WORKS CITED

What is a list of works cited?

• lists each source used
• appears at end of paper
• assumes specific format

Arrangement of citations is:

• alphabetical order by author's last name (or by the first word of the title if no author is given.)
• first lines of entries flush left, any additional lines indented 5 spaces.

NOTE: For each type of source, the citation format may change.

Do not bullet or number citations!

EXAMPLES: PRINT
Books:

by one author.
Last Name, First Name. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright.

Example:

Franklin, John Hope. George Washington Williams: a Biography.

Chicago :University of Chicago Press, 1985.

by two authors.

Kernighan, Brian W. and Dennis M. Ritchre. The C Programming

Language. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978.

by three or more authors

Greenberger, Martin and others. Networks for Research and

Education:Sharing of Computer and Information Resources Nationwide.Cambridge : MIT Press, 1974.

with no author.

The Lottery . London : J. Watts, 1932.   

with an editor.

Craig, Patricia, ed. The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Oxford:

Oxford UP, 1996.

work in an anthology

Desai, Anita. "Scholar and Gypsy." The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Ed.

Patricia Craig. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996. 251-73.

encyclopedia or dictionary, article unsigned by an author.

" Sumatra." Encyclopedia Americana. 4th ed. 1975.

encyclopedia or dictionary, article signed by an author.

Nigel, James. "Ernest Hemingway." The New Encyclopedia

Britannica:Macropedia , 22nd ed. 1997.

Articles in periodicals (magazines or newspapers):

Magazines

signed articles.

Last Name, First Name. "Title of article." Title of Magazine date of magazine:pages.

Example:

Weber, Bruce. "The Myth Maker: The Creative Mind of Novelist

E. L.Doctorow." Atlantic Monthly Feb. 1997: 42+.

 unsigned articles.

"Lingering Lyme Disease." Science News 7 Jan. 1995: 11-12.

Newspapers

signed article.

Last Name, First Name. "Title of article." Title of Newspaper Date of

newspaper, edition: section page number.

Example:

Feder, Barnaby J. "For Job Seekers: Expert Advice." New York

Times 30 Dec. 1993, late ed.: D1+.

unsigned article.

"Marines Charged in Assault Case." Houston Chronicle 14 Feb. 1998:B6.

EXAMPLES - ELECTRONIC

online subscription database. (like EBSCO or ProQuest)

reprinted from a magazine article.

Hendrickson, Nancy. "Collecting Space Stuff." Astronomy 2 April

2000: 70-72. EBSCO Host. EBSCO Publishing. Retrieved 1 February 2002. <http://search.epnet.com>.

Scott, Jenny. "Households Grow and Fewer People Live Alone,

Data Show." New York Times. 22 May 2001:B1. Proquest Direct. Retrieved 29 May 2001. <http://www.proquest.com>.

"How to Beat the Blackout Blues." U.S. News and World Report

29 December 2003: 10+. Student Resource Center. Galegroup. Retrieved 29 July 2004. <http://galenet.galegroup.com.>

work from an online encyclopedia.

" Peru." The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. World Book

Online. Retrieved 1 February 1999. <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.

CD-ROM, issued in a single edition.

"Picasso, Pablo." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1999. CD-

ROM. CA : Microsoft, 1999.

web site, personal or professional.

Spanoudis, Steve, Bob Blair and Nelson Miller. Poets' Corner. 2

Feb. 1998. Retrieved 31 May 2001.

<http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudis/poems>.

Blue Note Records. 19 March 1999. Blue Note Records. Retrieved

25 Mar. 1998. <http://www. Bluenote.com>.

e-mail.

Smith, Brenna. "Re: Weather." E-mail to the author. 16 September 1994.

EXAMPLES - MISCELLANEOUS

interview - personal.

Washington, Harold, mayor of Chicago. Personal interview. 23 September

1995.

interview - television.

Le Carre, John. Interview with Marc Philips. Sunday Morning. CBS. WCBS, NY

17 Nov 1996.

television programs.

Bundy, McGeorge. Interview by Robert MacNeil. MacNeil Lehrer News

Hour. Public Broadcasting System, 7 February 1990.

audio recording.

Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1970. Audiocassette

recording read by the author. Random House, 1996.

videorecording.

Schindler's List. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Perf. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley,

Ralph Fiennes, and Caroline Goodall. 1993. Videocassette. MCA, 1994.

films.

Jordan, Neil. The Crying Game. Miramax Films, 1992.

museum and gallery exhibits.

The Origins of Impressionism: Avant Garde Painting in France, 1859-1869.

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.

Source for works cited

Hacker, Diana. "Humanities: Documenting Sources." Research and

Documentation Online. Retrieved 8 November 2004 http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/list.htm