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Works Cited (Bibliography) Guide
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Use this style guide to cite your sources correctly.
1. Identify the type of source you are citing. Is it a book with one author, a magazine, a website?
2. Click on the type of source you are citing.
3. Follow the format/style of the source.
4. In the final form, a Works Cited page is alphabetized. sort your sources alphabetically by the first word of the citation, ignoring a, an, and the.
5. In the final form, a Works Cited page should be double spaced. The second and following lines of each citation is indented five spaces.
What sources are you citing?
ENCYCOPEDIAS (General):
Author of article Last name, First name. "Title of article." Name of Encyclopedia. Copyright date.
Examples:
no author listed: "Dinosaur." World Book Encycopedia, 2002.
author listed: Chiappini, Luciano. "Liberty, Statue of." World Book Encyclopedia, 2002. .(back to top)
BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR
Author's Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.
Example: Freedman, Richard. What Unions Do. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2003.
BOOKS WITH TWO AUTHORS:
Author's Last name, First name, and First Name Last Name of other Author. Title of Book. City of ublication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.
EXAMPLE: Hyde, Margaret, and Elizabeth Held Forsyth. Suicide: The HiddenEpidemic. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 2002.
BOOKS WITH MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
Author's Last name, First name, et al. Title of Book. City ofPublication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.
EXAMPLE: Edens, Walter, et al. Teaching Shakespeare. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Press, 2000.
BOOK WITH NO AUTHOR:
Title of Book.City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.
EXAMPLE: World Almanac & Book of Facts 2003. New York: World Almanac Books, 2003.
MULTIVOLUME WORK:
Author of article Last name, First name. (if listed) "Article Title." Title of Work. Ed. editor of the work. Vol. Number. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year. Inclusive page numbers.
*If no author is given for the article, start the citation wih the Article Title.
EXAMPLE: Hornberger, Theodore. "Benjamin Franklin." American Writers: A Collection Of Literary Biographies. Ed. Leonard Unger. Vol. II. New York: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1974. 101-25.
MAGAINE:
Author of article, Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine. Day Month Year: inclusive page numbers.
*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.
Example: Thompson, Mark. "Up From the Depth." Time 28 Feb. 2002: 43-46.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Author of article Last name, First name. "Article Title." Name of Newspaper Day Month Year: Section letter and page.
*if no author is given for the article, start the citation with the Article Title.
Example: Manning, Sara. "Curriculum Battles from Left and Right." USA Today 2 Jan. 2003: D5
WEBSITE:
Author of article (if listed). "Title of the article." Name of the site (or online database). Other relevant information (when available) Date assessed-Day Month Year .
*Since many website addresses are lengthy, include only the Internet address up to the first single slash (adding any relevant path and file names).
Examples:
"Elephant." Worldbook Online. 30 Mar. 2002 http://www.worldbookonline.com
Schaller. George. ""On the Trail of New Species." Scientific American 1 May 2002: 44. Newsbank Infoweb. Ryan Library, Denton, TX: 18 Oct. 2002 http://inforweb.newsbank.com.
Gahr, Evan. "Access to Guns Can Lead to School Shootings." Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. 8 Jan. 2003 http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet.
"Raebok International Ltd." Hoover's Online. 2002. Hoover's Company Information. 14 Jan. 2003 http://www.hoover.com/capsules/112666html.
Personal website: Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 13 Dec. 2002 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca: 8080/~ian/.
INTERVIEW:
Last name of person interviewed, First name. Kind of interview. Date
Examples:
Stephani, Gwen. Telephone interview. 12 June 2002.
Woods, Tiger. Personal interview. 18 Dec. 2002.
VIDEO OR FILM:
Title. Director. Performers (if pertinent). Distributer, Date of release.
*Cite a video, DVD, and slide program like a film, but include the original release date (if relevant) and the medium, neither underlined nor enclosed in quotes, before the name of the distributor.
Example: Titanic. Dir. James Cameron. Perf. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Paramount, 1997.
MUSIC:
Last name of Artist, First name. Title of Recording. Recording Company, Year.
Example: Simon, Paul. Father and Daugher. Warner Bros., 2002.
PAMPHLET:
Author's Last name, First name, Title of Pamphlet. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Publication year.
Example: Smith, John. Erie Canal. Albany: New York Historical Society, 1997.
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