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1 RESEARCH PAPER Works Cited

2 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!

3 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.

4 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.

5 WORKS CITED Punctuation is VERY important! Name format for author s whose names are listed first in a citation: Last name, first name Examples: King, Stephen Smith, Robert Stephen Tolkien, J.R.R. Any additional authors names in a list are put normal: first then last name.

6 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)

7 BASIC BOOK CITATION Author s name Last, First. Title of Book. City: Publisher s Name, Year Published. Print. Salvator, R. A.. The Legend of Dritz. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, Print. Page 27

8 TWO AUTHORS Author s Name, and Author s Name. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Cast, P.C., and Kristin Cast. Marked. New York: St. Martin s Griffin, Print. Page 27

9 THREE AUTHORS Author s Name, Author s Name, and Author s Name. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Beddoes, Richard, Stan Fisher, and Ian Gitler. Hockey! The Story of the World s Fastest Sport. London: Macmillan Co., Print. Page 27

10 MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS Author s name, et. al. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Lewis, Laurel J., et. al. Linear Systems. New York: McGraw, Print. Page 27

11 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, Print. --. The Poems of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, Print. Page 27

12 CORPORATE AUTHOR Corporation s Name. Book Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Print. ² Example World Health Organization. Water Safety Plan Manual. Geneva: World Health Organization, Print. Page 27

13 ANTHOLOGY (A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS USING AN EDITOR) Editor s Name, ed. Book Name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print. Farrell, Edmund J., Ouida H. Clapp, and Karen J. Kuehner, eds. Patterns in Literature. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, Print. Page 28

14 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. Abby, Cherie, D., ed. Jennifer Lopez Biography Today. Detroit: Omnigraphics, Print. Page. 28

15 INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, FOREWORD, OR AFTERWORD Author of selection. Type of piece used. Book Name. By Author s Name. City: Publisher, Year. Page numbers. Print. Starkman, Miriam Kosh. Introduction. Gulliver s Travels. By Jonathan Swift. New York: Bantam Books, Print. Page 28

16 VOLUME IN A MULTIVOLUME WORK (WHERE MOST VOLUMES ARE USED) Author or Editor s name. Multivolume Work Title. Number Example: of volumes. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. 2 vols. New York: Charles Scribner s Son, Print. Page 28

17 ARTICLE IN A FAMILIAR REFERENCE BOOK Author or Editor s Name. Article Name. Reference Title. Date of edition. Print. Kobasa, Paul A. Archery. World Book Print. Page 29

18 PERIODICAL Author s Name. Article Name. Source Title Day Month Year: Page Number. Print. Hagan, Molly. Florence Welch. Current Biography June 2012: Print. Page 29

19 FILM Name of the Film. Dir. Director s Name. Name of Studio, Year. Type of Recording (Film, DVR, DVD). Romeo and Juliet. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Paramount, DVD. Page 29

20 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). Helicopters. Modern Marvels. Writ. Yann Debonne and Bruce Nash. Dir. Yann Debonne. The History Channel, 17 Jan DVR. Page 29

21 Author of . Subject Title. State to whom the message is sent. Date of message. . Cooper, Karen. Nuclear Questions. Martha Hubbard. 5 Apr Page 29

22 INTERVIEW Name of Person Interviewed Last, First. Type of Interview. Day Month Year of Interview. ² Example Grant, Cary. Telephone Interview. 12 Mar Page 29

23 WEB SITE (USING THE ENTIRE SITE) Author s Name. Site Name. Publisher, copyright date. Web. Access Date. Eminem. Shady Records, March Web. 5 Oct Page 30

24 WEB PAGE Author s Name. Page Name. Site Name. Sponsor, Copyright. Web. Access Date. Example Coleman, Bryce. Jennifer Lawrence Biography. StarPulse.com. StarPulse.com, Web. 3 Jan Page 30

25 EBSCO (AND PROQUEST W/AUTHORS) Author s Name. Article Name. Source Title Day Month Year: Page Number. Database Name. Web. Access date. Wapshott, Nicholas. What to do About Syria?. New Statesman 13 Sept. 2013: Business Source Main Edition. Web. 5 Dec Page 30

26 PROQUEST/ SIRS: AT ISSUE ProQuest Staff. Article Name. Source Title. Date: Page Number. Database Name. Web. Access Date. Proquest Staff. At Issue: Conservation of Natural Resources. ProQuest LLC n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 7 Jan Page 30

27 FACTS ON FILE Article Name. Database Name. Publisher s Name, Publication Date. Web. Access Date. Childhood Obesity. Issues and Controversies. Facts on File News Services, 14 Nov Web. 3 Jan Page 30

28 ONLINE BOOK (BOOK + WEBSITE) Author s Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Site Name. Web. Access Date. James, Ellie. Haunted Destiny. New York: St. Martin s Press, Google: Books. Web. 2 Feb Page 31

29 EBOOK (BOOK + MEDIUM) Author s Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Medium of Publication. Young, William Paul. The Shack. Newbury Park, CA: Windblown Media, Nook.

30 FINAL CHECK LIST ² WC is centered on the top of the page (no font changes) ² All entries are double spaced. ² All entries are alphabetized according to the first word in the citation. ² Reverse indentation is used for all citations longer than one line. ² Book, magazine, and website names are in italics ² Article and webpage names are in quotes

31 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

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