Works Cited

The works cited page is the place to find all the additional information about your sources.

When a reader sees a parenthetical citation in your paper, he should be able to find the corresponding entry on your works cited page.

If a reader sees a parenthetical like this: (Juarez 34), she should be able to find an entry on the work cited page that begins with “Juarez.”

The following rules will help you format your works cited page properly.

The works cited page is a separate page at the end of the paper. The works cited page needs a header The words Works Cited are centered. They are not underlined. They are not in quotes. They are in a 12 point font.

The entire page is double-spaced The entire page is in standard font Each entry has a hanging indent

Entries are not numbered. Each entry is alphabetized by whatever was in the parenthetical citation. If it’s author’s last name, that’s what the entry begins with. If it’s a title, that’s what the entry begins with This is true even when you cite a quote from a different author within an essay by another author. In that case, use the name of the author of the article: “qtd. in”

This is true even when you cite a quote within a quote. In that case use the name of the author of the article: “qtd. in” EXAMPLE: – Smith argues “Tigers are mean” (qtd. in Stevens).

Each type of source material demands specific types of information for the works cited page.

Book Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format.

Format For “format” on a works cited page, you’ll USUALLY have two choices: 1. print 2. web (Others include: Television, , Lecture, DVD…)

Book Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format. Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory. New York: Bantam, Print.

Book with Two Authors Author’s last name, Author’s first name, and Second author’s first name Second author’s last name. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format.

Book with Two Authors Author’s last name, Author’s first name, and second author’s first name second author’s last name. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format.

Book with Two Authors Author’s last name, Author’s first name, and second author’s first name second author’s last name. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format. Rodriguez, Richard, and Jane Doe. Hunger of Memory. Boston: Bantam, Print.

Book with Three Authors Author’s last name, Author’s first name, Second author’s first name Second author’s last name, and Third author’s first name Third author’s last name. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format. Segal, Fred, Kate Moss, and Jane Doe. Fashion Is Awesome! Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, Print.

Book with Four or More Authors Author’s last name, Author’s first name, et al. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Format. Segal, Fred, et al. A Book Titled “Title.” Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, Print.

Book That Is an Edition Other Than the First Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title. number ed. City: Publisher, Date. Format.

Book That Is an Edition Other Than the First Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title. number ed. City: Publisher, Date. Format. Segal, Fred. The Art of Shopping. 19 th ed. Los Angeles: Shopping Press, Print.

Work Cited Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers. A Writer’s Reference. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, Print.

Article in an Anthology Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Ed. Book Editor’s first name last name. Edition number ed. City: Publisher, date. Pages covered by the article. Format.

Try It! Add an entry to your works cited page: Kozol’s essay, “Still Separate, Still Unequal” Don’t forget the words “Works Cited” Don’t forget to double-space Don’t forget a hanging indent Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Ed. Book Editor’s first name last name. Edition number ed. City: Publisher, date. Pages covered by the article. Format.

Author and Translator Begin with the name of the author. After the title, write “Trans.” (for “Translated by”) and the name of the translator. Allende, Isabel. Zorro. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. London: Fourth Estate, Print.

Electronic Sources

Entries for articles/text from the internet are very similar to entries for regular print articles/text. If you can’t find a specific piece of information on an internet article/text, look again. If you still can’t find that piece of information, skip it.

If you ever cannot find a date of publication or last updated date, look harder. If you still can’t find it, use the abbreviation “n.d.”

If you ever cannot find a date of publication or last updated date, look harder. If you still can’t find it, use the abbreviation “n.d.”

WORK FROM A DATABASE SERVICE SUCH AS Academic Search Complete For sources retrieved from a library’s subscription database service, such as InfoTrac, EBSCOhost, LexisNexis, or ProQuest, do the following:

Citation at a glance: Article from a database (MLA) To cite an article from a database in MLA style, include the following elements: 1 Author’s last name, Author’s first name. 2 “Title of Article.” 3 Name of Periodical 4 Volume. issue 5 (Date of publication): 6 Inclusive pages. – if no page, use the abbreviation N. Pag. 7 Name of Database. 8 Format of database. 9 Date of access.

Citation at a glance: Article from a database (MLA) To cite an article from a database in MLA style, include the following elements: 1 Author’s last name, Author’s first name. 2 “Title of Article.” 3 Name of Periodical 4 Volume. issue 5 (Date of publication): 6 Inclusive pages. 7 Name of Database. 8 Medium (Format) of database. 9 Date of access. Sutter, Daniel. “Mechanisms of Liberal Bias in the News Media Versus the Academy.” Independent Review 16.3 (Winter 2012): Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Apr

Sutter, Daniel. “Mechanisms of Liberal Bias in the News Media Versus the Academy.” Independent Review 16.3 (Winter 2012): Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Apr

CQ Researcher Cooper, Mary H. "Immigration Reform." CQ Researcher 24 Sept. 1993: CQ Researcher. Web. 22 Jan. 2015

Pages numbers are written like this: However, in some journals, those pages may not be consecutive. In such cases, write this: 99+