Works Cited Format

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Bibliography Worksheet from Gunston Middle School Library - Excellent for Middle School students

1.  For each source listed, begin first line at margin and indent each line that follows.
2.  Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and software.  Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.
3.  If required information, such as author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out.
4.  Arrange all sources in ONE list, alphabetically by first word, which will generally be either the author's last name or the first important word of the title.

Print Sources
Book with one author: example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Author       (Daniel Cohen)
2. Title of book-underlined or in italics.   (America's Very Own Ghost)
3. City of publication:   (New York)
4. Publisher, date of publication.  (1985)

Cohen, Daniel.  America's Very Own Ghosts.  New York: Doubleday, 1985.

Book with two authors: example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Authors-in the order they are given in the book.     (Elizabeth Smith and David Wright)
2. Title of book -underlined or in italics.  (Rocks and Minerals)
3. City of publication:   (Chicago)
4. Publisher, date.  (1995)

Smith, Elizabeth, and David Wright.  Rocks and Minerals.   Chicago: Macmillan, 1995.

Encyclopedia and other reference books: example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Author of article if available.
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of book - underlined or in italics.
4. Date of edition.

Eiselen, Malcolm R.  "Franklin, Benjamin." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1994.

"France." Compton's Encyclopedia. 1992.

Article in a periodical: example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Author if available
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title - (underlined or in italics) date: page.

"N.F.L. Training Camp Report." The New York Times.  21 August 1996: p12.

Electronic Sources
Encyclopedia and other publications on CD-ROM : example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Author if available
2. "Title of article"
3. Title of product (underlined or in italics)
4. Edition or version
5. CD-ROM
6. City of publication: Publisher, date of publication

Cashman,  Katherine V.  "Volcano."  World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1995. ed. CD-ROM Chicago: World Book Inc., 1995.

For an article from an encyclopedia found online: example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Author, if shown
2. "Title of the article."
3. Name of encyclopedia (underlined or in italics)
4. Name of publisher, date of publication, if available
5. Name of the online service you used.
6. Date of your visit, in parentheses

"Animal Rights." Compton's Living Encyclopedia.  Compton's Learning Company, 1996. America Online. (22 August 1996).

World Wide Web : example

Gather the following information and then put your information in the correct format!

1. Author (if known)
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of complete work, in italics or underlined
4. <full http address> enclosed in angle brackets
5. (date of visit in parentheses)

Arnett, Bill. "Neptune." The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System. <http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html> (26 April 2005).

"Biographical Data: Jay Apt." NASA Astronaut Biographies. <http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio.html>  (10 Jan. 1996).

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