Bibliography

Use the tables below to collect information for your bibliography. Highlight the sections you need and then print it by choosing “selection” from the print menu.

Make sure you list your sources in alphabetical order.

Use the author’s last name first. If no author is given use the title as your first entry.

PART 1: Print Encyclopedias or a Specialized Encyclopedias

*For well known encyclopedias such as World Book use the following:

Author of article if given (last name, first name.)	“Title of Article.”	Name of Encyclopedia.	Year ed.

“Alberta.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2004 ed.

**For encyclopedias that are not well known use the following:

Author of article if given (last name, first name.)	“Title of Article.”	Name of Encyclopedia.	Editor. (if given)	Edition. (if given)	# of vols.

Place of publication:	Publisher,	Year of publication.

“Alberta.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2004. 22 vols. Chicago: World Book, 2004.

If you are unsure of any publication information for your bibliography, check our library database. Type the title of your book and click on the title icon. Scroll down to publication information.

Author(s) (last name, first name.) Use a comma before “and”	Title.	Edition if other than first.	Place of publication:	Publisher’s Name,	Copyright date.

Caselli, Giovanni. The Roman Empire and the Dark Ages. New York: Peter

Fitzpatrick, Frederick L., and Hale, J.W. Modern Life Science. Toronto:

Author (last name, first name, et al.)	Title.	Edition if other than first.	Where published:	Publisher’s Name,	Copyright date.

Same as above, except use the first author listed, then add the Latin phrase “et al” which means and others.

Brandwein, Paul, et al. You and your resources. New York: Harcourt, Brace

If an article starts on one page and is interrupted by other pages, use + after the

If there is more than one edition of a newspaper such as a late and an early edition,

identify the edition as follows: (eg. 14 Apr. 2006, late edition:).

Author of article if given (last name, first name.)	“Title.”	Name of Newspaper	Date: or Date, edition:	Section page & page # or page # or page #+ .

If a newspaper is numbered consecutively only include the page number. If the newspaper uses sections and page numbers write the section and page number

Kane, Michael. “Federally-Regulated Pension Sector Faces Challenges.”

Author of article if given (last name, first name.)	“Title.”	Name of Magazine	Date:	Pages covered by the article.

Webster, Paul. “Sounds of Silence.” Canadian Geographic Jan 2006: 56-62.

Use <angle brackets> for the electronic address, web address or URL

Date of access is important because web postings are often updated and information available at one time may not be available at another time.

If any information for the bibliography is not available, provide us much as you can.

Dates are written as follows: day Mon. year. Abbreviate the month with 3 letters.

If the URL runs on to another line, break it after the slash.

Author if given (last name, first name.)	“Title of Article.” or “document.”	Name of the Page.	Date of Posting.	Name of organization or institution responsible.

Poland, Dave. “The Hot Button.” Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television

Online Encyclopedia (World Book Encyclopedia)

Author if given (last name, first name.)	“Title of Article.”	Name of the Encyclopedia.	Place of Access,	<Web address>.
			Richmond, B.C.,

Hoffman, Peter. “Hitler.” World Book Online Reference Centre, 2006. Richmond,

Author if given (last name, first name.)	“Title of Article.” or document	Publication Name	Vol # (if given)	Publica-tion date:	Page # to Page #. (if given)	Name of Database.

Service Name. (company that provides the database)	Subscriber., (abbreviations are okay, but make sure to use a period after the abbreviation)	Place City, Prov.	Date of access Day mon.. year:	<Web Address>.
	London Sec. Lib.,	Richmond, B.C.

"Genetics." Gale Encyclopedia of Science 2004: Student Resource Center.

Thomson Gale. London Sec. Lib., Richmond, B.C. 05 April 2006

Author (last name, first name.)	Title of Book.	[Year] (date of first publication if available)	Date of Access	<Web Address>.

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. [1813] 05 Apr. 2006 <http://www.illuminate.net>.

Author of article if given (last name, first name.)	“Title.”	Name of Journal	Date of Issue.	Date of Access.	<Web address>.

Hirsch, Michael. "Class of Ideas." Newsweek 06 Apr. 2006. 06 Apr. 2006.

*Even though this paricular magazine is updated several times during the day only give

Artist if available (last name, first name.)	“Description or title of image.”	Date of image. or No date.	Online image.	Title of larger site.	Date of Access.	<Web address>.

Picasso, Pablo. “Girl with a Mandolin.” 1910. Online image. Pablo Picasso.

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