Works Cited Guidelines
Book by one
author
Stanley,
George G.F. The
Birth of
Book by two authors
Houghton, W. and R. Strange.
Victorian Poetry.
Book by three or more authors
Moon,
Truman H. et al. Modern
Biology.
Simon and Schuster, 1961.
Book with no author or
editor listed
The Physics and Chemistry of Life.
Schuster, 1955.
Book with an editor
Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1950.
A magazine or newspaper article
Cohen, Henning. “The Boss Brass.” Saturday
Review.
16
August 1969: 19-21
An encyclopedia article
Thompson,
Lawrence. “Robert Frost”. Encyclopedia
Britannica. 1977 ed.
An unsigned encyclopedia article
“Mandarin”. Encyclopedia
Computer software
Soldan, Theodore, and J.D. Spain. Population Growth.
Computer Software.
Conduit, 1984.
CD-ROM
La
Roi, George H. “Boreal
Encyclopedia Plus
(CD ROM). Available:
McClelland & Stewart, Inc. 1995
Telnet site
Gomes,
Lee. “Xerox’s On-Line Neighborhood: A Great
Place to Visit.” Mercury News 3 May 1992.
telnet lambda.parc.xerox.com 8888, @ go
#50827, press 13 (5 Dec. 1994)
World Wide Web site
To cite files available for viewing/downloading via
the WorldWide Web, give the author’s name (if known),
the full title of the work in quotation marks, the title of the complete work
if applicable underlined or in italics, the full http address, and the date of
access (the date you visited the site)
Burka, Lauren P. “A Hypertext History of Multi-User
Dimensions.” MUD History.
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/lpb/mud-history.html
(5
Dec. 1994).
Films, videotapes, filmstrips, slide programs
Alzheimer’s Disease. Videocassette. Prod. Hospital
Network.
American. Nursing, 1985.
28 min
Interviews
Pei, I.M. Personal
interview. 27 July 1990.
Recordings
Berlioz,
Hector. Symphonie
fantastique, op. 14. Cond.
Herbert
von Karajan.
Deutsche Grammophon, 2530 596,
1975.
Use a STANDARD FORMAT such as the one given below.
Indicate, in two places, exactly where you obtained your information:
a) CITATIONS
or bracketed notes right in the text of your essay
b) WORKS CITED
list at the end of your essay
Provide citations whenever you use
a summary in your own words of someone else’s ideas, a direct quotation, or a
table,
chart, or diagram taken from someone else’s work
Your own independent ideas and
those facts that are considered common knowledge are not footnoted. For example, the fact that
Each bracketed note or citation must POINT
directly to the entry for this source in the Works Cited list.
·
If there is only one work by a
particular author, simply give author’s last name and the page number.
(
·
If a work has two authors, give the
last name of each and the page number:
(Moore and Smith 310-14)
·
If the Works Cited list contains
more than one work by the same author, include the title and the page number in
the citation:
(Stevens, Radioactive Waste 299)
Identify the LOCATION of the borrowed information as
specifically as possible.
·
include volume number where relevant:
(Smith 2: 123)
·
in literary works give specific information such as
act, scene, and line numbers:
(Shakespeare, King Lear II, i,
22)
·
omit page numbers for one page articles or works arranged
alphabetically, e.g. encyclopedias.