Information for a working bibliography

FOR A BOOK

• All authors; any editors or translators
• Title and subtitle
• Edition (if not the first)
• Publication information: city, publisher, and date

FOR A PERIODICAL ARTICLE

• All authors of the article
• Title and subtitle of the article
• Title of the magazine, journal, or newspaper
• Date; volume, issue, and page numbers, if available

FOR A PERIODICAL ARTICLE RETRIEVED FROM A DATABASE (IN ADDITION TO PRECEDING INFORMATION)

• Name of the database and an item number, if available
• Name of the subscription service
• URL of the subscription service (for an online database)
• Library where you retrieved the source
• Date you retrieved the source

NOTE:   Use particular care when printing or saving articles in PDF files. These may not include some of the elements you need to cite the electronic source properly.

FOR A WEB SOURCE (INCLUDING VISUALS)

• All authors, editors, or creators of the source
• Editor or compiler of the Web site, if there is one
• Title and subtitle of the source and title of the longer work, if applicable
• Title of the site, if available
• Publication information for the source, if available
• Page or paragraph numbers, if any
• Date of online publication (or latest update), if available
• Sponsor of the site
• Date you accessed the source
• The site’s URL

NOTE:   For the exact bibliographic format to use in the final paper, see MLA , APA , or CMS .

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