Bibliographic Citation Formats

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR

Last name, First name of author. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Medium.

Rice, Anne. Interview with the Vampire. New York: Knopf, 1976. Print.

BOOK WITH TWO OR MORE AUTHORS

Last name, First name and First name Last name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Medium.

Howe, Deborah and James Howe. Bunnicula: a Rabbit Tale of Mystery. New York: Atheneum, 1979. Print.

BOOK: COLLECTION OF WORKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS

Last name, First name of editor, ed. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Medium.

Yolen, Jane and Martin H. Greenberg, ed. Vampires: a Collection of Original Stories. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Print.

ARTICLE FROM A PRINT REFERENCE BOOK

Last name, First name of article author. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book. Ed. First name Last name of editor(s) in chief. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Medium.

Crawford, Heide A. “Vampire.” The World Book Encyclopedia. Ed. Paul A. Kobasa. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2008. Print.

ARTICLE FROM A PRINT PERIODICAL

Last name, First name of author. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: page number(s). Medium.

Yabroff, Jennie. “A Bit Long in the Tooth.” Newsweek 15 Dec. 2008: 74. Print.

ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE PERIODICAL

Last name, First name of author. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical. Publisher or sponsor of website, Date of publication. Medium. Date of access. <URL>.

Carr, David. “The Vampire of the Mall.” The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 17 Nov. 2008. Web. 2 Apr. 2009. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/movies/17twil.html>.

ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE

Last name, First name of article author. “Title of Article.” Title of Database. Publisher of database, Copyright date. Medium. Date of access. <URL of database home page>.

Crawford, Heide A. “Vampire.” World Book Advanced. World Book, Inc., 2009. Web. 6 June 2009. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/home>.

“Vlad the Impaler.” World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2009. Web. 6 June 2009. <http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com>.

ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE, ORIGINALLY PRINT

Last name, First name of article author. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical. Day Month Year: page number (s). Title of Database. Medium. Date of access. <URL of database home page>.

Eyre, Banning. “Vampire Weekend.” Guitar Player. Apr. 2009: 56(3). General OneFile. Web. 2 Apr. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com>.

PAGE ON A WEBSITE

Note: If no publisher is given, use “n.p.” If no update or copyright date is given, use “n.d.”

Last name, First name of page author. “Title of Page.” Title of Website. Publisher or sponsor of website, Date of last update or copyright. Medium. Date of access. <URL>.

“Once Bitten.” Nature: Bloody Suckers. PBS, 2007. Web. 9 June 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/bloodysuckers/interview.html>.

Westerfeld, Scott. “Peeps.” Westerblog.com. n.p., 2005. Web. 2 Aug. 2009.

< http://www.scottwesterfeld.com/peeps.htm>.

MOVIE

Title of Film. Dir. First name Last name of director. Production company, Date film was released. Medium.

Twilight. Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Summit Entertainment, 2009. DVD.

ONLINE IMAGE

Last name, First name of artist or photographer [if available]. “Title of image” [give a descriptive title if there isn’t an official one]. Title of Website. Medium. Date of access. <URL>.

“Vampire costumes picture.” Halloween Online Magazine. Web. 9 June 2009. <http://www.halloween-online.com/costumes/halloween-costumes-how-to-vampires.html>.

INTERVIEW

Last name, First name of subject. Personal (or E-mail or Telephone) interview. Date interview was conducted.

Meyer, Stephenie. Telephone interview. 7 June 2009.