Works Cited Format (See Sample on Page 2)

Works Cited Format (see sample on page 2)

You must cite each source that you use for research.

There is a very specific way to list each different type of media, as shown below.

Pay attention to the information needed, the order it goes in, and the punctuation used.

Alphabetize the entire list. Titles may be underlined or italicized; be consistent.

Indent if any entry is longer than one line. Double space the entire page.

BOOKS

Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication.

EX: Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999.

*If there is more than one author:

EX: Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to

Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.

*If there is no specific author, begin with what you do have: (that may be the title)

EX: American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. New York:

Random, 1998.

REFERENCE BOOKS

“Title of article.” Title of book. Edition.

EX: "Textiles." World Book Encyclopedia. 2003 ed.

WEBSITES

(You may not have all the information for every website; include what you do have.)

Author last name, first name. “Title of page or article.” Title of website. Date information was posted.

Sponsoring institution. Date you accessed the site. <complete web address>

EX: “Freedom: A History of US.” PBS. 2002. Picture History and

Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 12 November 2008.

<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus>

(Try to keep the web address on one line, and if it won’t fit, make the line break at a slash. Also, watch out for automatic formatting that will underline or color web addresses – you don’t want that)

**Remember – you gotta give credit to whoever said it!

SAMPLE PAGE – this is how your completed “Works Cited” page should look.

It should be attached after the last page of your final draft.

Works Cited

Angel, Jen. “10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy.” Yes! Magazine. 31 October

2008. 26 April 2010. <http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/sustainable-happiness/10-

things-science-says-will-make-you>.

Bloom, Claire. Master of the Universe. Personal interview. April 26, 2010.

Martin Jr, Bill, and Eric Carle. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? New York: Holt.

1967.

“Platypus.” Wikipedia. 14 April 2010. 26 April 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus>.

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. New York: Penguin. 2006.