• Guidelines for Citations
• Guidelines for Works Cited Page
• Sample Works Cited Page.

• Basic Format
• Scholarly Project
• Article from an Electronic 
• Electronic Mail
• Image or Graphic
• AOL or CompuServe

• Editorial - print edition
• Editorial - on line edition

• Print edition
• On-line encyclopedias

• n.p. No place of publication
• n.p. No publisher given
• n.d. No date of publication given
• n.page. No pagination

• Print edition
• Basic format for electronic editions
• SIRS Researcher
• Proquest Direct
• Infotrac
• Review from a magazine database
• Wilson Select

• Book with no author's name given
• Book with one author
• Book with multiple authors (one or two)
• Book with three or more authors
• Book with an editor or compiler
• Book by a corporate author
• Work in an anthology
• Book in several volumes

• Government Publications
• Pamphlets
• Career Explorer
• Interviews
• Radio and Television Programs
• Audiovisual Source
• CD-ROM

• CQ Researcher

• Double-space each entry and double-space between entries. Note that spacing on this web page may appear otherwise due to the limitations of the program.
• Sequence for entries is generally as follows: author, title, place of publication, publishing company, date, and page.
• If no author is named, begin entry with title.
• Articles are in quotes.
• Names of magazines, newspapers, etc. are underlined.
• If there is an author, it goes first (last name first).
• Location of the publisher precedes name of publisher.
• Colon separates city from publisher.
• Entry format for date is date, month, year.
• For periodicals, date is followed by colon and page number.

The Works Cited section of your paper should list all the works that you
have cited in the text of your paper. If there is not a parenthetical citation to
the source, it should not be listed.

Steps to assembling a works cited page:

1. Copy information from "Works Cited" cards and use reverse indentation.
2. Double space between each entry. If a second line is needed for an entry, indent that line and each additional line 5 spaces.
3. Double space within entries.
4. Include correct punctuation.
5. Alphabetize according to last name of author or first word of each entry.

Example is given below.

 

Sample Works Cited

Top

Burroughs, William J., et al. Weather. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1996.
Burton , John A., ed. The Atlas of Endangered Species. New York: Macmillan, 1999.
"The Correct Punishment Takes More Than a Formula." Editorial.
     Traverse City Record Eagle, 07 April 1999
     <http://www.record-eagle.com/edits/1999/apr/040799.htm>.
Eyewitness Atlas of the World. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
Gosnell, Mariana. "Meltdown?" International Wildlife July/August 1998: 12-18.
     Wilson Select. First Search. Traverse City East Junior H.S. 03 October 1998
      http://www.oclc.org>.
Lanken, Dane. "When the Earth Moves." Canadian Geographic March-April 1996: 66-73.
United States. House of Representatives. Report Surrounding a National
     Tobacco Settlement. 110th House of Representatives, 2nd Session.
      Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1998.

Works cited format:

Author omit if not available. "Article title." Source of article
      Date: Page range.

Example:

Lanken, Dane. "When the Earth Moves." Canadian Geographic
      March-April 1996: 66-73.

Works cited format:

Author omit if not available. "Article title." Original source of article
      Date of original source: Page range. Name of database.
      Name of publisher of service. Name of subscriber.
      Date of access <URL>.

Lanken, Dane. "When the Earth Moves." Canadian Geographic
      March-April 1996: 66-73. SIRS Knowledge Source.
      Traverse City West S.H. 28 September 1998
      <http://researcher.sirs.com/cgi-bin/artselect?6EAO63A>.

Rupert, James. "Reversal of Fortune." Scholastic Update
      12 April 1999: 18-19. Proquest Direct. UMI.
      Traverse City Central H.S. 05 May 1999
      <http://%20proquest.umi.com/>.

Massa, Patrick. "The Invisible Hand." Sierra May-June
     1998:68. General Reference Center Gold. Infotrac.
     Traverse City West J.H. 03 October 1998
     <http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Lammy, Andrew. Review of The Other Shepards, by
     Adele Griffin. Literature Review 20 May 1999: 23.
     General Reference Center Gold. Infotrac.
     Traverse City Central S. H. 05 May 1999
     <http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Gosnell, Mariana. "Meltdown?" International Wildlife
      July/August 1998: 12-18. Wilson Select. First
      Search. Traverse City East Junior H.S. 03 October 1998
     <http://www.oclc.org>.

 

"The Correct Punishment Takes More Than a Formula."
     Editorial. Traverse City Record Eagle 07 April 1999: 6A.

"The Correct Punishment Takes More Than a Formula."
     Editorial. Traverse City Record Eagle 07 April 1999.
     04 April 1999 <http://www.record-eagle.com/edits/1999apr/040799.htm>

Eyewitness Atlas of the World. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1994.

Nagel, Rob. Endangered Species. Detroit: UXL, 1999.

Bester, Alfred and Roger Zelazny. Psycho Shop. New York:
     Vintage Books, 1998.

Burroughs, William J. , et al. Weather. Alexandria, VA: Time-
     Life Books, 1996.

For a book with multiple editors follow samples five and six in
the following manner: necessary names followed by ed., et al.

Burton, John A., ed., et al. The Atlas of Endangered Species.
     New York: Macmillan, 1999.

Dallas Museum of Art. Black Art: Ancestral Legacy. NY:
     Dallas Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1989.

Hentoff, Nat. "Should 'Hate Speech' be Tolerated?" Taking
     Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues,
     Fourth Edition. Ed. Stephen Satris. Guilford, CT:
     Dushkin, 1994.

a. If only one volume of a multivolume work is used and the volume has an
individual title, cite the book without reference to the other volumes in the
work.

Knapp, Brian. Resources. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1995.

b. If one volume of a multi-volume work is used and the volume
does not have an individual title, state the number of the volume in
the citation and give publication information for that volume alone.

Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
     Vol. 15. Washington, D.C.: Macmillan, 1980.

Koch, Kathy: "Food Safety Battle: Organic vs. Biotech." CQ Researcher  4 September 1998.

 

If the encyclopedia article is signed, give the author first. Articles in reference books are sometimes signed with initials identified elsewhere in the work. If it is unsigned, give the title first.

If the encyclopedia is arranged alphabetically, you may omit volume
and page number. When citing familiar reference books, it is not
necessary to give full publication information.

Linkens, Gene E. "Acid Rain." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997 ed.

Works cited format:

Author. "Title." Name of Encyclopedia. Copyright Date.
Access Date <URL>.

Example:
Anthes, Richard A. "Greenhouse Effect." Grolier Multimedia
     Encyclopedia Online. 1998. Grolier Interactive Inc. 05 May 1999  <http://gme.grolier.com/>.

Treat a pamphlet as you would a book. When publication information is not
available, supply as much of the missing information as you can, using
brackets to show that it did not come from the source itself.

Mueck, Allen. "Prisoners in 1996." [United States]: n.p., n.d.

Murphy, Christine A. and James K. Murphy. "Polygraph Admissibility.
     " UPDATE. Alexandria, VA: American Prosecutors Research
     Institute's National Center of Prosecution of Child Abuse, 1997.

Cite the government first, then the agency. Underline the title of the publication. Indicate session or volume number and then publication information.

Examples:
United States. House of Representatives. Report Surrounding a National
      Tobacco Settlement. 110th House of Representatives, 2nd Session.
     Washington, DC: GPO, 1998.

Campbell, June. "Musicologist." Career Explorer. 1994-99. The
     Bridges Initiatives Inc. West Senior H.S. 05 May 1999
     <http://usa.cxbridges.com/>.

Aaron Rice. Interview by Mara Cary. East Junior High School:
     15 April 1999, 3:30 p.m. [personal interview].

Works cited format:
Title. Medium. Writer(s), performers and producers. Distributor, Date.

Example:
Connect: A New Ecological Paradigm. Videocassette. Written
     and produced by David Berenstein, Jim Prues, and Joshua Safe.
     Magic Baby Productions, 1997.

"Y2K: Ready or Not." The IPR Report. Interlochen Public Radio,
     Interlochen, MI. 01 March 1999.

Cite material as completely as possible using the following works cited format:

Author or editor. "Title of the work." Title of print version of the work  if applicable. Title of the scholarly project, database, professional or personal site. Date of copyright or latest revision. Page range if numbered. Name of institution, company, organization, or service responsible for the site. Name of subscriber if applicable. Access Date <URL>.

"World Peace Club Program." Youth Assembly Project. 1994-1999.
      United Nations Youth Assembly. 9 April 1999
      <http://www.ojneday.org/unya.htm>.

"Carson, Rachel." Wilson Biographies:American Reformers.
      Vers. 3.2.4. 1997-99. Wilson Web.
      West Senior H.S. 05 May 1999
      <http://ie.hwwilsonweb.com/cgi-bin/auto_login.cgi>.

Poundstone, Paula. "Adoption Alternative." 12 April 1996
      <mailto:Available%20e-mail:%20DoeJo@TCHS,K!@.MI.US>.

"Middle East." Map. World Fact Book 1998. June 1998. CIA.
      May 20 1999 <http://odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html>.

"Moon." Compton's Encyclopedia Online. Vers. 3.0. 1998.
      America Online. 20 May 1999. Keyword: Compton's.

"France." Discovering Nations, States, & Cultures. Vers. 1.0. CD-ROM.
      Gale Research, 1998.