Format:
Begin the works cited page or bibliography on a separate sheet following your paper, but continue the same pagination.
Double space the entire list
Center the title, Works Cited, an inch from the top of the page. Double space between the title and the first entry.
Entries are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name or when there is no author, by title.
New entries begin at the left margin with subsequent lines for the same entry indented one half inch or five typed spaces.
Books:
The basic work cited entry includes author, title, and publication information. Always take this information from the title page.
One author:
Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology
Revolution. New York: Farrar, 2002.
Two or three authors:
Eggins, Suzanne, and Diana Slade. Analyzing Casual Conversation. London:
Cassell, 1997.
The lead author’s name is reversed for alphabetizing but second and third authors’ names are in normal order.
More than three authors:
Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California, 1993.
Gilman, Sander, Helen King, Roy Porter, George Rousseau, and Elaine
Showalter. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U. of California, 1993.
If there are more than three authors, you may name only the first and add et al. (“and others”), or you may give all the names in full in the order in which they appear on the title page.
No author:
Encyclopedia of Virginia. New York: Somerset, 1993.
If a book has no author’s or editor’s name on the title page, begin the entry with the title.
An Article in a reference book with an author:
Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica:
Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.
An Article in a reference book with no author:
“Noon.” The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989
Two or more books by the same author:
Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Age of Voltaire. New York: Simon, 1965.
---. A Dual Autobiography. New York: Simon, 1977.
To cite two or more books by the same author(s), give the names in the first entry only. In the second entry, instead of the names, type three hyphens, followed by a period and the title.
Corporate author:
American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia
of Medicine. Ed. Charles B. Clayman. New York: Random, 1989.
Work in an anthology:
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Black Theater; A Twentieth-Century
Collection of the Work of Its Best Playwrights. Ed. Lindsay Patterson. New York: Dodd, 1971. 221-76.
Allende, Isabel. “Toad’s Mouth.” Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock
Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie.
New York: Plume, 1992. 83-88
If you are citing an essay, a short story, a poem, or another work that appears within an anthology or some other book collection, you need to add the author, title and (if relevant) translator of the part of the book being cited.
Periodical Literature
A periodical is a publication that appears regularly at fixed intervals, such as a newspaper, a magazine, or a scholarly journal.
Magazine article with an author:
Weintraub, Arlene, and Laura Cohen. “A Thousand-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste.”
Business Week 6 May 2002: 94-96.
Magazine article with no author:
“It Barks! It Kicks! It Scores!” Newsweek 30 July 2001:12.
Newspaper article:
Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.”
New York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+.
Journal article with pages numbered continuously:
Mann, Susan. “Myths of Asian Womanhood.” Journal of Asian Studies 59 (2001):
835-62
In a journal that numbers pages continuously, you need to include the volume number and the year of publication (in parentheses).
Journal article that does not number pages continuously:
Barthelme, Frederick. “Architecture.” Kansas Quarterly 13.4 (1981): 77-80
In a journal that does not number pages continuously you need to include the volume number and issue number ( e.g. vol#.issue#) and the year of publication (in parentheses).
Electronic Resources
World Wide Web:
A citation from the Internet could include the following elements. But if the information is not given, the minimum citation should include the title of the document, the date of access, and the URL.
1. Author’s name (if given)Swallow, Robin.
2. Title of document“The World’s Best Librarian.”
3. Title of original source document (if given) Los Angeles Times
4. Name of sponsoring organization & editor
5. Date of publication or last revision (if given) Sept 15 2003
6. Date of access Oct 2004
7. URL http://www.latimes.com
Example:
Swallow, Robin. “The World’s Best Librarian.” Los Angeles Times. 15 Sept. 2004.
20 Oct 2004 <http//www.miracosta.edu>.
If the site does not assign a specific URL
but provides a sequence of links, follow
the URL with the word Path: <http://homepage> Path: sports.
If the URL is long and must be divided into<http://www. abc/defg/hig/
two lines, make the division after a slash /jklm/nop>.
If the URL is too long, give the URL of the
site’s search page and add /Search <http://verylongURL/search>.
Online database:
Use the same format as a print source. For example a magazine citation would include author’s name (if given), title of work, name of publication, date of publication, page number(s). A scholarly journal would also include a volume number and may include an issue number. Complete the citation by adding the name of the database used underlined, the date of access, and URL.
Online magazine article:
Levy, Steven. “Great Minds, Great Ideas.” Newsweek 27 May 2002: 26-27.
InfoTrac 2 July 2002 <http: //www.infotrac.galegroup.com.>.
Online journal article:
Leftwell, James. “A Very Smart Article.” Journal of Communication 10 (2001): 5-8.
14 Jan 2003 Academic Abstracts <http:academicabstracts.com>.
CDROM:
Use the same format as a print source. Complete the citation by adding the medium type CDROM, place of publication (if available) name of the publisher (if available), and electronic publication date.
CDROM example:
Walters, Gordon. “The Catcher in the Rye.” MasterPlots. CDROM 2000.
Parenthetical Documentation
The purpose of a parenthetical note is to point to specific source in the Works Cited or Bibliography page. If you have authors and page numbers, include them. If you only have a title, use that has your “pointer.” Use the full title (if brief) or a shortened version followed by a page number. Place a parenthetical reference at the end of the sentence, clause, or phrase containing the material quoted or referred to and before the punctuation.
If the author’s name is included in the text,
only include the page number
Example: Mrs. Swallow has stated that libraries rock (15).(15)
If the author’s name is not included in the text,
include the author’s last name and page number.
Example: She said that libraries rock (Swallow 15). (Swallow 15)
If no author is listed, refer to the title and include
the page number if available.
Example: Century of Flight pg. 32 (Century 32)
Title examples in periodicals:
Type the first significant word in the title (“Significant” 25)
Internet
If you have an author, include it in your cite. (Swallow)
If no author is listed, use the title of the document (Libraries Rule)
or if not available, the name of the web site. (MCHSnewsletter)
