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    Print Resources Specific Print Resources

Book with one author
Book with two authors 
Book with more than two authors 
Book with no author, one editor 
Book with no author, two or three editors
Book with no author, no editor
Encyclopedia articles 
Introduction, Preface, Foreword or Afterword
Magazine and newspaper articles 
Personal Interviews
Reviews
Translations
Works in collections or anthologies

Excerpt from Opposing Viewpoints
TCLC, CLC, NCLC, etc 
Critical Survey of Long Fiction 
Critical Survey of Poetry
Novels for Students 
British Women Fiction Writers
Classic (Horror, SciFi, Fantasy, Mystery) Writers
Dictionary of American Biography 
Current Biography
Career Information Center 
African American Voices of Triumph
Writers for Young Adults
British Writers
Supernatural Fiction Writers 
   
Non-Print Resources Internet Resources

American Indian Encyclopedia (CD-ROM)
Discovering Biography (CD-ROM)
DVD
Encarta Encyclopedia (CD-ROM) 
Multimedia Animals Encyclopedia (CD-ROM)
Videocassettes
World's Best Poetry (CD-ROM)
Twayne's Masterworks (CD-ROM)

Brittanica Online 
Electric Library 
Discovering Authors/Science/History (Gale) 
ProQuest (UMI) 
Book from an online collection 
Poetry from an online collection
Webpage with author listed
Webpage with editor listed 
Website maintained by a university or organization 
Article from an online magazine or newspaper
An online government publication
Personal web page

 
Formatting the Works Cited page

The top margin for the Works Cited page should be set at 1".  Left, right and bottom margins should be 1".  Type the title in bold, Works Cited, with the first letter of each word capitalized.  Center the title on the page and triple space after the title.  Begin each Works Cited entry at the left margin.  If the entry takes up more than one line, indent the next line(s) 5 spaces.  Alphabetize works cited entries by the first letter of the first word of each entry, whether it is an author's last name, editor's last name, or the title (excluding a, an, or the).    Double space entries that take up two or more lines and double space between each reference.  See an example Works Cited page
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Books
  • A book with one author 
Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas

          Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. Chicago: MacMillan, 

          1988. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.

Parenthetical Reference:

(Ambrose 47)
 
 

  • A book with two authors
Moore, Harold G., and Joseph L. Galloway.  We Were Soldiers Once...And

          Young.  New York: Random House, 1992.

 
 
  •  A book with more than two authors (et al means "and others" in Latin)
Ottoman, James, et al. Exploring Architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Bantam, 
1997. 
 
 
 
  • A book with one editor, but no author
Wigginton, Eliot, ed. Foxfire 5.  New York: Doubleday, 1979. 
 
 
 
  • A book with two or three editors, but no author
Tyson, James and Tom L. Gray, eds. African-American Poetry. New York: 
MacMillan, 1995. 345-58. 
 
 
 
  • A book with no author and no editor
Primary Reference Books. 1995 ed. New York: Bowker, 1995. 
 
 
 
  • An Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword
Brewer, Robert. Preface. The Works of James Joyce.  By Jacob Lewis. 
    New York: Baker & Taylor, 1992. 1-7. 
     
     
     
  • A translated work.
Montoya, Isabella. "Stories for Retelling."  Trans. Jonathan Wilde. Spanish Folklore.

           San Francisco: Harcourt, 1988.  99-102.

     
Collections or Anthologies
  •   A novel or a play from a book that is a collection of several novels or plays
Serling, Rod. Requiem for a Heavyweight. Modern American Plays. Ed. Robert 
J. Corbinet and Mariam Balf.  New York: Scribner's, 1973. 57-89.
 
 
 
  • A Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a book that is a collection of several authors' works
Welty, Eudora. "At the Corner Store." American Poets. Ed. Gerald Levin. New 
York: Harcourt, 1995. 20-23. 
 
 
 
  • A Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a collection of works by one author
Anson, Margaret. "My Mama." Poems. New York: Doubleday, 1989. 11-12. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Encyclopedia Articles (Print)
  • An encyclopedia article (with no author)
"Fire Fighting." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed. 
 
 
 
  • An encyclopedia article (with an author)
Bates, William. "Angelou, Maya." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed. 
 
 
 
 
 
Magazine and Newspaper articles
  •  An article from a print magazine (not on the computer or internet)
Cain, William. "Big Business of the Nineties." Business Week. 16 Aug 1998. 
19-21. 
 
 
  • A newspaper article ( print version, not Internet)
James, Noah. "The Book Everyone Loves to Hate." New York Times. 22 Jan 
1998, sec C: 12. 

 
 
Reviews
  •  A signed review
Quincy, James. "Glass Houses." Rev. of Big Bucks and the Movie Business
By Alison Hartz. People.  Aug. 1993: 76-80.
 
 
  • An unsigned, untitled review
Review of "Jurassic Park." American Film. Mar 1989: 78-90. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interviews
  •  A personal interview
Mason, Robert. President, Commercial Bank. Personal Interview. 26 Jan 1999. 
 
 
 
 
Specific Print Resources

 
 
  • A Literary Criticism from a Collection of Criticisms (Gale's Twentieth Century Literary CriticismContemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, etc.)
Roberts, Shelia. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World
Literature Written in English. 24 (1984): 232-38. Rpt. in  Twentieth-Century

Literary Criticism. Ed. David Pope. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 

399-402.

 
  • An essay from Critical Survey of Long Fiction
Simon, Linda. "Thornton Wilder." Critical Survey of Long Fiction. Ed. 
Frank N. McGill. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1983. 

2880-2888. 

 

  •   An essay from Critical Survey of Poetry
Matlak, Richard E.  "Percy Bysshe Shelley."  Critical Survey of Poetry
Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Salem Press, 1982. 

2544-2561. 
 
 
  An article from Novels for Students

Wood, Michael. "Crying for Attention." New York Review of Books
(10 June 1976): 8. Novels for Students.  Ed. Diane Telgen. Vol. 1. 

Detroit: Gale, 1997. 110-115. 

     
  • An article from British Women Fiction Writers 
Peterson, Linda H. "Harriet Martineau: Masculine Discourse, Female 
Sage." Victorian Sages and Cultural Discourse. Ed. Thais E. 

Morgan. (1990): 175-76.  British Women Fiction Writers of

the 19th Century. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea 

House, 1998. 175-177. 

 
  •  An article from Classic (Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery) Writers
Sayers, Dorothy L.  "Introduction."  Great Short Stories of Detection, 
Mystery and Horror.  (London: Victor Gollancz, 1928): 17-18. 

Classic Mystery Writers. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea 

House, 1995.  108-109.
 
 

  • An article from Dictionary of American Biography

  • (author's initials are at the end of each article--look up their names in the front of the book
Allen, Hervey. "Poe, Edgar Allan." Dictionary of American Biography
Ed. Dumas Malone. New York: Scribner's, 1935. 19-28. 
 
 
  • An article from Current Biography

"Hillerman, Tony." Current Biography Yearbook.  1992 ed. Ed. Judith 

Graham. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1992.  258-261. 
 
  • An article from the Career Information Center books
"Respiratory Therapist." Career Information Center. New York: 
Simon & Schuster, 1996. 93-97. 
     
     
     
  • An excerpt from a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series
Paglia, Camille. "Madonna Has Liberated American Women." 
excerpted from "Madonna II: Venus of the Radio Waves." The 

Independent on Sunday Review. (July 21, 1991). Rpt. in 

Opposing Viewpoints: Women's Rights.  Ed. Fred Whitehead. 

San Diego: Greenhaven, 1994.  18-28.
 
 
 

  • An article, chapter or section from African Americans Voices of Triumph
"Soldiers in the Shadows." African American Voices of Triumph: 
Perseverance. Ed. Janet P. Cave. Alexandria, VA: Time Life 

Books, 126-179.
 
 

  • An article from Writers for Young Adults
Goza, Elizabeth Wilder.  "Anne Frank." Writers for Young Adults
Ed. Ted Hipple.  New York: Scribner's, 1997.  423-431.
 
 
  • An article from British Writers
Sandison, A.G. "Rudyard Kipling." British Writers. Ed. Ian 
Scott-Kilvert. New York: Scribner's, 1997. 729-770. 
 
 
  • An article from Supernatural Fiction Writers
Smith, Curtis C.  "Robert Louis Stevenson." Supernatural Fiction 
Writers.  Ed. E. F. Bleiler. New York: Scribner's, 1985. 

307-313.


 
Non-Print Resources
  • Twaynes Masterworks CD-ROM
"Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer." Twayne's Masterworks. CD-ROM.
McMillan Library Reference, 1996.
 
 
 
  • Worlds Best Poetry CD-ROM
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." World's Best Poetry on CD. 2nd ed. 
CD-ROM. Roth Publishing, 1996.
 
 
 
  • Article from Encarta Encyclopedia CD-ROM
"Lewis Carroll." Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Microsoft, 1996. 
 
 
 
  •  Article from Discovering Biography CD-ROM
"Taft, William Howard." Discovering Biography. CD-ROM. Gale 
Research, 1996. 

 
  • Article from Multimedia Animals Encyclopedia CD-ROM
"Rhinoceros." Multimedia Animals Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 
Applied Optical Media. 1994. 

 
  • Article from American Indian Encyclopedia CD-ROM
"Wichita Indians." American Indian Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 
    Facts on File, 1995. 
     
     
     
  • DVD
Saving Private Ryan.  Dir. Steven Spielberg.  Perf. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore.

         1998.  DVD. DreamWorks Home Entertainment,  1999.
 
 

NOTE:  (If you are citing the contributions of a particular individual, begin with that person's name.)
 
 

Spielberg, Steven, dir.  Saving Private Ryan.  Perf. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore.

        1998.  DVD. DreamWorks Home Entertainment,  1999.
 
 
 

  • Videocassette
Young Frankenstein.  Dir. Mel Brooks.  Perf. Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth 

           Mars and MadelineKahn.  1974.  Videocassette.  Fox Video,  1998.
 
 

(NOTE:  The following shows how to cite a videocassette that does not list performers)
 
 

Elusive Giant: The Blue Whale.  Videocassette.  American Educational Services,  1997.
 
 
 
 
Internet Resources

  • Article from Britannica Encyclopedia on the Internet
"Zygotes." Britannica Online. 14 Mar 1999. <http://www.eb.com:180>. 
 
 
  • Article from Discovering Authors/Science/History (GaleNet)
"Benjamin Franklin." Discovering World History. The Gale Group. 
Online. 14 Mar 1999. <http://galenet.gale.com/a/acp/db/dtcw/>. 
 
 
 
  • Magazine or Newspaper Article found through Electric Library
Wooten, Bill. "Investigations of the Waco Incident." Dallas 
Morning News. May 8, 1995: C, 12-14. Electric Library

Online. 15 Jan 1999. <http://www.elibrary.com/education>. 


 
 

  •   Magazine or newspaper article found through UMI ProQuest
Leonard, Tom.  "Men Reject Call for New Controls on TV 
Violence."  The Daily Telegraph. Oct. 14, 1998: 10. 

ProQuest Direct.  Online. 12 Mar 1999.  <http://proquest.umi.com/>. 

 
  • Online texts
Nesbit, Edith. Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. London, 
1908. Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry 

Willett. Apr. 1997. Indiana. 26 Mar 1998. 

<http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/>. 
 
 

  • Poem found on the Internet
Arnold, Matthew. "The Buried Life." Empedocles on Etna, 
and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852. 

Representative Poetry Online. Ed. I. Lancashire. 1997. 

University of Toronto. 14 Mar 1999. 

<http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/arnold8.html>.
 
 

  • Internet Web Site maintained by a university or professional organization
Einstein: Image and Impact.  Aug. 1998. American Institute of 
Physics. 13 Mar 1999. <http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/>.
 
 
 
  • Article from an online magazine, newspaper, or journal
Sklaroff, Sara. "E-mail Nation." U. S. News Online
22 Mar1999. 13 Mar 1999. <http://www2.USNews.com/usnews/issue/990322/22emai.htm>.
 
 
 
  • A Web Page with an editor Listed
Rogers, Jay, ed. What is the Wiccan Religion?  20 Jan 1998.  The 
Forerunner International.  25 Feb 2001.
<http://www.forerunner.com/champion/>.
 
 
 
  • A Web Page with an author's name listed
Carroll, Robert Todd. The Skeptic's Dictionary: Witches and Sorcerers.  21 Feb 1998. 

         22 March 2001.  <http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/witches.html>.

     
     
  • An Online Government Publication
United States.  Center for Disease Control.  National Center for Chronic 

           Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.  Diabetes Public Health 

           Resource: FAQ About Diabetes.  29 Jun 2000.  25 Feb 2001. 

          <http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faqs.htm>.
 
 

  • Personal web page
Lawson, Anne. Home page. 1 Mar 1998. 
<http://www.target.net:8080/~alaw/index.html>.