Link to OSLIS Citation Maker

This is an interactive program for creating a bibliography.  Open Citation Maker and choose the appropriate formats for your resources.

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Linus Pauling Middle School Bibliographic Style

There are a number of variations of bibliographic style.  The following styles are those adopted for use by Linus Pauling Middle School.

General Information:

Bibliographies are divided into the following parts. Each part ends with a period.

    1. Author or Authors

    2. Title of article and or/title of book

    3. Place of publication, publisher, copyright date, volume, page(s) used.  For the place of publication, if there are several cities, states or countries listed, pick the location closest to you.  If you used or read the entire book omit the page numbers.

All entries are listed alphabetically by the first word. If the first word is a title, skip the words A, An, The to establish the order. The second line of an entry should be indented three space. (Because of varying screen space, we are unable to show the proper indentation for second lines.)

Guideline and Example

Book with one author:

Author (last name first). Title of book. Place of publication, publisher, copyright date, page(s).

Chrisp, Peter. The Maya. New York, Thompson Learning, 1994, p. 14-15.

Book with two or three authors:

Authors (first author is listed last-name first with additional authors listed first-name first). Title of book. Place of publication, publisher, copyright date, page(s).

Lambert, David and Anita McConnell. Seas and Oceans. New York, Facts on File Publications, 1985, pp. 30-36.

Book with more than three authors:

First author (last-name first), et.al. Title of Book. Place of publication, publisher, copyright date, page(s).

Spiller, Robert, et. al. Literary History of the United States. New York, Macmillan,1960, p. 59.

Book with an editor:

Author of chapter. "Title of Chapter." Title of Book. Place of publication, publisher, copyright, date, page(s).

Garrott, Thomas M. "Reduce Federal Deposit Insurance." Economics in America: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, Greenhaven Press,1992, pp. 105-149.

Encyclopedia article with author:

Author, "Title of Article." Name of Encyclopedia. copyright date, Volume number, page(s).

Henry, Richard W. ''Electronics.'' World Book Encyclopedia. 1993,vol.6, pp. 206-216.

Encyclopedia article with no author:

"Title of Article." Name of Encyclopedia. copyright date, Volume number, page(s).

''Perlite.'' Academic American Encyclopedia. 1994, vol.15, p. 172.

Magazine:

Author of article. "Title of Article." Name of Publication. date of publication, page(s).

Burleigh, Nina. ''Signs of an Uprising.'' Time October16, 1995, p. 79.

Video:

Title. (format). City, State of production, Producing company, year of publication.

The Quest for Freedom. (Videotape). Richardson, TX, Grace Products Corp., 1992.

Radio or television program:

"Title of Program." Type of Broadcast (name of show). Channel, Broadcast city, date of broadcast.

''The First American." NBC News Special. KNBC, Los Angeles, March 21, 1968.

Newspaper article with author:

Author of article (last-name first). "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper. date of publication, page(s).

Wheelan, Joe ''Frozen in Time." Corvallis Gazette Times. April 7, 1977, p. A6.

Newspaper article with no author:

"Title of Article." Name of Newspaper. date of publication, page(s).

''Senators Propose Tax on Cigarettes to Finance Health Insurance for Kids." Corvallis Gazette Times. April 7, 1977, p. A6.

An interview you conducted:

Name of person interviewed (last-name first). Type of interview. date of interview.

Kitzhaber, John. Personal interview. March 18, 1997.

Government or Organizational publication:

Department issuing publication. Title of Publication. edition (if there is one), Place of publication, publisher, date of publication. 

United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics. Dictionary of Occupational Titles. 4th ed., Washington, GPT, 1977.

Electronic References:

"Title of Article." Name of Electronic Source. (format), date of publication.

''Hawaii.'' Microsoft Encarta. (CD-ROM), 1994. 

World Wide Web:

Author of Website (author can be an individual or an agency or company). "Title of Site." URL. date you visited Website.

DiStefano, Vince. ''Guidelines for Better Writing.'' http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html. Feb 5, 1996.

E-Mail:

Author. "Title of e-mail (from subject line)." your e-mail address from e-mail address of sender. date you received e-mail.

Taylor, Barry. ''Hubble Space Telescope Image Enhancement Techniques.'' Meg_Miranda.corvallis.k12.or.us from btaylor@hst.nasa.gov. Jan. 23, 1995.

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