Bibliography: Print Sources
Chicago Format
(used for most history courses)
http://www.necc.mass.edu/library
Books: Basic Format
Author’s last name, first name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Examples:
Book with one author
Hallowell, Edward M. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids
Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
Book with two or three authors
Miller, Mark D., and Charles F. Reynolds III. Living Longer Depression Free: A Family Guide
to Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Depression in Later Life. Baltimore: The Johns
Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Book with more than three authors
Scipien, Gladys. M., Marilyn A. Chard, Jeanne Howe, and Martha Underwood Barnard.
Pediatric Nursing Care. St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 1990.
Book with an editor
Gardner, Helen, ed. The New Oxford Book of English Verse. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1972.
Book with a translator
Mastretta, Angeles. Mexican Bolero. Translated by Ann Wright. London: Viking, 1986.
Encyclopedia or dictionary
Reference works are usually not included in the bibliography, however they should be
cited appropriately in the Footnotes.
Work in an anthology
Tan, Amy. “Two Kinds.” in The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, ed. Joyce Carol Oates,
715-726. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Articles in a Periodical: Basic Format
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Volume, no. , date, page
number(s).
Examples:
Article from a weekly magazine
Anderson, Jon Lee. “War Wounds: Bombs Fall and the Lights Go Out.” The New Yorker 79,
no.8, April 14, 2003: 46-52.
Article from a monthly magazine
Dougherty, Tim. “Affirmative Action Front and Center.” Hispanic Business 25, no.4 April 2003:
20.
Article from a journal that uses volume & issue numbers
Minow, Mark. “Public and Private Partnerships: Accounting for the New Religion.” Harvard
Law Review 115, no.5 (2003): 1229-1270.
Article from a daily newspaper
Tanner, Lindsey. “Childhood Obesity Studied.” Boston Globe, April 9, 2003: A4.
Editorial from a daily newspaper
The War Begins. The New York Times, March 20, 2003: A4.
Letter to the editor
Lichtman, S. B. Boston Herald, April 9, 2003: 24.
Book or film review
Updike, John.Review of the book Cosmopolis, by Don DeLillo, The New Yorker 79, no.6, March
31, (2003): 102-103.
Other Sources
Government publication
U. S. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 117th ed. Washington, DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997.
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Begin your bibliography on a separate page.
Center the title Bibliography one inch from the top of the page.
Entries are single-spaced, with double spacing between entries.
Begin each entry at the left margin.
Alphabetize entries by the author’s last name.
When no author is given, alphabetize by the first word of the title.
Indent the second line (and any following lines) 5 spaces.
Italicize names of books and journals.