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1 Books Works Cited Formats Author (last name first) If there is no author's name given, begin with title. Title (underlined) Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright date Examples: (One author) DuTemple, Lesley A. The Pantheon. Minneapolis: Lerner, (More than one author) Drake, Jane and Anne Love. The Kids Campfire Book. Buffalo, NY: KIds Can Press, (No author's name given) Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam, Encyclopedias (Book) Author of article (last name first) Title of encyclopedia (underlined) Copyright date Examples: (Author given - often at the end of the article) Bennett, Albert F. "Snakes." World Book Encyclopedia (No author given) "Yugoslavia." Children's Britannica

2 Encyclopedias (CD-ROM) Author of article (last name first) (If there is no author's name given, begin citation with title of article.) Title of CD-ROM (underlined) Type of product (CD-ROM) City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication "Canada," New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. (CD-ROM). Danbury, CT: Grolier Electronic Publishing, Interviews Interviewee (last name first) Personal interview Day month year of interview Jordan, Michael. Personal interview. 24 Apr Letters Author (last name first) Description of letter Day month year of letter Blankin, Wendy. Letter to Princess Diana of England. 7 Feb Periodicals (Magazines and Newspapers) Author (last name first) (If there is no author's name given, begin citation with title of article.) Name of magazine or newspaper (underlined) Day month year of issue (Month year of issue for monthly magazine) Pages

3 Examples: (author given) Gorman, Christine. "How to Eat Smarter" Time 20 Oct.2003: (no author given) "Food for Thought." National Wildlife Nov. 2000: Media Radio and Television Programs Title of program (underlined) Narrator Writer and/or producer Film company Network City of network Date of show You Are Wanted in the Principal's Office. Narr. Dr. Howard Chud. Writ. and prod. Dr. Christopher Dwyer. SMS Special. WHYY, Philadelphia. 17 Jan Video Title (underlined) Media type Director Additional credits Publisher Date Length of video The Life and Times of a Middle School Teacher. Videocassette. Dir. Margaret Ehlinger. With Suzette Wolf, School Films, min.

4 World Wide Web Citing Internet sources can be tricky. Just remember to give as much information about your sources as necessary for the reader to find them on the Internet. Web Site Author (last name first) (If there is no author's name given, begin citation with title of web site.) Title of site (in quotation marks) Day month year of posting Name of institution Day month year of access <URL> Prescott-Decie, Brian. "Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site." 9 May Prescott-Decie Services s.a.r.l. 9 Oct < Reference Article on World Wide Web Use this format for sources such as World Book Online and the Grolier encyclopedias. Author (last name first) (If there is no author's name given, begin citation with title of article.) Title of Article (in quotation marks) Title of Reference Work (underlined) Publication Date Title of the Database or Online Service (underlined) Day month year of access <URL> Examples: Gordon, Joel. "Iraq." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Scholastic Library Publishing. 15 Sept < McNally, Karen C. "Earthquake." World Book Online Reference Center World Book. 25 Oct <

5 Article from an Online Database Author (if given) (last name first) Magazine or newspaper title (underlined) Date of publication Pages Title of online database Day month year of access Cutlip, Kimbra. "El Nino's Southern Connection." Weatherwise May/June 2002: 11. EBSCOhost. 15 Apr "Food for Thought." National Wildlife Nov. 2000: Infotrac. 20 Oct Author of message (last name first) Subject line of message (in quotation marks) to recipient's name Date of message Hartwell, Donna. "Mexican Artifacts." to Sixth Grade Students. 17 May Online Image Artist or photographer (if available) (last name first) Description or title of image (in quotation marks) Date of image (if available) Online image Title of larger site (underlined) Date of download URL of site "Apollo 11 Moon Landing." 20 July Online image. AP Photo Archive. 1 Sept <

6 Online Sound Creator (if available) (last name first) Description or title of image (in quotation marks) Date of sound (if available) Online sound Title of larger site (underlined) Date of download URL of site Strauss, Jr., Johann. "On the Beautiful Blue Danube." Online sound. World Book Online. 8 Sept < Online Video Clip Artist or photographer (if available) Description or title of video clip (in quotation marks) Date of clip (if available) Online video clip Title of larger site (underlined) Date of download URL of site "Solar Eclipse." Online video clip. Solar Sysyem Movies. 10 Nov < "Works Cited Formats" adapted from: Springfield Township Middle School Library. Works Consulted. Erdenheim, PA: School District of Springfield Township, < Springfield Township High School Language Arts Department and Library. "School District of Springfield Township Research Guide." Erdenheim, PA: School District of Springfield Township, Valenza, Joyce. "MLA Bibliographic Style--A Brief Guide." 16 Oct School District of Springfield Township. < 24 Oct

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