        If a citation takes up more than  one line, then the additional lines must
        be indented .5 inches from left margin, just like this paragraph.
Please note: Anything shown in italics below may be underlined instead of italicized.

Book
Examples:

Bonner, Mary J. New Forms of Communication. Boston: Holt, Rinehart and
        Winston, 1988.

Format:

Author. Title. City and State Published: Publishing Co, Date Published.

Encyclopedia
Example:

“Satellites,” World Book Encyclopedia. 1997, Vol. 12.

Format:

Author. (if Available) “Title of Article,” Name of Encyclopedia.
        Date Published, Vol.# .

Online Encyclopedia
Example:

With author:
 Smith, Jane. "George Washington." Encyclopedia Americana Online.
         Online. Grolier Interactive Inc. January 4, 1998.

Without author:
"Eastern Africa." Britannica Online. Online. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.
         March 5, 1998.

Format:
 Author (if available). "Title of article." Title of electronic work.

Medium. Publisher/Information supplier. Date of access.

Magazine or Newspaper Article
Example:

Bradford, Justin. “D-Day: A Soldier’s Story,” Newsweek, March 3, 1991,
         pp.39-42.

Format:

Author. (If available). “Title of Article,” Name of Magazine or newspaper,
        Date of Magazine or newspaper, page number of article.

 

CD-ROM RESOURCES
Examples:

"The Pequot War." The American Indian. A Multimedia Encyclopedia.
        Vers. 2.0 CD-ROM. New York: Facts on File, 1995.

Format:

Author if available).“ Article title.” Title of CD-ROM. Vers.# CD-ROM.
        Place Published: Publishing Co, Date published.

WORLD WIDE WEB
Example:
McKenzie, Jamieson. "Libraries of the Future." From Now On. April 1996.
        Sept. 28, 1996. Online. Available:
        http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie. Nov. 28,1996.

Format:
Author's name(if available). "Title of work." Title of complete work. Date of
        work posted or revised if available. Online. Available:Web address.
        Date of visit.

 

INTERVIEW

To cite an interview that you conducted, give the name of the person interviewed, the kind of interview (personal interview, telephone interview, email interview, etc.)on topic of interview, place of interview and the date of the interview.

Example:

Smith, John. Telephone interview on Vietnam War. Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct. 10, 2000.

Annotated Bibliography:

If you are requested to submit an annotated bibliography, supply a brief description of each entry and how it pertains to your research..

Example:

“Satellites,” World Book Encyclopedia. 1997, Vol. 12.
        This book gave me information that helped me to visualize the distance between each planet and to build my model in the proper perspective.

Format:

Regular citation format for the entry.
    A brief description of information contained in the source and how you utilized it. Entire paragraph should be indented .5 inches from left margin.