LA 8: The Essay

Writing Footnotes and a Bibliography

Writing a Bibliography - Book

Book by a Single Author:Last Name, First Name and Initial (if given). Title. City (and state/province if needed for clarity): Publisher (shortened form), Year.Eg. Frye, Northrup. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1957.

Writing a Bibliography - Book Cont’d

Book by Two or More Authors (Keep the same order of authors as on the book’s title page.)Last Name, First Name & Initial (if given), and First Name Last Name. Title. Edition. City: Publisher, Year.Stewart, Kay L., Chris J. Bullock, and Marian E. Allen. Essay Writing for Canadian Students. 5th ed.Scarborough: Pearson, 2003.

Writing a Bibliography – Internet Sites

Citing an Entire Internet Site

Title of Site. Editor’s name (if given). Publication Date or Latest Update. Date of Access <URL address>.

OneWorld.net. 17 July 2003 <http://www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/10/3>.

Writing a Bibliography – Part of an internet site.

Article in an Online Newspaper (author listed)

Author/s names. “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Full Publication Date. Date of Access <URL address>.

Gonsalves, Sean. “Understanding Islam and Terrorism.” AlterNet.org 1 July 2003.

<http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16287>.

Writing a Footnote

Author’s first initial, author’s last name. Title of book (underlined or in italics), year of publication: page number.

Eg. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Six Foot Giant, (2000): 48-50.

Writing a footnote from the same source as an earlier footnote.

Author’s last name, ABBREVIATED title of book underlined or italicized page number.

Eg.

1. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Six Foot Giant, (2000): 48-50.

2. Rowling, Harry Potter 53.

Footnoting a website article

Author’s name (or Anonymous), title of article in quotations, website name underlined or italicized date of publication <URL>.Eg. Mary Blake, "Siberian Spring," National Geographic Apr. 1999 <http://www.natgeog.ca/ca-his.html>. Eg2. Anon, "The Legacy of the Crusaders," Journal of Medieval History 6 Apr. 2002 <http://www.jomh.com/bkis/v31-lc.html>.

Repeated Footnotes from the same online source

Author’s last name OR, if anonymous, article’s title.

Eg. 2. Blake.

Eg. 2. "The Legacy of the Crusaders.”

Bibliography

Bell, Stewart. The Martyr's Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist. Mississauga, ON: Wiley, 2005.

Maltin, Leonard. Movie & Video Guide 2002 Edition. New York: New American, 2001.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic, 1999.