QUICK Guide to Citing Print & Online Sources

 Bibliographies & NoodleBib

Bibliography Reminders
  • Chapin teachers want bibliographies in MLA style.
  • Bibliographies are arranged A-Z in one list, with books and web sites listed together. Double-space both within and between entries.
  • First line of a bibliographical entry - on the left margin; next line(s) indented. (Footnotes are just the opposite.)
  • No author? Begin with the next item of information, usually the title.
  • Titles -- books, magazines, databases or web sites -- are underlined (preferred by MLA) or in italics.
  • Dates are generally written: day month year; if abbreviations are used, be consistent.
  • For more examples, see A Pocket Style Manual.
Use NoodleBib to store research lists online and format bibliographies correctly. (NoodleBib has notecards, too.)
  • Go to the NoodleTools link on the Online Resources page to log-in for the first time and create a personal folder (and personal login).
  • Create a new "List" (bibliography); select the type of source from the dropdown menu & click "Create Citation"; follow the prompts & suggestions to enter the citation (bibliography) information; & click "Generate Citation" to save the entry.
  • You can add "notecards" for a source, or just print out the final list of sources as your Bibliography.
  • See the US Library web page, Introduction to NoodleTools, for more details -- or ask a librarian!
BIBLIOGRAPHY EXAMPLES

Books -- General Format
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Place of publication:

     Publisher, date of publication.
  • Book by one author
    Bode, Janet. The Colors of Freedom:  Immigrant Stories.  New York: Franklin Watts,

          1999.

    A work in an anthology or collection
    Bradbury, Ray.  “Another Fine Mess.”  The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction:  the

        Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology.  Ed. Edward L. Ferman and Gordon Van Gelder

        New York: Tor, 1999.

    Print reference or encyclopedia article (cite the author of the article,  not of the set or volume)
    Freedman, Bill.  “Chameleons.”  Gale Encyclopedia of Science.  Ed. Bridget Travers.

         Detroit:  Gale Research, 1996.


Online Databases: General Format
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of article.” Title of Periodical or Reference Source. Publication

     information and dates. Title of Database. Publisher of database [if given]. Library hosting database.

     Access date [date viewed] <URL of database or specific document>.
  • Periodical article from online database
    Kuchment, Anna. “State of the Ice:  Beyond the Simple Fact of Earth's Warming lies a

          Sea of Conflicting Data.”  Newsweek 25 February 2002: 33. Proquest. Chapin

          Library. 2 December 2004 <http://www.il.proquest.com>.

    Encyclopedia or reference article from online database
    “Buddhism in early Tang.” World Eras, Vol. 7: Imperial China. Gale, 2003. History Resource Center: World. Chapin

         Library. 2 December 2004 < http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History?locID=new19334>.

Web Sources: General Format
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Web Page.” Title of Web Site. Date of

      publication [may be copyright date or when last updated]. Institutional affiliation

      [if any]. Access date [date viewed] <URL, i.e. web address>.
  • Web Page
    Wellek, Rene. “Romanticism in Literature.” Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 2000-2003.

         Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. 30 November 2004

         <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhiana.cgi?id=dv4-25>.

    Whiteley, Peter M. “Ties that Bind: Hopi gift culture and its first contact with the United

          States. “ Natural History Magazine. November 2004. 1 December 2004

          <http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/>.

    “Women’s Magazines.” MagazineArt.org. 29 October 2004. 1 December 2004

          <http://www.magazineart.org/general/womens/>.


Compiled by Ms. Lutz, last updated 16 January 2008.