IV.D. SAMPLE WORKS CITED / BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES
1. A Book with a Single Author
Format: Last name, first name. Title. City:
Publisher, Date.
Example: Miller, Jonathan. The Body in Question.
New York: Random, 1982.
2. A Book with Two Authors
Format: Last name, first name (of author #1), and complete name in
normal order (of author #2).
Title. City: Publisher, Date.
Example: Miller, Jonathan, and Edward Jones. The
Body in Question. New York: Random, 1982.
3. A Book with an Editor
Format: Follow name with ed. Then continue
entry as above.
Example: Miller, Jonathan, ed. The Body in Question.
New York: Random, 1982.
4. An Article in an Anthology
Format: Author, if known, last name first.
"Title of Article." Title of Anthology. Ed. name of
editor. City: Publisher, Date. Page numbers (without "p.")
Example: Porter, Katherine. "Pale Horse, Pale
Rider." Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.
Eds. Maynard Mack et. al. New York: Norton, 1979. 1606-47.
5. An Encyclopedia Article
Format: Author, if known, last name first.
"Title." Encyclopedia. Edition year. No page
Numbers used.
Example: Solomon, Irving, M.D. "Infection." The Encyclopedia
Britannica. 1982 ed.
6. An Article from a Magazine, Weekly or Monthly.
Format: Author, last name first. "Title." Name
of Magazine (no punctuation following)
Date with number first and no punctuation: page number. (Do not use
word 'page'; use a + for continued article).
Examples: Belgey, Sharon. “A Healthy Dose of Laughter.”
Newsweek 4 Oct. 1982: 74-8.
Snyder, Mark. “Self-fulfilling Stereotypes.” Psychology Today Sept.
1982: 20+.
7. An Article from a Journal that uses Volume
Numbers
Format: Author, last name first. "Title." Name of
Journal (no punctuation) Volume Number.
I ssue Number if given (no punctuation) (year): page numbers.
Example: Spear, Karen. "Building Cognitive Skills."
College English 14.2 (1983): 91-98.
8. An Article from a Newspaper
Format: Author, last name first. "Title."
Newspaper (no punctuation) date: page number.
Example: Collins, Glenn. "Single Fathers."
Philadelphia Inquirer 6 Sept.1978: C17.
9. A Pamphlet
Format: Use same format as book
Example: Irwin, Theodore. To Combat and Prevent Child
Abuse and Neglect. New York: Public
Affairs Committee, 1980.
10. A Lecture
Format: Name. "Title." Location. Date.
Example: Rose, Bill. "Memory Techniques." Central
Bucks School District Workshops. 21 June
1983.
11. A Film
Format: Director. Title. Company, Date.
Example: Spielberg, Stephen, dir.; Mathison, Melissa, screenwriter.
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
With Henry Thomas. Warner Brothers, 1982.
12. An Article Located in SIRS
Format: Author. "Title" (of article). Title
(of magazine or newspaper) Date. SIRS. Volume
title, volume number, article number.
Example: Smith, Roger. "Understanding Economics."
Business Week 12 February 1987. SIRS.
Money, Vol. II, no. 77.
13. An Article Located in Newsbank
Format: Author (if given). "Title" (of article).
Title (of newspaper) Date. NewsBank, subject,
year, fiche number, grid number.
Example: "Frenchtown." Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
3 January 1988. News Bank, Health, 1988,
fiche 5, grids B12, 13.
14. A Government Publication
Format: Agency. Title. City: GPO, date.
Example: U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Rural America. Washington:
Government Printing Office,
1986.
15. An Introduction, a Preface, a Foreword, or an
Afterword
Format: Author. (author of the introduction, not the book
itself) Introduction. (or Preface, etc.;
no underline) Title (of book, underlined.) By (author of book itself).
City:
Publisher, Date. First and last pages of the introduction, etc.
Example: Downs, Robert B. Afterword. The Jungle.
By Upton Sinclair. New York: Signet,
1960. 343-350.
16. An Interview
Format: Begin with the name of the person interviewed.
If the interview is part of a publication,
recording, or program, enclose the title of the interview in quotation
marks. If the
interview was published independently, underline the title. If the
interview is untitled, use
the label Interview, with no underline or quotation marks.
The interviewer’s name may
be added if known. Conclude with the bibliographic information as
shown in the samples below.
Example: (published or recorded interview)
Gordimer, Nadine. Interview. New York Times
10 Oct. 1991, C25.
Example: (interview broadcast on television or radio)
Blackman, Harry. Interview with Ted Koppel and Nina
Totenberg. Nightline. ABC.
WABC, New York. 5 Apr. 1994.
Example: (interview conducted by the researcher)
Pei, I. M. Personal Interview. 22 July 1993.
17. A Collection of Essays by Different Authors
Format: Last name, then first of the author of the particular
essay. The title of the essay in
quotation marks. The title of the book or reference source in which
the essay is
included. The first name, then last name of the editor of that book. The
place of
publication, the publisher, the year of publication. The first and
last page number of the essay.
Example: Parker, Brian. "Point of View in Arthur
Miller's Death of a Salesman." Arthur
Miller: A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Robert Corrigan.
Englewood
Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1969. 230 - 241.
18. CD-ROM: Printed Source Available
Format: If a printed source is
indicated for the material you are citing, your entry in
the works cited list should consist of the following items:
1. Name of author (if given)
2. Publication information for the printed source (including
title, name of
magazine, encyclopedia, etc., and date of
print publication)
3. Title of database (underlined)
4. Publication medium (Online)
5. Name of computer service (CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy, etc.)
6. Date of access
Example: Galloway, Stephen. “TV Takes the Fall in Violence Poll.”
Hollywood Reporter 23 July
1993: ERIC Online.
AOL. 14 Jan. 1994.
19. CD-ROM: No Printed Source or Analogue
Available
Format: If no printed source is indicated for the material you are
citing, your entry in the Works Cited
list should consist of the following items:
1. Name of author (if given)
2. Title of the material accessed (in quotation
marks)
3. Date of the material (if given)
4. Title of the CD-ROM
5. Publication medium (CD-ROM)
6. Publisher of the CD-ROM
7. Date of access
Example: PEPSICO Inc. “Company Profile.” 3 October
1995. Compact Disclosure. CD-ROM.
Disclosure Inc.
10 March 1996.
20. Online Database: Encyclopedia Source
Format: For an electronic, online encyclopedia, list the
following information:
1. Title of the access article (in quotation marks)
2. Title of the encyclopedia (underlined)
3. Publication medium (Online)
4. Name of computer service (CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy, etc.)
5. Date of access
Example: “Recycling Methods.” Academic American Encyclopedia.
Online. Prodigy. 7 May
1995.
21. Online Material with No Printed Source Specified
Format: Your entry in the Works Cited list should consist of
the following:
1. Name of author (if given)
2. Title of the material accessed (in quotation marks)
3 Date of the material (if given)
4. Title of the database (underlined)
5. Publication medium (Online)
6. Name of computer service (CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy,
etc.)
7. Date of access
Example : “U.S. Population by Age: Urban and Urbanized Areas.”
1990 U.S. Census of Population
and Housing.
Online. Human Resource Information Network. 3 May 1994.
Note: For CD-ROM sources and online sources,
if you cannot find some of the information
required, for example, the name of the computer service, cite whatever
information is
available. The following sample does not have an author, date
of publication, or computer
service:
Example: “Time Warner, Inc.: Sales Summary, 1988-1992.” Disclosure/
Worldscope. Online. 4
Jan. 1994.
22. World Wide Web Sites
The purpose of the electronic citation is to both identify the source
and give enough information to allow others to locate it. Since electronic
sources are less stable than their print counterparts, it is important
to provide a detailed way to relocate the source again. Thus, these
citations tend to require more information. If you encounter a source that
does not seem to fit any of these models, you should refer to the MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
An Article from an Online Subscription Periodical
Databases - Electric Library, EBSCOhost, InfoTrac. etc.
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) - last name, first name.
2. Title of the article - "Title."
3. Title of the magazine/newspaper - Magazine's Title
4. Date of original publication of the magazine/newspaper - day
month year:
5. Page number(s) in magazine/newspaper- #.
6. Title of the database underlined- Database.
7. Name and location of the institution where you accessed the
database- Central Bucks
East High School Library, Buckingham, PA.
8. Date you accessed the information - day month year
9. If known, the URL of the service's main page - <http://address>.
Example: McGraw, Dan. "Inspired Students." U.S. News &
World Report 18 January
1999: 68. Electric Library. Central Bucks East High School
Library,
Buckingham, PA. 7 June 2000 <http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark>.
An article from an Online Subscription Information
Database - GaleNet
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) - last name, first name.
2. Title of the article (if given) - "Title."
3. Title of the journal or book that the article originally came
from – Print Version
Book/Journal Title
4. Date of original print publication - day month year:
5. Page number(s) of original print publication- #.
6. Title of the database underlined- Database.
7. Name and location of the institution where you accessed the
database- Central Bucks
East High School Library, Buckingham, PA.
8. Date you accessed the information - day month year
9. If known, the URL of the service's main page -
<http://address>.
Examples: Gross, Barry. “Our Gatsby,
Our Nick.” The Centennial Review Summer 1970: 331-40.
Discovering Authors: GaleNet. Central Bucks West High School
Library,
Doylestown, PA. 19 June 2000 <http://galenet.gale.com>.
“Religion in the 1920s: Overview.” Discovering U.S. History: GaleNet.
Holicong
Middle School Library, Buckingham, PA. 15 May 2000 <http:
//galenet.gale.com>.
A Professional Web page
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) - last name, first name.
2. Title of the site – Title.
3. Name of any institution or organization associated with the
site - Organization.
4. Date you accessed the information - day month year
5. Web site address- <http:// address>.
Example: Planning for College and Academic
Planning. The College Board. 7 June 2000
<http://www.collegeboard.org/features/parentgd/html/academic.html>.
A Personal Web Site
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) - last name, first name.
2. Title of the site or if no title write a description such
as “Home page” - Title. or
Home page.
3. If applicable, the name of any institution or organization
associated with the site -
Organization.
4. Date you accessed the information - day month year
5. Web site address- <http:// address>.
Examples: Rowling, J.K. The Not Especially Fascinating
Life So Far of J.K. Rowling. OkUkBooks.
12 June 2000 <http://www.okukbooks.com/harry/rowling.html>.
Mathes, Charles. Home page. 13 June 2000 <http://www.charlesmathes.com/index.htm>.
An Article in an Online Magazine
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) – Last name, first name.
2. Title of the article – “Title.”
3. Name of the magazine - Magazine’s Title
4. Date article published- day month year.
5. Date you accessed the information - day month year
6. Web site address- <http:// address>.
Example: Kantor, Jodi. “Springsteen’s 41 Shots.” Slate
13 June 2000. 14 June 2000
<http://Slate.msn.com/dispatches/00-06-13/dispatches.asp>.
An Article in an Online Newspaper or Newswire
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) – Last name, first name.
2. Title of the article – “Title.”
3. Name of the Newspaper or newswire - Newspaper’s Title
4. Date article published- day month year.
5. Date you accessed the information - day month year
6. Web site address- <http:// address>.
Example: Mayer, Caroline E. “Asbestos Concerns Prompt Crayon
Change.” The Inquirer 13 June
2000. 14 June 2000 <http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/
13/national/CRAYON13.htm>.
A Document within a Scholarly Project or Information
Database that is not a subscription service
Format:
1. Name of author (if given) – Last name, first name.
2. Title of the work - “Title.”
3. Name of the database or scholarly project – Database/project.
4. Date of access - day month year
5. Web site address- <http:// address>.
Example: “This Day in Automotive History: June 18.” The
History Channel Online.
18 June 2000 <http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/auto/0618.html>.
An Online Book
Format:
1. Author’s name - Last name, first name.
2. If no author is given, but an editor, compiler or translator’s
name is given, follow his/her
name with the appropriate abbreviation (ed.,
comp., trans.)
3. Title of the book – Title.
4. Name of the editor, compiler or translator (if relevant)
5. City of publication of original print version- City:
6. Name of publisher of original print version and year of publication-
Publisher, year.
7. If relevant, name of the scholarly project from which you
accessed this book- Scholarly Project.
8. Date you accessed the book- day month year
9. Web site address - <http://address>.
Example: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise.
New York: Scribner, 1920. Bartleby.com.
18 June <http://www.bartleby.com/115/index.html>.
An Online Government Publication
Format:
1. Name of government (e.g.. United States, a state, a local
county)- Government.
2. Name of the agency – Agency.
3. Title of the publication – Title.
4. Place of publication (for federal documents- Washington, DC)
– Place:
5. Publisher (for most federal documents the publisher is the
Government Printing Office
(GPO)
- Publisher,
6. Date of publication- day month year.
7. Date you accessed the information- day month year
8. Web site address- <http://address>.
Example: United States. National Gambling Impact Study Commissions.
Lotteries. Washington:
GPO, 1999. 18 June 2000 <http://www.ngisc.gov/research/lotteries.html>.
A Work from an Online Subscription Service – American
Online
Format:
1. Name of author if given- last name, first name.
2. Title of work- “Title.”
3. If relevant, name of the scholarly project or database- Project/Database.
4. Electronic publication information, such as version number
and date
5. Name of the subscription service- American Online.
6. Date you accessed the information- day month year.
7. If you retrieved the information by entering a keyword, then
complete the citation with
this- Keyword: word.
Example: “Table Tennis.” Compton’s Encyclopedia Online.
Vers. 2.0. 1997. American Online.
4 July 1998. Keyword: Compton’s.
An E-Mail Communication
Format:
1. Name of the writer- Last name, first name.
2. Title of the correspondence taken from the subject line- “Re:
subject.”
3. Clarification of form and recipient – E-mail to whom.
4. Date of the message- day month year.
Example: Boyle, Anthony T. “Re: Utopia.” E-mail
to Daniel J. Cahill. 21 June 1997.