Your Works Cited Page

 
  • List any resource you mentioned in your paper and only the resources mentioned.
  • Alphabetize first by author's last name, then title.
  • Invert author's names (last name first). If a work has more than one author, invert only the first author's name; then list the rest of the authors, first names first.
  • When an author is the only author of a text and also the first author of a group, list solo-author entries first.
  • The first line on each entry is against the left margin. Lines after the first are indented one-half inch. The whole page is double-spaced.
  • Capitalize each word in titles except articles (the, an, a), short prepositions, or conjunctions unless these are the first word of the title or subtitle. Underline or italicize books, journals, magazines, newspapers and films.

Print Publications

Book with one author

Author. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York: Harper and Row, 1974.

Two books by the same author

Watterson, Bill. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. Kansas City: Andrews and McNeel, 1995.

---. Something Under the Bed is Drooling: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection. Kansas City: Andrews and McNeel, 1988.

Book with more than one author Collins, Carolyn Strom and Christina Wyss Eriksson. The Little Women Treasury. New York: Viking, 1996.

Book or article with no author named Guide to Mashed Potatoes. New York: Focus, 1994. "Surprising New Hedgehog Statistics." Pets Weekly 7 Dec. 2000: 26-28.

Alphabetize by title. For parenthetical citations, use a short version of the title, with underlining or quotation marks as used first on the Works Cited page. Examples: (Guide 235) ("Surprising" 26)

Essay in a Collection or Anthology

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Book. Ed. Editor's name(s). City: Publisher, Year. Pages.

Grey, Tom. "Compulsive Gambling is a Serious Problem Among Teenagers." Gambling: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. James D. Torr. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 23-28.

Article from a reference book

"English." Encyclopaedia Americana. 1990 ed.

Article from a dictionary "Integrity." The American Heritage Dictionary. 4th ed. 2001.

Magazine or newspaper article

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Source. Day Month Year: pages.

Raymond, Joan. "The World of the Senses." Newsweek. 11 Feb. 2002: 16-18.

Austin, Patience. "Pembroke's Best-Kept Secrets." The Weekly Mariner. 2 Jan. 2001. Late edition, D3.

Government Publication

United States Department of Agriculture. Farm Tax Update. 8th ed. Washington: GPO, 1987. Interview that you conducted

Nash, Josephine. Personal interview. 12 Feb. 1999.

Television or radio program "The Letter B." Sesame Street. PBS. WGNX, San Toledo. 19 Mar. 1997.

Film

Toy Story. Dir. John Lasseter. Perf. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. Walt Disney, 1995.

The Bible

(Note: for known translations, do as follows indicating Bible book, chapter and verse in the text. For unusual translations, do as a book as indicated above.)

The Bible. New International Version. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing, 1995.

The Bible. Revised Standard Version. Lexington: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989.

Electronic Publications

Web page

Author(s). Name of Page. Date of posting/revision. Name of institution/ Organization of site. Date of access (full electronic address). Use bracket <> around electronic address not parantheses.

Straith, Kent. "Mulan." The Film Forum. June 1998. SL Enterprises. 23 Jan. 2001. (http://www.thefilmforum.com/print/mulan.html)

Online article

"Title of Article" Title of Original JournalDate of journal. Access Date (electronic address). Use bracket <> around electronic address not parantheses.

"Campus Life." Christianity Today. 23 Jan. 2001. (http://www.christianity- today.com/teens/).

Article from a database

Author (if given)"Title of Article" Title of Original JournalDate of journal: pages of article in original journal. Name of subscription service. Name of Library, City, Sate. Access date (electric address). Use bracket <> around electronic address not parantheses.

"Armchair Sailors." The Economist. 4 March 2000. Infotrac South Christian High School Library Grand Rapids MI. 30 Sept. 2004. (web5.infotrac.galegroup.com).

E-mail

Taylor, June. "Re Manfred's Cancellation." E-mail to Joanna Baillie. 14 June, 2001.