Keeping track of sources
Directions: Use the forms below to keep track of the sources that you find for your research project. Download this page to your Desktop and open it in your word processor (e.g., Word or Open Office, etc), take out my sample information, use each blank form to collect information about a source, and then create a bibliographic entry that you can then enter into your Blogger blog Bibliography page.
#1 Database sources (example)
Author’s name | |
Title of article | |
Publication information | |
Name of periodical | |
Date of publication (and see addition for newspapers) | |
Section and page number | |
Database information | |
Name of database | |
Date you accessed the site |
Note: If page numbers are not included, use n. pag. do not include the URL for the database.
An entry in an MLA-style bibliography/works cited list would look like this:
Shefner, Ruth. “Politics Deserve Teens’ Attention.” Post-Standard [Syracuse] 28 Nov. 2006, final ed.: B3. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 28 Apr. 2010.
#2 Web source (example)
Author’s name, if available (if not, use the associated institution or organization) | |
Title of article | |
Publication information | |
Name of site or online journal | |
Publication or sponsor of the site | |
Date of publication or of site’s last update | |
Date you accessed the site | |
URL |
An entry in an MLA-style bibliography/works cited list would look like this:
Samadzadeh, Nozlee. “Farm Update: The Third Annual Jack Hitt Annual Last Day of Classes Pig Roast.” Yale Sustainable Food Project Student Blog. Yale Sustainable Food Project, 3 May 2010. Web. 10 May 2010.
#3 Print sources
a. Book
Author’s names | |
Title of the book | |
Publication information | |
Place of publication | |
Name of publisher | |
Date of publication | |
Medium of publication |
An entry in an MLA-style bibliography/works cited list would look like this:
Ojito, Mirta. Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exile. New York: Penguin, 2005. Print.
b. Journals
Author’s name | |
Title of article | "Class Notes: Keeping in Touch." |
Publication Information | |
Name of journal | Review: Millersville University Magazine |
Volume number and issue number | Volume 125, No. 1 |
Date of publication (and addition for newspapers) | Fall 2011 |
Page numbers of the article | 28-32 |
Medium of publication | magazine |
An entry in an MLA-style bibliography/works cited list would look like this:
Romano, Susan. “‘Grande Convergence’ in the Mexican Colonial Mundane: The Matter of Introductories.” Rhetorical Society Quarterly 40.1 (2010): 71-93. Print.
