Examples on How to Document Works Cited Information[1]

1.       Documenting Books:

1.1.     Book by a Single Author:

Author’s Name (last, First Middle Initial). Title of Book. Place Published: Publisher Name, Date

Published.

Wilson, Frank R.  The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language and Human Culture.  New

York:  Pantheon, 1998.

1.2.     An Anthology of Compilation:

Chief Editor’s Name (last, First Middle Initial), ed. Title of Anthology.  Place Published:

Publisher Name, Date Published.

Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP,

1997.

1.3.     A Book by Two or More Authors:

Give the names of the authors in the same order as on the title page.

1^st Author’s Name (Last, First Middle Initial), and 2^nd Author’s Name (First Middle Last).  Title of

Book.  Place Published: Publisher Name, Date Published.

Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade.  Analyzing Casual Conversation.  London: Cassell, 1997.

Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen.  The Rope, the Chair and

the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990.  Austin: U of Texas P, 1994.

1.4.     A Work Within An Anthology:

Author’s Name, “Title.” and (if relevant) translator of the part of the book being cited, Title of

Anthology. Chief Editor’s Name. Place Published: Publisher Name, Date published.

Pages cited.

Allende, Isabel.  “Toad’s Mouth.” Trans. Margeret Sayers Peden. A Hammock Beneath the

Mangoes: Stories from Latin America.  Ed. Thomas Colchie.  New York: Plume, 1992.

83-88.

1.5.     An Article in a Reference Book:

Author’s Name (when one is given, otherwise you will start with the title of the article). “Title of

the Article.” Title of the Reference Book.  Chief Editor’s Name. Edition Number. Number of Volumes.  Place Published: Publisher’s Name, Date Published. Pages Cited.

Allen, Anita L. “Privacy in Health Care.”  Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T. Reich. Rev.

ed. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan-Simon, 1995. 103-110.

1.6.     Two of More books by the Same Authors in Your Works Cited Document:

Alphabetize the Titles.  “To cite two or more books by the same authors, give the names in the

first entry only.  Thereafter, in place of the names, type three hyphens, followed by a period and

the title.  The three hyphens stand for exactly the same names as in the preceding entry.”[2]

Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant.  The Age of Voltaire.  New York: Simon, 1965.

- - -. A Dual Autobiography. New York: Simon, 1977.

2.       Documenting Articles and Periodicals

2.1.     An Article in a Scholarly Journal:

Author’s Name (Last, First Middle Initial).  “Title.” Name of the Journal Volume Number. Issue

Number (Date): page numbers.

Barthelme, Frederick. “Architecture.” Kansas Quarterly 13. 3-4 (1981): 77-80.

2.2.     An Article in a Magazine:

Author’s Name (Last, First Middle Initial).  “Title.”  Name of Magazine Monthly Issue. Date:

page Numbers.

Dever, William. “How to Tell a Canaanite from a Israelite.”  Biblical Archaeology Review Aug-

Sep. 1997: 45-67.

2.3.     An Article in a Newspaper:

Author’s Name (Last, First Middle Initial). “Title.” Name of Newspaper Date (day Month Year),

Edition, Section First Pagination.

Gold berg, Vicki. “Photographing a Mexico Where Silence Reigned.” New York Times 23 Mar.

1997, late ed., sec. 2: 39+.

Manning, Anita. “Curriculum Battles from Left and Right.” USA Today 2 Mar. 1994: 5D.

2.4.     An Article in a Microform Collection of Articles:

Author’s Name (Last, First Middle Initial). “Title.” Original Source Name Original Date

Published: 

Original Page. Name of Collection Housing the Article Volume/Collection Number (Date): Fiche

Number, Grid(s) Number(s).

Chapman, Dan. “Panel Could Help Protect Children.”  Winston-Salem Journal 14 Jan. 1990: 14

Newsbank: Welfare and Social Problems 12 (1990): fiche 1, grids A8-11.

3.      Citing Miscellaneous Print and Non-Print Sources[3]

3.1.     A Television or Radio Program:

“Title of the Episode or Segment” (if appropriate).  Title of the Program. Title of the Series (if

any). Name of the Network. Call letters and city of the local station (if any). Broadcast

Date.

“Death and Society.” Narr. Joanne Wilberner. Weekend Edition Sunday.  Natl. Public Radio.

WUWM, Milwaukee. 25 Jan. 1998.

The Buccaneers. By Edith Wharton. Adapt. Maggie Wadey.  Perf. Mira Sorvino, Alison Elliott,

and Carla Gugino.  3 episodes. Masterpiece Theatre.  Introd. Russell Baker. PBS.

WGBH, Boston. 27 Apr. –11 May 1997.

Passion. By Stephen Sondheim. Dir. James Lapine. Perf. Donna Murphy, Jerey Shea, and Marin

Mazzie. American Playhouse. PBS. WNET, New York. 7 Mar. 1996.

3.2.     A sound Recording:

Author’s Name  (Last First Middle Initial).  Title of Recording.  Name of Performer(s). Name of

Conductor (if any). Place Recorded, Date recorded.

Marsalis, Branford.  Romances for Saxophone. English Chamber Orchestra. Cond. Andrew Litton. 

Audiocassette. CBS, 1986.

3.3.     A Film or Video Recording:

Title of Film or Video.  Name of Director.  Key Performers. Distributor’s Name, Date Released.

It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionell Barrymore and

Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946.

3.4.     A Musical composition:

Composer’s Name. Title of the Music.  Place Recorded: Recording Studio Name, Date Recorded.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Symphony No. 8 in F. Op. 93.  New York: Dover, 1989.

3.5.     A Painting, Sculpture or Photograph:

Artist Name (Last, First Middle Initial).  The Title of the Piece.  Name of the Institution That

Houses the Work of the Individual Who Owns It, City Where the Piece is Located.

Bearden, Romare.  The Train. Carole and Alex Rosenberg Collection, New York.

Rembrandt van Rijn. Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer.  Metropolitan Museum of Art,

New York.

3.6.     A Map or Chart:

Title.  Indicate whether it is a map or chart.  Place Published: Publisher Name, Date Published.

Japanese Fundamentals. Chart. Hauppauge: Barron, 1992.

4.      Citing Electronic Information Sources[4]

If you cannot find some of the information listed below, cite what is available.

Author’s Name.  Title of the project or database. Name of the editor of the project or database (if given). 

Electronic Publication Version Number (if given). Date of Electronic Publication or of the Latest

Update.  Name of any Sponsoring Institution or Organization.  Date of Access <Network Address

(URL)>. 

The Cinderella Project.  Ed. Michael N. Salda. Vers. 1.1. Dec. 1997. De Grummond Children’s Lit.

Research Collection, U of Southern Mississippi. 15 Apr. 1998 http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/cinderella/cinderella.html.

WORKS CITED

Bornholt, Laurel J.  “The Gendered Nature of Competence: Specific and General Aspects

of Self-Knowledge in Social Contexts.”  Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 

30.2 (2000): 350-370.

Gilson, Judith. “Single-Gender or Coeducation for Middle-School Girls: Does It Make a

Difference in Math?”  Gender in Policy and Practice: Perspectives on Single-Sex

and Coeducational Schooling.  Ed. Amanda Datnow and Lea Hubbard.  London:

Routledge Falmer, 2002.  227-242.

Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis. Educational Psychology: Developing Learners.  4^th ed. Upper

Saddle River: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2003.

Ruhlman, Michael.  Boys Themselves: A Return to Single-Sex Education.  New York:

Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1996. 

Signorella, Margaret L.  “Single-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Classes and Gender Schemata In

Children and Adolescents: A Longitudinal Comparison.”  Psychology of Women

Quarterly. 20.3 (1996): 599-607.

“Single-Sex Education: Boys Will Be Boys.”  The Economist.  11-17 May 2002: 32.