In writing a paper or preparing for a presentation, you must indicate exactly where you found your information – whether facts, opinions or quotations. A list of the research materials you used is placed at the end of your paper. This is called the Works Cited section of your paper. This section should list all the works that have contributed ideas and information to the paper.
PRINT SOURCES: ARTICLES & BOOKS
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
OTHER SOURCES
PRINT SOURCES: ARTICLES
ARTICLES IN A MAGAZINES
Gordon, Susan. “Costa Rican Vignettes.” Culture Front 23 May 1992: 18-23.
ARTICLES IN ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Miner, Robert F. “Boy Scouts.” Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition,
1986 ed.
ARTICLES IN A DAILY NEWSPAPERS
Single Author:
Sudetic, Chuck. “Tens of Thousands Call for Removal of Serbia’s Leader.” New York
Times 11 June 1992: A1and A8.
No Author:
“A History of Terrorism.” New York Times 12 October 2001: B12.
AN EDITORIAL
“From Good News to Bad.” Editorial. Washington Post 16 June 1996: 10.
PRINT SOURCES: BOOKS
SINGLE AUTHOR
Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
A BOOK BY TWO AUTHORS
Ingersoll, David E. and Richard K. Mathews. Philosophic Roots of Modern Ideology.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986.
NO AUTHOR GIVEN
Great Decisions 1991. New York: Foreign Policy Association [1991].
A BOOK WITH AN EDITOR AS “AUTHOR”
Mann, Arthur, ed. The Progressive Era. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1963.
ESSAY, ARTICLE, SHORT STORY OR POEM WITHIN AN ANTHOLOGY
Lazard, Naomi. “In Answer to your Query.” The Norton Book of Light Verse. New
York: Norton, 1986. 52-53.
PLAY WITHIN AN ANTHOLOGY
Campbell, Lorraine. Death of a Salesman. The Norton Book of Plays. New
York: Norton, 1986. 54-66.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA ON CD-ROM
Stoessinger, John. “Northwest Passage.” Groliers Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1995.
CD-ROM.
A WEBSITE
(Note: Dates at the end of these entries are the dates when the sites were visited.)
Sampson, Ronald. "Schools Without Tears." Online. Available: http://wwwuva.edu/jeled.html. Oct. 15, 2001.
Ableoff, David. “Henry Hudson’s Travels.” Traveler’s Weekly, 15 June 1995, America
Online. Dec. 10, 2001.
WORKS OF ART
Botticelli, Sandro. Giuliano de’ Medici. Samuel H. Kress Collection. The National
Gallery of Art, Washington.
Rodin, Auguste. The Thinker. Rodin Museum, Paris.
POINTS TO REMEMBER
1. Do not number items in the Works Cited.
2. Present the Works Cited in alphabetical order according to the author's last names. If the source has no author, alphabetize according to the first word of the title excluding "a," "an," and "the."
3. Include page numbers only when you use a source that is part of a larger work.
4.Use reverse indentation, i.e., indent five spaces after the first line.
5. If your Works Cited contains two works by the same author, you need not repeat the author's name a second time. Use a line of five spaces and a period. Alphabetize according to the titles of the works.
6. Separate major items with a period. End the entry with a period.
7. Single-space each entry, but double space between entries.
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