Noodlebib

Use this to create a quick citation that you can copy and paste into your bibliography.  Ask your librarian for help using this resource.

Use the patterns below to make a list of sources you used. Put your list in alphabetical order. Remember to indent all lines 5 spaces except the first line.

Books

Last Name, First Name. Name of book. City of publication:

Publisher's name, Copyright Date.

 

Example:

Greenfield, Eloise. Rosa Parks. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell

Company, 1973.

Encyclopedias (print)

"Article title". Name of encyclopedia. Copyright Date.

 

Example:

"Ant". World Book Encyclopedia. 1990.

CD-ROM (Encyclopedia)

Author (last name, first name). "Name of article." Name of encyclopedia.

CD-ROM. City: Publisher, Copyright Date.

 

Example:

McGinnis, Terri. "Dog." The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia.

CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book, Inc. 1995.

On-Line Magazine Article

Author. "Title." Journal Date. Date you read it URL

 

Example:

Halls, Kelly. "Juggling History." U.S. Kids June 1997. 10 Mar 2000

<http://discoverer.sirs.com/cgi-bin/dis-article- display?id=MA152516791158&artno=031110&searchkey=apples>.

Magazine Article

Author. "Title of Article." Name of magazine DD Mo. YYY: Pages.

 

Example:

Markham, Lois. "A Gallery of Great Native Americans."

Kids Discover Aug.-Sep. 1966: 6-7.

World Wide Web

Author. "Title." Group Title. Date created or revised. Institution.

Date you saw it. <URL>

 

Example:

"Bones." Newton's Apple. National Science Teacher's Association. 10 March 2000.

<http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/14/bones12.htm>

Interview

Last Name, First Name. Kind of interview. DD Mo. YYYY.

 

Example:

Goodkind, Mary. Personal interview. 4 Sept. 1996.