Bibliography Style Guides

Book

Structure:

Last, First M. Book Title. City: Publisher, Year Published. Medium.

Example:

Carley, Michael J. 1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War II. Chicago: Dee, 1999. Print.

Magazine

Structure:

Last, First M. “Article Title.” Magazine Title. Day Month Year Published: Page(s). Medium.

Example:

Pressman, Aaron. “Bottom Fishing in Rough Waters.” BusinessWeek . 29 Sept. 2008: 27. Print.

Website

Structure:

Last, First M. “Article Title.” Website Title. Website Publisher, Day Month Year Published. Web. Day Month Year Accessed.

Example:

Satalkar, Bhakti. “Water Aerobics.” Buzzle.com. 15 July 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.

*Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your instructor.

Online Database

Structure:

Last, First M. “Article Title.” Journal Title. Series Volume. Issue (Year Published): Page(s). Database Name. Web. Day Month Year Accessed.

Example:

Ahn, Hyunchul, and Kyoung-jae Kim. “Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Nearest Neighbors for Data Mining.” Annals of Operations Research 263.1 (2008): 5-18. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Sept. 2008.

*Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your instructor.

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