For a book:
Author (last name first).Title of the book. City: Publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE:
| Dahl, Roald.The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. |
For an encyclopedia:
Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
| The Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1997. Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp. 50-51. |
For a magazine:
Author (last name first), "Article Title."Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date): page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
| Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming at the Top of the World."Museum of Science Magazine. Volume 47, No. 1, (Winter 1998): p. 11. |
For a newspaper:
Author (last name first), "Article Title."Name of newspaper, city, state of publication. (date): edition if available, section, page number(s).
EXAMPLE:
| Powers, Ann, "New Tune for the Material Girl."The New York Times, New York, NY. (3/1/98): Atlantic Region, Section 2, p. 34. |
For a person:
Full name (last name first). Occupation. Date of interview.
EXAMPLE:
| Smeckleburg, Sweets. Bus driver. April 1, 1996. |
For a film:
Title, Director, Distributor, Year.
EXAMPLE:
| Braveheart, Dir. Mel Gibson, Icon Productions, 1995 |
CD-ROM:
Disc title: Version, Date. "Article title," pages if given. Publisher.
EXAMPLE:
| Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia: Macintosh version, 1995. "Civil rights movement," p.3. Compton's Newsmedia. |
Magazine article:
Author (last name first). "Article title."Name of magazine (type of medium). Volume number, (Date): page numbers. If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
EXAMPLE:
| Rollins, Fred. "Snowboard Madness."Sports Stuff(CD-ROM). Number 15, (February 1997): pp. 15-19. SIRS, Mac version, Winter 1997. |
Newspaper article:
Author (last name first). "Article title."Name of newspaper (Type of medium), city and state of publication. (Date): If available: Edition, section and page number(s). If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
EXAMPLE:
| Stevenson, Rhoda. "Nerve Sells."Community News (CD-ROM), Nassau, NY. (Feb 1996): pp. A4-5. SIRS, Mac. version, Spring 1996. |