Teaching, Helping, Educating with Pathfinders

 

Style Sheet for Citations in Pathfinders

 

Books:

Title of Book, by Author's name (copyright date, ed.)
    Example:  Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose (1996)

Title of Book (copyright date, ed.)
   Example: Harvard guide to American History (1974)

Journals

Title of Magazine/Journal
   
Example: American History

Magazine Articles

"Title of Article," by Author. Name of Magazine (date of magazine issue)
    Example: "Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & Clark Expedition, " by Frank L.  Iber. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association (July 2, 2003)

Multi-Media, Non-Print

        Title (publisher, date) [format]
             Example: Sacagawea: Heroine of the Lewis and Clark Journey (Questar, 2004) [DVD]

Television Show/Series

Name of show (network or cable channel) [television show/series]
    Example: Simply Quilts (Home and Garden Television) [television show]

Web Pages/Portals

Name of web page
    URL  [do not include http://]
   Example:
      Lewis and Clark: the Journey of Discovery (PBS site to accompany Ken Burns' film)
          www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html

Organizations

Name of Organization
   URL  or  (location); phone number
   Example:  Lewis and Clark Trail Foundation, Inc.
                         (Great Falls, MT); 888-701-3434
                         www.lewisandclark.org


Collections/Museums

Collection or Museum (location); phone number and/or URL
   Examples:

Western Heritage Trail Center (Council Bluffs, IA); 712-366-4900

      Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Exhibition
         www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org

 

 

 

 

 

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