Works Cited

RESEARCH PAPER

WORKS CITED

• A list of sources consulted and used in your paper.• LAST page of your paper.

• Whole new page added to the end of your document.

• Numbering in header continues.• Does not count as one of the pages of your paper,

but is a REQUIREMENT for the paper to pass!

WORKS CITED

• Center the title: Works Cited, one inch from the top.

• DO NOT• Underline, bold face, italicize or change the FONT of the title.

• Maintain double spacing between title and the first entry and between each entry.

WORKS CITED

• Reverse Indentation: begin each entry flush with the left margins (1” margin). If entry runs more than one line, indent each additional line (TAB or 5 spaces).

• Arrange alphabetically by author’s last name if there is not author use the title.

• No Author? Then use “Article/ Page” title.

WORKS CITED

• Punctuation is VERY important!

• Name format for author’s whose names are listed first in a citation:• Last name, first name• Examples:

• Any additional authors names in a list are put normal: first then last name.

• King, Stephen • Smith, Robert Stephen • Tolkien, J.R.R.

WORKS CITED

• Date Format: day Month year (8 Mar. 2011)

• Missing information: (web sites only)• No date: n.d.

• No publisher: n.p.

• Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL)

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl

BASIC BOOK CITATION

Author’s name Last, First. Title of Book. City:

Publisher’s Name, Year Published. Print.

Example:

Salvator, R. A.. The Legend of Dritz. Renton, WA: Wizards of the

Coast, 2010. Print.

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TWO AUTHORS

Author’s Name, and Author’s Name. Title. City:

Publisher, Year. Print.

Example:

Cast, P.C., and Kristin Cast. Marked. New York: St.

Martin’s Griffin, 2007. Print.

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THREE AUTHORS

Author’s Name, Author’s Name, and Author’s Name.

Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print.

Example:

Beddoes, Richard, Stan Fisher, and Ian Gitler. Hockey! The Story

of the World’s Fastest Sport. London: Macmillan Co., 1969.

Print.

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MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS

Author’s name, et. al. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year.

Print.

Example:

Lewis, Laurel J., et. al. Linear Systems. New York: McGraw, 2000.

Print.

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TWO WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

• ABC order by Title. Don’t but the author’s name twice but put a dash (--) at the beginning of the next entry.

Franklin, R.W., ed. The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson.

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1981.

Print.

--. The Poems of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge: The Belknap Press

of Harvard UP, 1998. Print.

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CORPORATE AUTHOR

Corporation’s Name. Book Title. City of Publication:

Publisher, Date of Publication. Print.

Example

World Health Organization. Water Safety Plan Manual.

Geneva: World Health Organization, 2009. Print.

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ANTHOLOGY (A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS

USING AN EDITOR)

Editor’s Name, ed. Book Name. City of Publication:

Publisher, Year. Print.Example:

Farrell, Edmund J., Ouida H. Clapp, and Karen J. Kuehner, eds. Patterns in Literature. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1989. Print.

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WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY

Author of work. “Name of the work.” Name of Anthology.

Ed. Editor’s name. City of Publication: Publication,

Year. Page numbers. Print.Example:

Abby, Cherie, D., ed. “Jennifer Lopez. 1970-.” Biography Today.

Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2002. 191-210. Print.

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INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, FOREWORD, OR AFTERWORD

Author of selection. Type of piece used. Book Name. By

Author’s Name. City: Publisher, Year. Page

numbers. Print.Example:

Starkman, Miriam Kosh. Introduction. Gulliver’s Travels. By

Jonathan Swift. New York: Bantam Books, 1962. Print.

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VOLUME IN A MULTIVOLUME WORK(WHERE MOST VOLUMES ARE USED)

Author or Editor’s name. Multivolume Work Title. Number

of volumes. City: Publisher, Year. Print.

• Example:

Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American

Lives. 2 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 2002. Print.

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ARTICLE IN A FAMILIAR REFERENCE BOOK

Author or Editor’s Name. “Article Name.” Reference

Title. Date of edition. Print.

Example:Kobasa, Paul A. “Archery.” World Book. 2009. Print.

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PERIODICAL

Author’s Name. “Article Name.” Source Title Day Month

Year: Page Number. Print.

Example:

Hagan, Molly. “Florence Welch.” Current Biography June 2012:

85-90. Print.

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FILM

Name of the Film. Dir. Director’s Name. Name of

Studio, Year. Type of Recording (Film, DVR, DVD).

Example:

Romeo and Juliet. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Paramount, 1968. DVD.

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TELEVISION PROGRAM

“Name of Episode.” Name of Show. Writ. Writer’s Name(s).

Dir. Director’s Name. Publisher, Publication date.

Medium of Publication (DVR, DVD, Television). Example:

“Helicopters.” Modern Marvels. Writ. Yann Debonne and Bruce Nash. Dir. Yann Debonne. The History Channel, 17 Jan. 2002. DVR.

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EMAIL

Author of Email. “Subject Title.” State to whom the

message is sent. Date of message. Email.

Example:

Cooper, Karen. “Nuclear Questions.” Martha Hubbard. 5 Apr.

2013. Email.

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INTERVIEW

Name of Person Interviewed Last, First. Type of

Interview. Day Month Year of Interview.

Example

Grant, Cary. Telephone Interview. 12 Mar. 2010.

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WEB SITE (USING THE ENTIRE SITE)

Author’s Name. Site Name. Publisher, copyright date.

Web. Access Date.

Example:Eminem. Shady Records, March 2013. Web. 5 Oct. 2013.

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WEB PAGE

Author’s Name.“Page Name.” Site Name. Sponsor,

Copyright. Web. Access Date.• Example

Coleman, Bryce. “Jennifer Lawrence Biography.”

StarPulse.com. StarPulse.com, 2014. Web. 3 Jan. 2014.

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EBSCO (AND PROQUEST W/AUTHORS)

Author’s Name. “Article Name.” Source Title Day Month

Year: Page Number. Database Name. Web. Access

date. Example:

Wapshott, Nicholas. “What to do About Syria?.” New Statesman

13 Sept. 2013: 22-23. Business Source Main Edition. Web. 5

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PROQUEST/ SIRS: AT ISSUE

ProQuest Staff. “Article Name.” Source Title. Date:

Page Number. Database Name. Web. Access Date.

Example:

Proquest Staff. “At Issue: Conservation of Natural Resources.” ProQuest LLC. 2014. n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 7 Jan. 2014.

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FACTS ON FILE

Article Name.” Database Name. Publisher’s Name,

Publication Date. Web. Access Date.

Example:

“Childhood Obesity.” Issues and Controversies. Facts on File

News Services, 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 3 Jan. 2012.

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ONLINE BOOK (BOOK + WEBSITE)

Author’s Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher,

Year. Site Name. Web. Access Date.

Example:

James, Ellie. Haunted Destiny. New York: St. Martin’s Press,

2011. Google: Books. Web. 2 Feb. 2012.

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EBOOK (BOOK + MEDIUM)

Author’s Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year.

Medium of Publication.Example:

Young, William Paul. The Shack. Newbury Park, CA: Windblown

Media, 2007. Nook.

FINAL CHECK LISTWC is centered on the top of the page (no font changes)All entries are double spaced.All entries are alphabetized according to the first word in the

citation.Reverse indentation is used for all citations longer than one line.Book, magazine, and website names are in italics

Article and webpage names are in “quotes”

FINAL CHECK LIST

• First name in any entry is reversed.

• Entries are in proper format with correct punctuation.

• Each entry has a period at the end.

• No URLS

• Last name and page number in header