Pittsford Schools Bibliography Formats

BOOK

Author (last name, first name). Title. Place: Publisher, Date.

Example: Lauber, Patricia. Living with dinosaurs. New York: Bradbury, 1999.

Encyclopedia or other Reference Book

Author (last name, first name). "Title of article." Title of book. Editor. Place: Publisher, Date. (You need an author or an editor, but not both)

Example: "Dinosaurs." Compton's Encyclopedia. Ed. Sybil Parker. New York: McGraw, 1994.

Internet Sources

Author (last name, first name). "Title of text." Title of Site, Database or Project. Date of electronic publication posting.   Web address in angle brackets.

Example: Ostron, John. "Dinosaur." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online.  1998. <http://grolier.com/cgi bin/gme bp?artbascid+Q085790>

Magazines

Author (last name, first name). "Title of article." Title of magazine. Day (if given) Month Year: page numbers.Example: Jaroff, Leon. "A Double Whammy?" Time 9 Jan. 1995: 59.