Works Cited Format

Magazine and Journal Basic Format

Author. “Article Title.” Journal Title Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Database.Medium of

Publication. Access date.

Web Source Basic Format

Author. “Title of Article.” Web Site. Editor. Site Publisher or N.p., Date of Publication or

n.d. Medium of Publication (Web). Date of access. <URL optional>.

Newspaper Article

Feder, Barnaby J. “For Job Seekers, a Toll-Free Gift of Expert Advice.” TheNew York Times

22 Mar. 2014, late ed.: A1+. Print.

Anonymous Article

“Marion Barry and the Washington Post.” The Weekly Standard 26 Nov. 2014: 2-3. Print.

Online Periodical

Sarnoff, Nancy. “Web’s Role in House Hunt Grows.” Chron.com. Houston Chronicle, 1

Dec. 2007. Web.18 Feb. 2014.

No Author Listed:

“City Profile: Boston.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 2003. Web. 8 Jan. 2014.

Two Articles by the Same Author:

Biggio, Craig. “City Profile: Boston.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 11 Dec. 2003. Web. 8

Jan. 2014.

---. “Ten Horses That Changed the World.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 12 Dec. 2009.

Web. 7 Nov. 2014.

Online Video

Bradley, Becky. “The Sun Also Rises: Hemingway in Spain.” The Sun Also Rises. Video.

April 2007. Web. 17 Jan. 2014.

In-Text Citation Format

In-Text Citation if Author Listed:

The author claims, “Boston is a great place to find fresh rutabagas” (Biggio).

In-Text Citation with 3 or Fewer Authors Listed:

The authors claim that “Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights” (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76).

In-Text Citation with More than 3 Authors Listed:

Legal experts counter Smith, Yang, and Moore’s argument by noting that the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun laws (Jones et al. 4).

In-Text Citation No Author Listed:

The author claims, “Boston is a great place to find fresh rutabagas” (“City Profile: Boston”).

In-Text Citation if Author Wrote Multiple Articles:

The author claims, “Boston is a great place to find fresh rutabagas” (Biggio, “City Profile: Boston”).

In-Text Citation of Paraphrased Information Mentioned in Multiple Sources:

Rutabagas are all the rage in Boston (Berkman; Oswalt).

Notes on Referring to Sources:

  • If you are referring to the network itself as an entity, you write CNN.

For example: CNN posted an article that was rather critical of rutabagas.

[Think of this as referring to a person. For example, you would write, “Tim O’Brien posted an article that was critical of rutabagas.”]

  • If you are referring to the website, you write CNN.com.

For example: An article posted on CNN.com criticized Obama’s speech.

[Think of this as referring to a book title. For example, you would write, “The front cover ripped off of my copy of The Things They Carried.”]

Parenthetical Documentation

  • All sources cited in the text should be listed in the Works Cited.
  • Usually your parenthetical citation will include the author’s last name followed by the page number. For example: “quotation from text” (Erstad 17). If no author is listed, use the title of the article instead. For example: “quotation from text” (“Bush Cancels Trip” A3). If there are no page numbers in the original, do not add them in by counting pages. Just do not include a page number.
  • When the author’s name is included in the lead-in to the quotation, only the page numbers are cited in parentheses. For example:As Erstad asserts, “quotation from article” (17).
  • If there are two articles by the same author, you must include the title or part of the title in your citation. For example, if Erstad had written multiple articles, you would cite as follows: “quotation from text” (Erstad, “Bush Cancels”A3).
  • When you are quoting person A in who was quoted in person B’s article, you have two choices. Either give slightly more than just the part of the quotation where A is speaking and use single quotation marks [“One should note that when asked, Oswalt claimed ‘Mississippi is the best state’” (Pence 9)] or you can include just the quotation from person A, and put “qtd.” in the parenthetical citation. For example: Oswalt believes that “Mississippi is the best state” (qtd. in Pence 9).

Works Cited General Rules:

  • All works in the Works Cited list must actually be cited in the text of the paper somewhere.
  • Use 1” margins on all sides. Double space throughout. Include the header with your last name and the pagenumber on all pages.
  • Italicize titles of books, magazines, scholarly journals, and web sites. Enclose titles ofarticles, essays, poems, and short stories in quotation marks. (Remember that some print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
  • When certain information, such as an author, is missing, skip it and go on to the next part.
  • Single space after all punctuation.
  • Indent one-half inch after the first line of each entry. Use double line spacingthroughout.
  • For pages that are not consecutive, such as newspapers, use a plus sign: “192+.” If youhave only the starting page number of an article’s original print publication, give the numberfollowed by a hyphen, a space, and a period: “192- .”
  • Alphabetize your Works Cited page by author’s last name, or, if the author’s nameis not given, by the first word of the title. Numbers are alphabetized as spelled (9 goes under “n”).
  • If some information is missing, indicate with n.p. (no publisher), n.d.(no date), etc.
  • Note the medium of publication: Print, Web, Video, Personal interview, CD, Television, etc.