Fifth Grade Bibliography

1. For each source listed, begin first line at margin and indent each line that follows.
2. Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and software. Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.
3. Note punctuation and follow exactly.
4. If required information, such as author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out.
5. Arrange all sources in one list, alphabetically by first word, which will generally be either the author's last name or the first important word of the title.

 

PRINT SOURCES

Book with one author:

1. Author.
2. Title of book.(underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date of publication.

   Walker, Niki.  Colonial Women.  New 
       York:  Crabtree Publishing Company, 2003.
      

Book with two authors:

1. Authors, in order they are listed on the title page.
2. Title of book. (underlined)
3. City of publication:
4. Publisher, date of publication.

   Ride, Sally and Tam O'Shaughnessy.  Exploring Our Solar System.  New York:  
       Crown Publishers, 2003.
    
      

Encyclopedia and other familiar reference books:

1. Author of article (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of book.(underlined)
4. Date of edition. (Volume and page number not necessary if articles are arranged alphabetically).

   Hutson, James H.  "Franklin, Benjamin."  The World Book  
       Encyclopedia. 2006.
      
   "France."  Compton's Encyclopedia.  2004.
      

Article in a periodical:

1. Author (if available).
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title  (underlined) date: page.

   Boelter, Mimi.  "Voyage of Hope, Voyage of Tears."  Cobblestone  
       Feb. 2006:  23-27.
     
   "N.F.L. Training Camp Report"  The New York Times 
       21 August 1996:  B12.
      
      
      

ONLINE SOURCES

Encyclopedia Online:

1. Author, if shown
2. "Title of the article."
3. Name of encyclopedia  (underlined).
4. Date of your visit (day, month, year -- see example)
5. <First part of http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets).

      
    Christensen, Norman L., Jr. "Tree." World Book Online. 12 Dec. 2005
          <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
      
    Solnick, Bruce B. and William D. Phillips.  "Franklin, Benjamin."  Grolier  
       Multimedia Encyclopedia. 17 September 2005 <http://gme.grolier.com>.   
      

World Wide Web:

1. Author (if known).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of complete work. (if relevant, underlined)
4. date of visit
5. <full http address>.(enclosed in angle brackets)

      
   "Biographical Data:  Walter M. Schirra."  Astronaut Biographies.  
       10 Jan. 2006 <http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/schirra-wm.html>.  
         
   "Statistical Summary:  America's Major Wars."  The U.S. Civil  
       War Center. 17 August 2005 <http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
       other/stats/warcost.htm>.
      
    Arnett, Bill. "Comets."  The Nine Planets. 21 March 2006 
     <http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/comets.html>.  
      
      

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