Bibliography Guide

Your bibliography should include all the sources used in preparing a speech, including Internet documents, personal interviews, television programs, and CD-ROM publications, as well as print materials such as books, magazines, newspapers, etc. I would prefer that you use the Modern Language Association (MLA) style format for your bibliographies. Entries should be alphabetized based on the first available piece of information about your source (usually the author’s last name). Sample entries for different kinds of publications are provided below.

KEEP IN MIND: A bibliography should be alphabetized according to the first known piece of information about the source (usually the author’s last name). Also remember that the second line of each entry should be indented. DO NOT include the bold-faced titles provided in these examples.

Book: Single Author

Lampe, Gregory P. Frederick Douglass: Freedom’s Voice, 1818-1845. East Lansing, MI:

            Michigan State UP, 1998.

Book: Two or More Authors

Andrews, Kevin, and Michelle Curtis. A Changing Australia: The Social, Cultural, and

            Economic Trends Facing Australia. Annandale, VA: Federation Press, 1998.

Book: Second or Later Edition

Lerner, Gerda. The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina. 2^nd ed. New York: Oxford UP,

            1998.

Book: Corporate Author

American Association of Cereal Chemists. Sweeteners. St. Paul, MN: American

            Association of Cereal Chemists, 1998.

Book: Anthology or Compilation

Ram, Kalpana, and Margaret Jolley, eds. Maternities and Moderities: Colonial and

            Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge UP,

            1998.

Chapter in Anthology or Compilation

Stivens, Maila. “Modernizing the Malay Mother.” Maternities and Moderities: Colonial

            And Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific. Ed. Kalpana Ram and

            Margaret Jolly. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. 50-80.

Signed Magazine Article

Williams, Patricia. “Speaking of Race.” Atlantic Monthly May 1998: 9-11.

Unsigned Magazine Article

“Tracking Nuclear Weapons.” Time 25 May 1998: 38-39.

Journal Article, Continuous Pagination

Smith, Grant W. “The Political Impact of Name Sounds.” Communication Monographs

            65 (1998): 154-72.

Journal Article, Non-continuous Pagination

Kauffman, James M., and Harold J. Burbach. “Creating Classroom Civility.” Education

            Digest 63.1 (1998): 12-18.

Signed Newspaper Article

Price, Hugh B. “Tell Me Again: Why are S.A.T. Scorces So Crucial?” New York Times

            26 May 1998: A23.

Unsigned Newspaper Article

“4.7 Million Children Qualify for Medicaid.” Los Angeles Times, 18 May 1998: A11.

Signed Newspaper Editorial

Emmerich, Stacy. “Equal Pay for Equal Work Still a Problem for Women.” Editorial.

            Wisconsin State Journal 10 Apr. 1998: A9.

Unsigned Newspaper Editorial

“Hospitals Resist Reform, Work New Doctors Too Hard.” Editorial. USA Today 28 May

            1998: A12.

Government Publication

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. New Motor Vehicles and New Motor

            Vehicle Engines Air Pollution Control: Voluntary Standards for Light-Duty

            Vehicles. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1998.

Signed Article in Reference Work

Chaney, Warren H. “Ventriloquism.” Collier’s Encyclopedia. New York: Collier’s, 1996.

Unsigned Article in Reference Work

“Morrison, Toni.” Who’s Who of American Women, 1997-1998. New Providence, NJ:

            Marquis Who’s Who, 1996.

Personal Interview

Hernandez, Inez. Personal interview. 17 Feb. 1998.

Letter or E-mail Communication

Ahmed, Mohammed. E-mail to the author. 5 May 1998.

Speech or Lecture

Chan, Yi-Huang. Lecture on water pollution. Geography 212: Environmental Science.

            University of Florida, 14 Mar. 1998.

Television Program

“Crazy Like a Fox?” Narr. Ed Bradley. 60 Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York. 31 May

            1998.

Film

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision. Dir. Freida Lee Mock. Santa Monica, CA: American

            Film Foundation, 1995.

CD-ROM Publication

Roundy, Robert W. “Ethiopia.” Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. CD-ROM.

            Carlsbad, CA: Compton’s NewMedia, Inc., 1994.

World Wide Web Document

Centers for Disease Control. “Preventing Foodborne Illness.” 9 Aug. 1996 [last update].

            <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/Food borne/e_coli.htm> 12 June 1998.

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