Study Skills

DOCUMENTING SOURCES HELP-- Samples by Type of Source:

Note: Sources are ALPHABETIZED according to the author's last name or, if there is no author, the first major word of the title. (Do not use "a," "an," or "the" to alphabetize your list.) Sources are NOT grouped according to type of source.

Book

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, year.

Borax, Claude. Geology and Washing Machines. New York: Putnam, 2000.

CD-ROM Reference

“Picasso, Pablo.” The 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Danbury: Grolier, 1999.

Internet Source

Author(s). Name of Page. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization

affiliated with the site. Date of Access <electronic address>.

Borax, Claude. Cleansing with Pumice. 10 Mar. 1999. American Soap Association. 13 Oct. 2002

< http://www.clean-life.edu/soap.htm>.

Magazine Article

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Magazine or Journal Article.”

Magazine. Day Month Year: Page numbers

Borax, Claude. “Scrubbing Bubbles Invasion.” Scientific American. Feb. 2001: 21+.

Newspaper Article

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Newspaper Article.” Name of Newspaper. Day Month Year: Page numbers.

Borax, Claude. “Soaping Your Way to Health.” The Spokesman Review. 4 Nov. 2002: A6.

Personal Interview

Borax, Claude. Personal interview. 14 Oct. 2002.

Television Show

The Miracle of Soap. PBS. WNET, New York. 13 Sept. 2002.