North Augusta High School

Sample bibliographies for some commonly used materials and electronic sources.

BOOK  WITH  1 AUTHOR BOOK  WITH  2 or 3  AUTHORS BOOK  WITH  4 or MORE  AUTHORS ONE  CHAPTER  IN  A BOOK BOOK  IN  A SERIES
NEWSPAPER  ARTICLE  REPRINTED  IN  A BOOK MAGAZINE  ARTICLE  REPRINTED IN  A BOOK INTRODUCTION,  PREFACE, FORWARD  OR  AFTERWARD ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE ONE  VOLUME  OF A MULTI-VOLUME  WORK
GALE  LITERARY  CRITICISM SETS MAGILL's  CRITICAL SURVEY  SETS FOR  STUDENTS  SETS ARTICLE IN A  REFERENCE  BOOK MAGAZINE  ARTICLE
  WEB  SITE ONLINE  DATABASE Back to forms  
BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR --

Mowry, George E. The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, 1900-1912.  New York:

         Harper & Row, 1958.

 

BOOK WITH TWO OR THREE AUTHORS --

Caper, Charles and Lawrence T. Teamos.  How to Camp.  Philadelphia: Doubleday,

1986.

Marquart, James, Sheldon Olson, and Jonathan Sorensen.  The Rope, the Chair, and

the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990.  Austin: U of

Texas P, 1994.

BOOK WITH FOUR OR MORE AUTHORS --

Ellis, Doris, et al. History of Japan. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1989.

ONE CHAPTER IN A BOOK --

Catton, Bruce. "The Navies."  The American Heritage New History of the Civil

War. New York: Viking, 1996. 152-197.

BOOK IN A SERIES --

Thro, Ellen. Genetic Engineering: shaping the material of life.  Facts on File

Science Sourcebooks. New York: Facts on File, 1993.

 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPRINTED IN A BOOK --

Kleysteuber, Rudy. "Young People Are Interested in Politics" excerpt from "Some

Young Adults Buck Apathetic Reputation by Running for and Serving in

Political Office."  The Wall Street Journal. 3 July 2000. Dow Jones and

Co., 2000. Rpt in America’s Youth. Ed. Roman Espejo. Opposing

Viewpoints. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven, 2003. 140-144.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPRINTED IN A BOOK --

McDonald, Alexandra Varney. "The Automobile Forfeiture Debate" reprinted from

"You Booze, You Lose." ABA Journal.  June 1999.  American Bar

Association. 1999. Rpt. in Drunk Driving. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. 

Contemporary Issues Companion. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2001. 80-82.

INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, FORWARD OR AFTERWARD --

Doctorow, E. L. Introduction. Sister Carrie. By Theodore Dreiser.  New York:

Bantam, 1985. v-xi.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE --

Meadows, John C.  "Georgia."  The Encyclopedia Americana.  2000 ed.

      

NAMED VOLUME IN A MULTI-VOLUME WORK --

Kirkham, Michael. "Walter de la Mare." British Poets, 1880-1914.  Ed. Donald E.

Stanford. Vol. 19 of Dictionary of Literary Biographies. 64 vols. to date.

Detroit: Gale, 1983- .

 

"Louisa M. Alcott." Women Writers. Eds. Jude Welton and Sylvia Goulding. Vol. 8 of

Great Writers of the English Language.  New York: Marshall Cavendish,

1991. 13 vols.

GALE LITERARY CRITICISM sets---
  • (previously published scholarly article in a collection)

Roberts, Sheila. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World

Literature Written in English. 24(1984): 232-38.  Rpt. in Twentieth

Century Literature Criticism.  Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25.  Detroit:

Gale, 1988. 399-402.

The Magill's CRITICAL SURVEY sets --

Peck, David. "Angelou, Maya." Critical Survey of Short Fiction.  Ed. Charles E.

May.  2nd rev. ed. 8 vols. Pasadena: Salem, 2001.

The FOR STUDENTS Sets --
  • If no author is given --
  • "Our Town." Drama for Students. Ed. David Galens and Lynn Sampinato. Vol.

              1. Farmington Hills: Gale, 1997. 8-9.

     
  • If the essay was written for the set --
  • Miller, Tyrus. Essay on "Winesburg, Ohio." Novels for Students. Eds. Sheryl Ciccarelli

    and Rose Mari Napierkowski. Vol. 5.  Detroit: Gale, 1997. 218-19.

     
  • If the information was reprinted from a journal essay --
  • Schmidt, Paul. "The Deadpan of Simon Wheeler." The Southwest Review XLI, No. 3

    (Summer, 1956), 270-77; excerpted and reprinted in Short Stories for

    Students. Vol. 1. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 29-31.

    • If the information was reprinted from a chapter in a book --

    Mootry, Maria K. " ‘Tell It Slant’: Disguise and Discovery as Revolutionist Poetic

    Discourse in ‘The Bean Eaters,’ in A Life Distilled: Gwendolyn Brooks,

    Her Poetry and Fiction, edited by Maria K. Mootry and Gary Smith.

    University of Illinois Press, 1987, 177-80; excerpted and reprinted in

    Poetry for Students. Vol. 1. Eds. Marie Napierkowski and Mary Ruby.

     Detroit: Gale, 1997. 59-61.

     

    ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK
    • unsigned article

    "Yemen."  The World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places.  Eds. Laurie Brown,

    et al.  Vol. 6.  Chicago: World Book, 1995.

    • signed article

    Burrell, Todd W.  "Jorge Luis Borges."  Great World Writers: Twentieth Century.

    Ed. Patrick M. O'Neil.  Vol. 1.  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2004.

    13 vols.

     

    MAGAZINE ARTICLE

    Paul, Annie Murphy.  "Self-Help: Shattering the Myths."  Psychology Today. Mar.-Apr.

     2001: 60-68.

      

    WEB SITE

    "This Day in Technology History: August 20."  History Channel.com.  2002.  History

    Channel.  14 May 2002. <http:historychannel.com/>.  Path Technology

     History; This Day in Technology History.

     

    ONLINE DATABASE

    Youakim, Sami.  "Work-Related Asthma."  American Family Physicians 64

    (2001):1839-52.  Health Reference Center. InfoTrac.  North Augusta

    High School Library, North Augusta, SC. 12 Jan. 2002. <http:www.

     galegroup.com/>.