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This page may be used as a reference while working on a paper at school.
* A list of works cited is arranged in alphabetical order by the first word of each entry with the exception of a, an, and the. Each entry is in reverse indention.
* Some of the information needed might not be available, such as the author.
Write whatever you can find in the same order, excluding what you can’t find.For entries with more than two authors
Example: Silverstein, Alvin, et. al.
PRINT SOURCE EXAMPLES |
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| BOOK |
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| Structure: | Author or Editor. Title. City/State of publication: Publishing company, Copyright date. | |
| Example: | Yount, Lisa. Cancer. New Haven, Connecticut: Lucent Books, 2007. | |
| BOOK (Two Authors) | ||
| Example: | Dolan, Edward F., and Margaret M. Scariano. Illiteracy in America. | |
| New York: Franklin Watts, 2000. | ||
| GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIA (World Book, Americana, etc.) | ||
| Structure: | Author of article (listed in small letters at the end of each article). “Title of the | |
| article.” Name of encyclopedia. Edition (year). | ||
| Example: | Payne, Stanley G. “Spain.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2006 ed. | |
| MULTI-VOLUME WORK (Specialized sets: science, health, animals, biography, etc.) | ||
| Structure: | Editor or author. Title. Volume used. City/State of publication: | |
| Publisher, Copyright date. | ||
| Example: | Kane, William M.,ed. Health Matters. Volume 1. | |
| Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, 2002. | ||
| MAGAZINE | ||
| Structure: | Author. “Title of article.” Name of magazine Date of magazine: Pages. | |
| (If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, | ||
| write only the first page number and a plus sign). | ||
| Example: | Stern, Linda. “A Survival Guide.” Newsweek 1 May, 2000: | |
| 74-76. | ||
| NEWSPAPER | ||
| Structure: | Author. “Title of article.” Name of newspaper Date: pages. | |
| Example: | Merriam, Ginny. “Going Up, Up, Up.” Missoulian 20 May 2004: B1+. | |
| PAMPHLET - IF an author is listed for the pamphlet, place it before the title. | ||
| Structure: | Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright date. | |
| Example: | Safety in the Home. Seattle: American Red Cross, 2005. | |
| SIRS ARTICLE | ||
| Structure: | Author. “Title of article.” Name of Publication. Copyright date: pages. Source, | |
| year. Title of binder. Article number. | ||
| Example: | Ragavan, Chitra. “Fixing the FBI.” U.S. News & World Report. 28 March | |
| 2005: 18+. SIRS, 2006. Global Issues. #31. | ||
NON-PRINT SOURCE EXAMPLES |
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| AUDIO-VISUAL (videocassette, DVD, CD-ROM, etc.) | ||
| Structure: | Title. Director or other pertinent data such as writer, | |
| performers, and producer. Format (DVD, CD-ROM, etc.). Distributor. Year of release. | ||
| Example: | It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed and | |
| Lionel Barrymore. DVD. Republic, 1946. | ||
| E-MAIL MESSAGE | ||
| Structure: | Writer. “Title of message (taken from the subject line).” E-mail to person’s | |
| name. Date of the message. | ||
| Example: | Frank, Norman. “Re: Questions about Animal Shelter.” E-mail to Amy Sands. | |
| 26 May 2000. | ||
| INTERNET WEBSITE - If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. | ||
| Structure: | Title of page. Name of the author or editor of site, if given. Date of posting/revision, if given. | |
| Name of any sponsoring institution or organization <URL>. | ||
| Example: | Medieval Arms Race. Margaret Miller. 4 January 2000. PBS <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ | |
| lostempires/trebuchet/race.html>. | ||
| INTERNET-IMAGE, SOUND, OR VIDEO CLIP | ||
| Structure: | Producer, artists, or photographer, if given. “Description or title.” Date of | |
| image, sound, or video clip, if given. Description of Medium. (online image, video clip, etc.). | ||
| Title of page. Date of download (when you got it) <URL>. | ||
| Example: | Wilkinson, Mary. “Sea Turtles.” 3 March 1997. Online image. The Wild Ones Animal | |
| Index. 8 March 2007 < http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/ | ||
| seaturtl.html>. | ||
| INTERVIEW | ||
| Structure: | Name of the person interviewed. Kind of interview (Personal interview, | |
| Telephone interview). Date. | ||
| Example: | Midas, Davis. Personal interview. 24 May 2000. | |
| SOUND RECORDING (Compact Disc, LP, or audiocassette) | ||
| Structure: | Artist / Group. “Title of song.” Title of album. Manufacturer’s name, date. | |
| Example: | Marsalis, Wynton. “Fuchsia.” Think of One. Columbia, 1983. | |
| INFOTRAC | ||
1. INFOTRAC: Magazine and Journal Articles |
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| Structure: | Author of article. “Title of article.” Name of magazine Date of | |
| magazine: pages used. Name of online database. Date of | ||
| access. | ||
| Example: | Hayden, Thomas. “Space: Oh, the Places We’ll Go!” Newsweek | |
| 1 Jan. 2000: 66. INFOTRAC. 26 May 2000. | ||
2. INFOTRAC (Reference book articles from Discovering Collection, etc.) |
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| Citation information for reference book articles on Infotrac | ||
| is usually listed at the bottom of each article and can be copied exactly. | ||