Black History – BIBLIOGRAPHY

We will be using MLA formatting this project.  Generally, we are listing sources in alphabetical order by authors’ last names.

Example of a bibliography with multiple types of sources

Please use these links for formatting each sources:

Basic Formatting 

Books

Periodicals (including magazines and newspapers–actual ones made out of paper!)

Electronic Sources (including websites, pages on websites, and e-books)

Other Common Sources (including films, TV shows, and podcasts)

 

BASICS (note punctuation):

Book format:

Author’s Last name, First name. Book Title. Publisher, Year published.

Format for an e-book found on the Internet:

Author’s Last name, First name. Title of E-Book. Publisher, Year published. Title of Website, URL.

YouTube video format:

“Title of video.” YouTube, uploaded by ___________, day month year, URL.

Website format:

Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Individual Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher, Date, URL.

Blog format:

Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Blog Post.” Title of Blog, Publisher, Date published, website address.

Newspaper format if found on a website:

Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper’s Website, publication date, URL (always remove http:// or https:// from the citation).

Example of a common way to cite a film:

Film Title. Directed by First name Last name, Publisher, Year.

Works Cited in MLA