Follow these patterns for your Work Cited.
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Research Links Book – One Author
Pattern
Author (last name, first name). Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Example:
Rickard, Graham. Wind Energy . Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Children's Books, 1991.
Book – Two or more Authors
Pattern
Author (last name, first name) and Author First name Last name). Title .
Place of publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Example:
Flavin, Christopher and Nicholas Lenssen. Power Surge . New York: W. W.
Norton & Company, 1994.
Book – Editor
Pattern
Editor (last name, first name) ed. Title . Place of Publication: Publisher, Date
of Publication.
Example:
Blair, Cornelia ed. Information Plus: Energy . Wylie, TX: Information Plus,
1999.
Book – Anonymous
Pattern
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Example:
Encyclopedia of Washington. Seattle: Somerset, 1994. 96-123.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Pattern
Author (last name, first name). "Title of the Article." Name of the Magazine
day month year: Page/s.
Example:
DiChristina, Mariette. "Five Easy Pieces." Popular Science Sept. 1997: 88-89.
Anonymous Article
Pattern
"Title of the Article." Magazine day month year: Page/s.
Example:
"Winston Cup: American Thunder." Popular Science Mar. 1997: 46-52.
NEWSPAPERS
Pattern
Author(last name, first name). "Title of the Article." Newspaper [City, State] day month
year: Section page number.
Example:
Zuzel, Michael. "Lets (sic) not get all pumped up about high gasoline prices."
The Columbian [Vancouver, WA] 14 Mar. 2000: A11.
Editorial or Letter to the Editor
Pattern
Author name (last name, first name). "Title of the Article." Descriptive label
(Editorial) Magazine or Newspaper [City, State] day month year: Section page number.
Example:
Johnson, Grant C. "Accuracy scores low." The Columbian [Vancouver, WA] 14 Mar. 2000: A10.
Reference
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Pattern
Author's name, if given (Last name, First) if given. "Title of Article or
Word." Title of Encyclopedia. Year ed.
Example:
"Gorilla." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
FULL-TEXT ARTICLES FROM ELECTRONIC DATABASES on CD
SIRS CD - (Skyridge)
Pattern
Author's name, if given (Last name, First). "Title of Article." Title of Original
Magazine. Day Month Year of Originally Published: Page/s. Title of
Database. CD-ROM. Publisher. Date of Electronic Publication.
Example: SIRS CD(Skyridge)
Gast, Ted. "Popgun Politics." U.S. News & World Report 30 Sept. 1996: 30-
32. SIRS Researcher. CD-ROM. SIRS. Fall 1999.
OTHER CDs
Example:
Murakami, Kery. "Espresso Goes East." Seattle Times 11 July 1993: D1.
Seattle Times on CD-ROM. CD-ROM. Newsbank, Inc. Dec. 1993.
Online Information Services from the Web
Example: Electric Library
Hecker, Daniel. "Home on the Range." Economist 26 Mar. 1994: 23. Online.
Electric Library. 15 May 1997.
Example: ProQuest
Olson, Bradley E. "Meteors That Changed the Word." Sky and Telescope Dec.
1998: 8-9. ProQuest. Online. Bell & Howell Information and Learning. 29
Oct. 1998.
Example: FV Regional Library's PAL
"The Penalty, Right or Wrong?" Current Events 5 Sept. 1997: 2A-6A.
General Reference Center. Online. Infotrac. 29 Sept. 1997.
INTERNET World Wide Web (www)
KEEP THE URL (ADDRESS) ON ONE LINE
Pattern
Author's name, if given (Last name, First). Title of Page Day Month Year
last updated/created. Online Text/Graphic/Sound. Publisher if given.
Internet. Day Month Year Date Obtained. SIRS the Notebook
Pattern
Author's name, if given (Last name, First). "Title of Article." Title of Original
Magazine Publication. Month/s Year Originally Published: Page/s. Rpt. In
Name of Notebook, Volume Number. Main Editor. City of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Year Published in Notebook. Article Number.
Example: SIRS the Notebook
Amato, Ivan. "The Crusade to Ban Chlorine." Garbage. Summer 1994: 30-39.
Rpt. in Pollution, Vol. 5. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Boca Raton, FL: Social
Issues Resources Series, 1995. Art. 94.
PAMPHLETS
Treat a pamphlet as you would a book.
Pattern
Author's name (Last name, first). Title of Pamphlet. Place of Publication:
Publisher, Date of Publication.
Example:
Best, Bert Randolph, ed. Mecca 1922 Double-Folder Baseball Cards. Mineola,
MN: Dover, 1991.
Example:
Outsmarting Crime: A Guide to Safer Living. Washington State Criminal
Justice Training Commission, 1990.
Government Publications
Pattern
If no individual author is shown, give the governmental body (e.g.,
Washington State, City of Camas), followed by the agency name, and the
usual publication information (Title, place, publisher and date). For most
Federal publications, Government Printing Office is abbreviated 'GPO.'
Example:
United States. Commerce Dept. An Act to Provide the Small Business
Administration Continuing Authority to Administer a Program for Small
Innovative Firms, and for Other Purposes. Washington: GPO, 1986.
Mixed Media
Pattern
In general, citations for AV materials must include author (if available),
Title, Producing Company and date.
Television or Radio Program
Pattern
"Title of the episode or Segment." Title of Program or the Series, if
any. Other Pertinent Information (such as performers, narrators). Name
of the network. Call letters, City of the local station, if any. Broadcasted
date.
TV/Radio
Example
"Cuba and Cocaine." Narr. Bill Moyers. Frontline. Documentary Consortium.
PBS. WTVS, Miami. 18 Jan. 1990.
Example:
"Shakespeare Putdowns." Narr. Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer. All
Things Considered. Natl. Public Radio. WNYC, New York. 6 Apr. 1994.
Audio Recordings
Example: Audio
Guthrie, Woody. Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie. Perf. Pete Seeger.
Audiocassette. Folkways, 1968.
Example:
Wildflowers. Tom Petty. CD. Warner Brothers, 1994.
FILM
Pattern
Title. Director. Other Pertinent data. Distributor, Year.
Example: Film
It's a Wonder Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed,
Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchel. RKO, 1946.
INTERVIEW
Pattern
Last Name, First Name of person interviewed. Kind of Interview (Personal,
Telephone, Written). Day Month Year of Interview.
Example:
Goodkind, Mary. Personal Interview. 4 Sept. 1996.
EMAIL
Pattern
Sender of email message <sender's email address>. Subject line of the
message. Date of message day, month, year. Email recipient <recipient's
email address>.
Example:
The Shakespearean Homework Helper <liadona2@aol.com>. "Where is Duke
Orsino's palace?" 29 November 1999. Borror, Christine
<student5@yourschool.com>.
Bibliography
Tools help students create their own bibliographies: MLA
Quick Cite (easy format),
NoodleBib
3.0 (requires a district subscription, but you can take a tour).
Nauset Public Schools'
bibliographic
format for elementary students, grades 1-6. Long Island University
includes the most common entries and information for the
APA,
MLA, Turabian, Chicago, and AMA citation formats. 1/26/03