Name________________________                                                                             J.A. Jones

 

PRELIMINARY or WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHECKLIST
           

 

___      ___      1. Title: Preliminary or Working Bibliography 
                            (Bibliography or Works Cited for completed essay)

___      ___      2. Title centered, correctly capitalized, not underlined or quoted

___      ___      3. Bibliography double spaced throughout

___      ___      4. No extra spaces between entries

___      ___      5. First line of entry at margin; following lines of entry indented

___      ___      6. Entries not numbered

___      ___      7. Entries correctly alphabetized

___      ___      8. Correct entry of subsequent work(s) by same author

___      ___      9. Correct listing of no-author work

___      ___      10. Correct listing of multi--author work

___      ___      11. Complete information -- see below **

___      ___      12. Titles of books, magazines, newspapers, and websites underlined or italicized

___      ___      13. Titles of short works, articles and webpages quoted

___      ___      14. Correct use of ed. and Ed.

___      ___      15. Page numbers given for short works

___      ___      16. Volume number given if applicable

___      ___      17. Date posted (if available) and date accessed for webpage included

___      ___      18. URL in < >

___      ___      19. Items in correct order

___      ___      20. Correct punctuation and capitalization of entries

 

 

Complete citations include all available pieces of information:

 

Books:

 

Author. Title. City: Publisher, year published. Print.

 

Author. "Chapter Title." Book Title. City: Publisher, year published. 

 

          inclusive pages of chapter. Print.

 

Author. "Article or Poem Title." original date. Book Title. Ed. Editor's name. City: 

 

          Publisher, year published. inclusive pages of article. Print.

 

Webpages (you may have to search the site to find some of this information):

 

Author. "Webpage." date posted. Name of Website. date posted. 

 

           date accessed. < http:www.etc >. Web.

Author. "Title of Article." Journal Name. volume: number (date). inclusive pages. Database. Web.