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South Lake Bibliography Format
Based on the MLA Handbook 4th Edition
A copy of this form is found in the front of every South Lake Student Organizer.

Alphabetical order; do not number

Check your punctuation.

List only the sources you actually used.

Always indent 5 spaces after the first line.

Books

One Author
Bigge, Morris. Living in China Today. New York: Harper and Row, 1990.

Two Authors
Grieder, Calvin, and Stephen Romine. The Middle Ages. New York: Ronald Press Company, 1987.

More than Two Authors
Graff, Ted, et al. The Muslim World. Boston: Wadsworth Publishing, 1993.

No Author
Webster’s Biographical Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Dutton, 1991.

Editor
Untermeyer, Louis, ed. Modern American Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1988.

Encyclopedias

Author given
Field, William. "Japanese Beetle." Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 6. New York: Macmillian, 1994.

No Author
"Interpretation of Dreams." Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 5. New York: Macmillian, 1994.

Magazines (Periodicals)

Author given
McGrath, Ellie. "Top Dollar for Top Student." Time Magazine. 29 November 1994: 19-21.

No Author
"Living in Southern California." Time Magazine. 3 December 1994: 14+.
If the article is not on consecutive pages, write the first page number and a plus sign.

Newspapers

Author given
Giniger, Henry. "The Wall Is Broken." The New York Times. 20 November 1993: A1+.

No Author
"Earthquake Hits San Francisco." Los Angeles Times. 25 October 1989: C3+.
The letter after the colon stands for the newspaper section letter and then the page number. Use a plus sign if the pages do not fall consecutively.

Pamphlets

Sugar, Bert Randolph, ed. Mecca 1911 Double-Folder Baseball Cards. Dover Press, 1991.

Best Museums: New York City. New York: Trip Builder, 1995.

Interviews

Last Name, First Name. Kind of interview. Date Month Year.

Jackson, Jeffery. Personal Interview. 12 September 2000.

For a telephone interview, substitute the word "telephone" for personal in the example above.

Electronic and Nonprint Materials

Audio CD

Beethoven, Ludwig. Beethoven Overtures. CD. Chamber Orchestra of Europe, 1996.

Specific Song
Copland, Aaron. "Simple Gifts." Old American Songs. CD. Mormon Tabernacle Choir, CBS Records, 1987.

CD-ROM

"Michelangelo." World Book Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. World Book, 1998.

Laserdisc

The World History Videodisc: Non-European History." Laserdisc. Side 1; Frames 23378, 23366. Instructional Resources Corporation, 1991.

Website

Example:
Allen, Deborah. Research Place. 7 April 1998. 5 June 2000. <http://www.research.com>.

Author's Last Name, First Name. Page Title or Description. Date on website Month Year. Date you visited website Month Year . <Web address>.

Author. Title. Copyright of site. Date you visited site. <web address>.
Items in red are often missing on web sites. You should always find the items in black that are bold.
If information is missing, skip it and go to the next piece of information.
Remember to write dates in the correct order: (day month year---example: 27 Nov. 2000)

The first date is the date the website was created or revised. The second date is the date you visited the site.

Example with missing author information:
South Lake Middle School. 22 May 2000. 11 August 2000. <http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/sl>.

For more information about online bibliographies, go to:
Abilock, Debbie. Nueva Library Research Center. 1 January 2000. 11 August 2000. <http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/research.html>.
Look for the interactive forms at the bottom of the page.

Television or Radio Program

"Mr. Mummy." National Geographic Explorer. PBS. 8 August 2000.

Video Tape

Dances with Wolves. Directed by Kevin Costner. Video. RKO Productions, 1990. C, 181 minutes.