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Citation Examples

​Printed Resources 
Book with One Author 
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  Book Title.  Publication City: Publishing Company, Year Published.
     Maculay, David.  The New Way Things Work.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Book with Two or Three Authors
     Author1Lastname, Author1Firstname, and Author2Firstname Author2Lastname.  Book Title.  
         Publication City: Publishing Company, Year Published.
     Wilkinson, Philip and Michael Pollard.  The Master Builders. New York: Chelsea House, 1994.

Book with One, Two or Three Editors
     Editor1Lastname, Editor1Firstname, and Editor2Firstname Editor2Lastname, eds.  Book Title.  
          Publication City: Publishing Company, Year Published. (*Note: "eds." becomes "ed." if only one editor.)
     Feldman, Paula R., ed.  British Women Poets of the Romantic Era.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

Book with More than Three Authors (or editors)
     Author1Lastname, Author1Firstname, et al.  Book Title. Publication City: Publishing Company, Year
          Published.
     Brandes, Kathleen, et al., eds.  Vanishing Species.  New York: Time-Life Books, 1976.

Single Work from an Anthology 
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  " Title of Work."  Anthology Title.  Ed. EditorFirstname EditorLastname
          Publication City: Publishing Company, Year Published.  Page numbers inclusive.
     Tracy, Robert. "Traffic."  Forever Sisters.  Ed. Claudia O’Keefe.  New York: Pocket Books, 1999.  
          160-174.

Journal Article
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Journal Title  Issue Volume (Year of Publication): 
          Page Numbers Inclusive.
     Knuth, Anne.  "Drawing Connections."  School Library Journal  48 (2002): 50-53.

Magazine Article (if no author is listed, begin with article title)
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Magazine Title  Date Month Year:  Page Numbers 
           Inclusive.
     Kelly, Niall.  "The Man Who Built the White House--Twice."  American History  Dec. 2000:  46-54.

Newspaper Article (if no author is listed, begin with article title)
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Newspaper Name  Date Month Year, 
          Special Edition if applicable:  section and page(s).
     Kavanaugh, Jennifer.  "Drawing Pictures of the Future."  Palo Alto Weekly  6 Dec. 2000: 7.

Encyclopedia Article (if no author is listed, begin with article title)
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Encyclopedia Name. Year Published  ed.
     Weishampel, David B.  "Dinosaur."  The World Book Encyclopedia.  2000 ed.

Pamphlet
     Same as book.

Interview
     IntervieweeLastname, IntervieweeFirstname.  Type of Interview such as personal interview or phone 
           interview or E-mail interview.  Date of interview dd Mmm. yyyy.
     Schiff, Adam.  E-mail interview.  24 Oct. 2002.         

Online Resources
Website, Professional or Personal (if no author is listed, begin with page title)
     AuthorLastname, Author Firstname.  Page title.  Date Published or revised Mmm. yyyy if known.  
          
Organization associated with the site (if given).   Date retrieved dd Mmm. yyyy  <URL>.
     Taylor, Jennifer.  Ancient Greek Civilizations.  1999.   eMuseum Minnesota State University Mankato.  
          7 Feb. 2003 <http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/aegean/>.

Article from an Online Database (Such as SIRS)*
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Original Source, such as newspaper or magazine 
            Date Published Mmm. yyyy: page numbers inclusive.  Database used. Date Retrieved dd Mmm. yyyy <URL>.
     Maddren, Gerry.  "Against All Odds."  Cricket  Feb. 1998: 21-23.  SIRS Discoverer.  24 Nov. 2003
           <http://www.sirs.com/>.

Newspaper or Magazine Article from the Internet (if no author is listed, begin with article title)
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Newspaper or Magazine Title  Date
          Published dd Mmm. yyyy.  Date Retrieved dd Mmm. yyyy <URL>.
     Tedeschi, Bob.  "Pet Supplies Find Sales on Internet."  New York Times on the Web  28 Oct. 2002.
           18 Mar. 2007 <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/technology/28ECOM. html>.

Encyclopedia Article from the Internet (if no author is listed, begin with article title) 
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Encyclopedia Title.  Date Published (if known).  
           Date Retrieved dd Mmm. yyyy <URL>.
     Beasley, Maurine H."Roosevelt, Eleanor."  World Book Online Reference Center.  24 Nov. 2003 
          <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.

Article from an Online Subscription Service (Such as Gale or SIRS)
     AuthorLastname, AuthorFirstname.  "Article Title."  Original Source, such as newspaper or magazine  
           Date Published Mmm. yyyy if known: page numbers  inclusive.  Database used.  Date Retrieved 
           dd Mmm. yyyy <URL>.
    Maddren, Gerry.  "Against All Odds."  Cricket  Feb. 1998:21-23. SIRS Discoverer.  6 Feb. 2003 
          <http://www.sirs.com/>.

Image from the Internet (if no artist is listed, begin with "Description")
     ArtistLastname, Artist Firstname.  "Description or title of image."  Date of image (if known).  Online image. 
          Title of Web site.  Date Retrieved dd Mmm. yyyy <URL>.
     Smith, Greg.  "Rhesus Monkeys in the Zoo."  Online image.  Monkey Picture Gallery.  3 May 2005 
          <http://monkeys.online.org/rhesus.jpg>.

Adapted from Palo Alto Middle School Libraries (http://staff.pausd.org/~middlelibrary/bibliographyexamples.html)
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