Print Sources

 Basic format for a book
For most books, arrange the information into three units, each followed by a period and one space:

1. Author's name, Last name, comma, First name, period.
2. The title italicized( capitalizing the first word, the last word and all principal words), period
3. The place of publication, colon, the publisher, and the date, period.
4. Medium of publication consulted . (Print)
5. If you need additional lines to finish your citation, always indent 5 letters after the first line in your citation.                                                                                                     Take the information about the book from the title page and copyright page. Use a short form of the publisher's name; omit terms such as Press, Inc., and Co. except when naming university presses (Harvard UP, for example). If the copyright page lists more than one date, use the most recent one.

 Book by one author

Berg, Elizabeth. Joy School. New York: Ballantine, 1997. Print.


Book by two or three authors

NOTE: Arrange authors name as they are presented on the title page. Present the first author last name first but list the other authors' name in normal form.

 Nokem, Marcia and Donald Thorman. The Delicate Balance.
      Los Angeles: Bering, 2001. Print.     

 Halka, Suzanne, Diane R. Puzio, and Lori Nord. Teaching as a  
      Profession. York, PA: Cascade, 2004. Print.

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 Book with four or more authors 

NOTE : First author's name (last name first, followed by "et al.")

Stambaugh, Alan Q.,et al. The CIA: An Unauthorized History. 
     San Francisco: Hartwick UP,2003.Print.

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 Book with editor(s)

1. Editor name (Last name first) , followed by label ed.
2. The title italicized( capitalizing the first word, the last word and all principal words),.
3. The place of publication: the publisher,  the date.
4. Medium of publication consulted .
5. If you need additional lines to finish your citation, always indent 5 letters after the first line in your citation.                                                                                                     Take the information about the book from the title page and copyright page. Use a short form of the publisher's name; omit terms such as Press, Inc., and Co. except when naming university presses (Harvard UP, for example). If the copyright page lists more than one date, use the most recent one.

Shell, Marc, ed. American Babel: Literatures of the United States from Abnaki to Zuni. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2002. Print.

  (Note: For books with more than one editor, list names as you would for authors. Follow names by "eds.")

Van Nest, Sally, and Alicia Evans, eds. Best Short Fiction of 2003.
     New York: Alsace, 2004. Print.

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Corporate Author

 An corporate author  is a group. It can be an association, a business, a foundation or other entities.

1. The corporate author's name .
2. The title italicized (capitalizing the first word, the last word and all principal words).
3. The place of publication, colon, the publisher, and the date, period. 
4. Medium of publication consulted .
5. If you need additional lines to finish your citation, always indent 5 letters after the first line in your citation.  

Urban Land Institute. Cities Post-9/11. Washington: Urban Land Inst., 2002. Print.

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 Encyclopedia or dictionary
 

1. The entry author's name, Last name, comma, First name, period.
2. "Entry Heading or Article Title" in quotations, followed by period.
3. The Title of the Encyclopedia or Dictionary italicized followed by period.
4. Edition number (if any). The place of publication, colon, the publisher, and the date, period.
5. Medium of publication consulted . (Print)
6. If you need additional lines to finish your citation, always indent 5 letters after the first line in your citation.

(Note: If you are using a common  reference book (World Book, The Encyclopedia Americana),    do not list  place of publication or publisher. List  only title edition and date and the medium of publication consulted.Authors for individual articles are often acknowledged at the end of the article. For initials, locate author key.)

Spalding, Thomas. “Jesuits.” Encyclopedia of Catholicism. San Francisco:
     Harper, 1995. Print.

 (Note: If the article has no author, begin with the article title.)

“Coal.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 2007 ed. Print

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  Work in an anthology

An anthology is a collection of essays, stories, poems or other works.

1. 1. Author of the entry (if any) (Last name first).
   2. "Entry Heading or Article Title" in quotations
   3. Title of Anthology italicized .
   4. If editor is known include name in first last order with Ed. in front of name.
   5. Edition number (if any). Place of publication: Publisher, year.
   6. Page numbers of the cited piece. Give the inclusive page numbers of the piece you are citing.
   7. Medium of publication consulted .
   8. If you need additional lines to finish your citation, always indent 5 letters after the first line in your citation.

Spencer, Mark, Jr. "The Fifth Column." Collected Science Fiction
      Stories.Ed. Katie Spooner.4th ed.Cary, NC: Pluto, 2002.315-25. Print

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 Multivolume set

When you use only one volume of a multivolume work, include the volume number of the volume you used and page numbers of article cited.

Hopkinson, Tom."George Orwell."  British Writers. Ed. Ian Scott-
     Kilvert.Vol.7. New York: Scribner's, 1984.273-87. Print.

When you use more than one volume of a multivolume work, cite the number of volumes in total ( 10 vols.) after title.

McDonald, William. Opposing Viewpoints in Montana History. 3 vols.      
     Greenhaven: San Diego, 2002. Print.

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Periodicals (Magazines and Newspapers)

 An Article from a Scholarly Journal or Magazine

Citation entries for newspapers and periodicals generally list five or six main sections of information about your source:

1. Author's name, Last name, comma, First name period.  
2. "Title of the article" in quotations period.
3. Title of magazine or journal (italicized , ignoring leading articles such as  a , the or  an period.
4. (for scholarly journal only) volume and issue number, if available.
5. Date of publication -for a scholarly journal, the year  of publication (in parentheses)
   - for other periodicals, the day, month, and year, as available) colon:
6. Inclusive page numbers
7. Medium of publication consulted period.

Magazine

Prince, Dinah.  “Marriage in the ’80s.”  Time. 1 June 1987: 30-38. Print.

Note that this entry gives the full date. Do not include volume and issue numbers

Scholarly Journal

Sarkar, Prabirjit. “Trade Openness and Growth: Is There Any Link?” Journal of Economic Issues 3 (2008): 763. Print.

 Note that this entry gives the year in parentheses.

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 An Article from a Newspaper

Citation entries for newspapers generally list six main sections of information about your source:

1. Author's name, Last name, comma, First name.
2. "Full Title of the Article" in quotations.
3. Title of newspaper italicized  , ignoring leading articles such as  a , the or  an.
4. Date  (format is day, month year as given) ,comma
5. Edition if any ( morning edition, Valley edition etc...) period and comma
6. Section number  and page number.
7. Medium of publication consulted ..

    

Epstein, Edward.  “Congress Talks of ID Theft Crackdown.” San Francisco Chronicle. 

     14 April 2005: A1.

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Online resources and the Web

 Online Subscription Databases

To document an article or other material accessed through a library or institutional subscription service (paid databases) such as Proquest or EBSCO, provide the following information:

1. Publication information for the source  as given in print formats
2. Title of the database (italicized) followed by period
3. Medium of publication consulted  followed by period (online databases will always be Web.)
4. Date of Access (day, month, and year) followed by period.

 Scheib, Ronnie. "Aliens of the Deep." Variety. Feb 7, 2005 v397 i12
     p67(1).Student Resource Center. Web.  19 March 2005.

Evangelista, Stefano. Rev. of Victorian and Edwardian Responses to the Italian Renaissance, ed. John E. Law and Lene Østermark-Johansen. Victorian Studies 46.4 (2006): 729-31. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Mar. 2007.

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 Online newspaper

1. Author's name
2. "Full Title of the Article" in quotations  
3. Title of newspaper italicized  , ignoring leading articles such as  a , the or  an
4. Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, use N.p. include this even if same as 3 followed by comma
5. date  (format is day, month year as given)
6. Medium of publication consulted ( Web.)
7. Date of Access (day, month, and year) followed by period.

 McDonald, Mark. “South Korea Cancels Satellite Launch.” New York 
	Times . New York Times, 19 Aug. 2009. Web. 19 Aug. 2009.

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Online Reference Book:

1. Author's name (if available)

2. Title of book  underlined

3. Publication information for original print version, if given . ( Format same as for  book in print)

4. Title of the database or Web site (italicized)

5. Medium of publication consulted (Web)

6. Date of access (day, month, and year)

    

 

Gray, Henry.  Anatomy of the Human Body.  Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger,
     1918. Google Book Search. Web. 2  Aug. 2009 .
   

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 Website

1. Author's name (if available) 
2. Title of the work (italicized if the work is independent; in  quotation marks if the work is part of a larger work 0
3. Title of the overall Web site (italicized), if distinct from item 2
4. Version or edition used
5. Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, use N.p.
6. Date of publication (day, month, and year, as available); if nothing is available, use n.d.
7. Medium of publication (Web)
8. Date of access (day, month, and year)
    

“Introductory Essay.” Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th Century America. Michigan State University Libraries, 2008. Web. 19 Aug. 2009.

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18. Works of Art online

1. Author's name (if available) 
2. Title of the work (italicized )
3. Date of composition (if the year is unknown, write N.d.)
4. Name the institution that houses the work (e.g., a museum), or, for a work in a private collection, give the name of the collection (Collection of . . .) if available
5. Name of the city where the institution or collection is located if available
6. Title of the database or Web site (italicized)
7. Medium of publication (Web)
8. Date of access (day, month, and year)

Smith, Greg. Rhesus Monkeys in the Zoo N.d.  Monkey
     Picture Gallery.  Web. 3 May 2003. 
    

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Basic Rules for the Works Cited List

(An actual Works Cited page is shown below)

• Use one–inch left and right margins and leave a one–inch margin at the bottom of each page.

• Put your last name and the page number on each page, one–half inch from the top of your paper and one inch from the right side of your paper. Then double space and continue with your Works Cited list.

• Double space throughout the entire Works Cited list. Do not single space any line.

• Begin each citation at the left margin.

• Indent the second and all subsequent lines in each citation one-half inch from the left margin . This is called a hanging indentation.

•  Alphabetize  the entries on your list.

• If you have two or more works by the same author give the author’s full name for the first citation and use type three hyphens, followed by a period and the title (---) for each additional work by the same author. 

•  Use one–inch left and right margins and leave a one–inch margin at the bottom of each page.

• Put your last name and the page number on each page, one–half inch from the top of your paper and one inch from the right side of your paper. Then double space and continue with your Works Cited list.

                   Works Cited page