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The Bibliography Reference Guide
This is a free website that will help you cite your sources. It will NOT help you annotate.
How to Reference A...
You must cite all of your sources appropriately. Use the citation outlines below to help you.
Not finding what you need below? Use the National History Day Citation Page for ALL of your citation queries
Not finding what you need below? Use the National History Day Citation Page for ALL of your citation queries
... Website
Author last name, first name. “Title of the Page.” Credit to the organization who published this page. Last modified date.
Accessed date you accessed the site. URL.
“Magna Carta.” Avalon Project, Yale Law School. Last modified 2008. Accessed January 3, 2013.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/magframe.asp.
Author last name, first name. “Title of the Page.” Credit to the organization who published this page. Last modified date.
Accessed date you accessed the site. URL.
“Magna Carta.” Avalon Project, Yale Law School. Last modified 2008. Accessed January 3, 2013.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/magframe.asp.
... Photograph or image (on the Internet)
Artist / Photographer last name, first name (if known). Title of photograph or image. Type of image. Date (if known). Name
of site or organization publishing the image. URL.
Lange, Dorothea. San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 – Evacuees of Japanese Descent being Inoculated as they Registered for
Evacuation, and Assignment, Later, to War Relocation Authority Centers for the Duration of the War. Photograph.
April 1942. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002719511/.
... Published Map (reproduced online)
Creator last name, first name. Title of Map. Type of media (map, graph, chart). City of publication: Person/group who
created the map, year published. Name of site or organization publishing the image. URL.
[June 8, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group Situation Map. Map. [England?]: Twelfth Army Group, 1944. World War II Military
Situation Maps, Library of Congress. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5701s.ict21003.
Artist / Photographer last name, first name (if known). Title of photograph or image. Type of image. Date (if known). Name
of site or organization publishing the image. URL.
Lange, Dorothea. San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 – Evacuees of Japanese Descent being Inoculated as they Registered for
Evacuation, and Assignment, Later, to War Relocation Authority Centers for the Duration of the War. Photograph.
April 1942. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002719511/.
... Published Map (reproduced online)
Creator last name, first name. Title of Map. Type of media (map, graph, chart). City of publication: Person/group who
created the map, year published. Name of site or organization publishing the image. URL.
[June 8, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group Situation Map. Map. [England?]: Twelfth Army Group, 1944. World War II Military
Situation Maps, Library of Congress. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5701s.ict21003.
Book (this is only an example of books with multiple authors)
Author #1 last name, first name, Author #2 first and last name, and Author #3 first and last name. Title of the Book.
Publishing City: Publishing Company, year of publication.
Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the American People. Boston:
Wadsworth, 2010.
Author #1 last name, first name, Author #2 first and last name, and Author #3 first and last name. Title of the Book.
Publishing City: Publishing Company, year of publication.
Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the American People. Boston:
Wadsworth, 2010.
... Magazine article (in a database)
Author last name, first name. “Article Title.” Magazine Name, Date of publication, page number(s) where the article can be
found. Name of database where you found the article (accession number).
Zakaria, Fareed. “Big Fuss Over a Small Deal.” Time, December 9, 2013, 29. MasterFILE Main Edition (92663027).
Author last name, first name. “Article Title.” Magazine Name, Date of publication, page number(s) where the article can be
found. Name of database where you found the article (accession number).
Zakaria, Fareed. “Big Fuss Over a Small Deal.” Time, December 9, 2013, 29. MasterFILE Main Edition (92663027).
... Academic journal article (in a database)
Author last name, first name. “Article Title.” Journal the article was published in volume of journal, no. number of journal
(date of publication): page number(s) of the article. Stable URL from the database where you found the article.
Ballek, Barry J. “When the Ends Justify the Means: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase.” Presidential Studies
Quarterly 22, no. 4 (Fall 1992): 679-696. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27551031.
Author last name, first name. “Article Title.” Journal the article was published in volume of journal, no. number of journal
(date of publication): page number(s) of the article. Stable URL from the database where you found the article.
Ballek, Barry J. “When the Ends Justify the Means: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase.” Presidential Studies
Quarterly 22, no. 4 (Fall 1992): 679-696. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27551031.
... Interview (personal)
Last name, first name of person interviewed. How the interview was conducted. Date of the interview.
Harris, Jim. E-mail message to author. May 1, 2012
Last name, first name of person interviewed. How the interview was conducted. Date of the interview.
Harris, Jim. E-mail message to author. May 1, 2012