Works Cited

• Put works cited list in alphabetical order-if no author, title is first.
• After the 1st line, indent all other lines of information.
• If you cannot find some information, cite what is available.
• List date of your online access because web sites change.

Book/ Pamphlet

Last name of author, first name of author. Title of the book underlined. City of  publication: Publisher, year of publication. Page number(s). 

Lowery, Lois. The Giver. Boston: HoughtonMifflin Company, 1993.

Multi-Volume Work

Last name of author, first name of author. Title underlined. Vol. #. City of publication: 
    Publisher, date of publication. Page number(s).

Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 3. London:
    Macmillan, 1990. 83-85.

Encyclopedia Article

Last name of author, first name of author. "Title of article in quotes." Name of
    encyclopedia underlined.  Edition. Year of publication. 

Ross, Peter. "Abraham Lincoln." World Book Encyclopedia. 2003.

Web Site

Last name of author, first name of author. Name of page underlined. Date of posting/
    update. Name of institution/organization affiliated with site. Day month year of access
    <URL in angle brackets>.

Baines, Julia. Archaeology. Oct. 2004. Syracuse University. 11 Feb 2006 
    <http://www.syracuse.edu/~baines/science.html>.
       
Web Site Article

Last name of author, first name of author. "Title of article in quotes." Name of web site
    underlined. Date(if given) on site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with site.
    Day month year of your access <URL in angle brackets>.

"Solar System." Kids Astronomy.com. 2002. 11 Feb. 2003 <http:kidsastronomy.com>.

Online Database

Last name of author, first name of author. "Title of article in quotes." Name of source
    underlined day month year of source: page number(s).  Name of database underlined.
    Date of publication. Name of service. Accessed from library name. Day month year of
    access <URL in angle brackets>.

Broitman, Selwyn A. "Digestive Sytem." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2003. Grolier,
    Inc. Pine Grove Library. 11 Feb. 2005 <http://go.grolier.com>.

Interview

Last name of person interviewed, first name. Personal interview. Day month year of     
    interview.

Hill, Faith. Personal interview. 11 Feb. 2005.

Internet Image

Last name of author, first name of author. Name of image underlined. Publication date.
    Source. Day month year of access <URL in angle brackets>.

Thomas Jefferson. Google Image. 11 Feb. 2006 <http://billofrightsinstitute.org>.

*From: David Warlick of The Landmark Project


Duke University Libraries

In-depth information on document citation is provided on the Duke University web site.


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