Citing Resources
A bibliography is an important part of a research report.  By using a bibliography, students demonstrate responsible and ethical use of information.  Prairie Creek has adopted the following bibliographical form for print and nonprint materials.  It is a simplified version of standard bibliographical format.

If you wish, you may use Citation Machine to help you create your bibliography.  You simply enter informatin into a form and it produces the citation for you.  Choose "MLA" from the left hand menu.

1.  List the entries in alphabetical order.

2.  Leave a one (1) inch margin all around.

3.  Indent second line five (5) spaces.

4.  Double space between each new listing. 

5.  Note punctuation and follow exactly.  Put a period at the end of each entry.

6.  Use European style for dates: ex.: 3 March 1998.

7.  If required information, such as author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out.

PRINT SOURCES

Book with one author:

1.  Author's last name (comma), first name (period).
2.  Title of book (period). (Underline the title of book).
3.  City of publication (colon). 
4.  Name of the publisher (comma).
5.  Copyright date (period).

This information comes from the Title Page of the book.

Cohen, Daniel.  America's Very Own Ghosts.  New 
         York:  Doubleday, 1985.

Encyclopedia and other reference books:

1.  Author's last name (comma), first name (period).
(If available: can usually be found at the end of the article in small print.) 
2.  Title of article as it appears (period).  (Put quotation marks around the title.)
3.  Name of the encyclopedia (period). (Underline the name). 
4.  The year of edition. (period).

Encyclopedia - Signed Article:

Tobias, Richard C.  "Gymnastics." Encyclopedia Americana.  1980 ed.

Encyclopedia - Unsigned Article:

"France."  Compton's Encyclopedia.  1998.

General Reference Books:

"Ghana". The Statesman's Year-Book.  Ed. Brian Hunter.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Article in a periodical:

1.  Author's last name (comma), first name (period). 
2.  Title of article (period).  (Put quotation marks around title.) 
3.  Name of the magazine or newspaper (No punctuation mark: Underline the title.) 
4.  Day, month, and year of the article (colon).
5.  Page number(s) of the article (period). 

 Article- one author: 

Haverkamp, Beth.  "Bad Women and Bandit Queens."          Cobblestone May 1996: 20-22.

Article- no author: 

"N.F.L. Training Camp Report" The New York Times
         21 August 1996:  B12.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Encyclopedia and other publications on CD-ROM:

1.  Author's name (if available). 
2.  Title of the information (period).  (Put quotation marks around title). 
3.  Title of CD (period).  (Underline title).
4.  Name of editor or compiler (if available).
5.  Publication medium:  CD-ROM (period). 
6.  Edition, release or version (if relevant).
7.  Place of publication (colon).
8.  Name of the publisher (comma).
9.  Date of publication (period.)

"Belgium."Encarta.CD-ROM.Microsoft.1996.

"Albatross. "The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed.CD-ROM.Oxford:Oxford UP,1992.

ONLINE SOURCES

Encyclopedia from an online service:

1.  Title of the article (period).  (Place the title in quotation marks.) 
2.  Name of the encyclopedia (period).  (Underline the title).
3.  Version number and date (period).
4.  Name of computer service (period).
5.  Date of use (period). 
6.  If the user retrieves material by entering a KEYWORD, complete the Citation by writing Keyword and the word itself following the name of the Service and the date of access.

"Wombat." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Vers.      2.0,1997. America Online. 25 June 1996. Keyword: Compton's.