LA 8: The Essay

1. LA 8: The Essay Writing Footnotes and a Bibliography

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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>.

5. 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>.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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>.

9. 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.”

10. 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.