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A "Works Cited" page will be included with any paper in which you include information that is not "common knowledge."  It is labelled "Works Cited" at the top of the page and everything is double-spaced.  Indentation is reversed for every line after the first line in each entry.

The following information is adapted from: 

Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Fifth Edition. 

        New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999.

(The MLA Handbook is the most widely accepted guide at colleges and universities.  Science and psychology bibliographies use different formats, but most others follow these guidelines.)

 

General Rule of Thumb:

Provide your readers with all the information they need to make finding your source easy!

The Internet	Author Last Name, First Name.  "Title of Page."  Title of Site. Organization. Day Month Year of last update, web address.    The History Channel OnLine.  1998.  History Channel.       19 June 2001,  http://historychannel.com.   Project Bartleby.  Ed. Steven van Leeuwen.  May 1999.         Columbia University.  15 May 2001,        http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby.   Guckenberger, Katherine.  “A Convent With a View.”  Atlantic         Unbound  22 Jan. 1998.  26 June 2001,         http://www.theAtlantic.com/atlantic/unbound/abroad/         kg980122.htm.	On the web address, go as far as the .htm page; don’t try to type in a thousand weird search string characters).  As with all sources, if you can’t find all of this information, cite whatever you can find.   You may need to search the site to find publication info, dates of publication, etc.
Newspapers and Magazines	Author Last Name, Author First Name, and Second Author     First and Last Name, "Title of Article." Title of Magazine/Newspaper      Day Month Year of Publication:  page number.     McDonald, Joseph.  "New Ways to Recycle."  Time  18 March        2000:  13-14.   Evans, Harry.  "Free Speech and Free Music."  Editorial.  New         York Times 11 May 2001:   E7.   "An Uneasy Silence."  Editorial.  Computerworld 28 Mar.     1993: 54.	Note that format is for the hard copy of the magazine, not an online version.  If you find the online version, use the Internet format above.
Books & Reference Books	Author/Editor Last Name, Author First Name, and Second        Author/Editor First Name and Last  Name.  “Title of        Article/Entry/Story in the Book.”  Title of Book.  Edition of         the book.  City of Publication:  Name of Publishing        House, Year of Publication.    “Korea.”  Compton’s Encyclopedia.  Chicago:  Comptons      Publishers, Inc., 1990.     Blocker, Clyde E., Robert H. Plummer, and Richard C.      Richardson, Cliffs:  Prentice, 1985.   Dictionary of Ancient Greek Civilization.  London:  Methuen,     1966.   Jones, Rita, and Beverly Pritchett.  What Goes Up?  Second     Edition.  Chicago:  Weston  Publishers, Inc., 2000.   Dickens, Charles.  “A Christmas Carol.” British Literature     Today.  Fourth Edition.  New York:  MacMillan and     Company, 1994.
Television & Radio Programs including online broadcasts	"Title of TV Episode."  Title of Program.  Director, Producer,         Main Actor, if important.   The Network (ABC, etc.).  The         local station, city.  Day Month Year of broadcast.   "Bart's Bike."  The Simpsons.  FOX.  WKBD, Detroit.  17 July 1990.   The First Americans.  Narrator Hugh Downs.  NBC News         Special.  WDIV, Detroit.  21 March  1993.
Recordings	Last Name of Artist/Composer/Performer, First Name of         Artist. "Title of Song/Track."  Title of Record/Tape/Disc.         Label/Producer, year of issue.   Clapton, Eric.  "Tears in Heaven."  Unplugged.  Reprise         Records, 1992.   Ellington, Duke, cond.  Duke Ellington Orch. First Carnegie         Hall Concert.  Rec. 23 Jan. 1943.  Prestige,   Frost, Robert.  "The Road Not Taken."  Robert Frost Reads         His Poetry. Caedmon, 1956.	Adapt this for CDs, MP3s, and other recorded formats like podcasts, etc.
Films, DVDs, etc.	(Various forms, but begin with the Title, and include director, distributor, year, and any other info that might be important.)   Chaplin, Charles, dir.  Modern Times.  With Chaplin and         Paulette Goddard.  United Artists, 1936.   Lerner, Alan Jay, screenwriter.  An American in Paris.  Dir.         Vincente Minelli.  Prod. Arthur Freed.  Music by George         Gershwin.  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin.  With Gene Kelly,         Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant. MGM, 1951.	Generally the first information you list is the thing that is most relevant to your paper.  For instance, a paper on Charlie Chaplin will begin with him.  If your paper was on Gene Kelly or George Gershwin, the American in Paris reference to the left would be changed.
Performances, Plays, Concerts	Same as for film, but include theater and city of performance.   South Pacific.  By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein         II.  Perf. Donnie Osmond.  Fox  Theater, Detroit. 8         February 1999.
Works of Art	Artist's name.  Title of painting or sculpture.  Museum that houses the work, city.     Bernini, Gianlorenzo.  Ecstacy of St. Teresa.  Santa Maria         della Vittoria, Rome.   Cassatt, Mary.  Mother and Child.  Wichita Art Museum,         Wichita.   Illus. 22 of American  Painting: 1560-1913.  By         John Pearce, New York:  McGraw, 1964.	This is for your actual witnessing of the art, not a photo of it or a description of it.    Also, if you use a photograph of a painting, include all the info from the publication as well.
Letters	If published, treat as a smaller work in a book.  If unpublished, cite as follows:   Richards, Margaret.  Letter to the author.  17 May 1992.   Mandell, Richard.  E-Mail message to Jim Perry.  23 January         2001.
Pamphlets	As closely as possible, treat pamphlets like you would a book:   Careers in Aerospace.   Michigan Occupational Information         Systems,  2000.
Interviews, personal and published	If recorded or printed, cite as before but with "Interview." between the name and title.   Gordon, Suzanne.  Interview.  All Things Considered.          National Public Radio. WNYC, New  York. 1 June 2001.   Poussaint, Alvin F.  Telephone interview.  10, Dec. 1998.   Charleton, Ray.  Personal interview.  8 August 1999.
Personal Surveys and Experiments	Think of yourself as the author of the study.  Offer a name for the study which makes it clear.  List the dates it was conducted.   Jones, Ken.  Survey on Radio Station Popularity.  November 2005.   Jones, Ken.  Study on Dream Manipulation.  Oct. - Nov. 2005.   Jones, Ken.  Anonymous Gift-Giving: An Experiment.  Dec. 2005.
Maps	As for anonymous books with appropriate labels.   Canada.  Map.  Chicago: Rand, 1983.
Cartoons	Addams, Charles.  Cartoon.  New Yorker 21 Feb. 1983: 41.
Lectures, Speeches, and Addresses	Speaker's name. "Title of the lecture (if known)."  Meeting and/or sponsoring  organization.  Location, date.   Ciardi, John.  Address.  Opening General Session NCTE         Convention.  Washington, 19 Nov. 1992.   Brylowski, Walter.  Professor at Eastern Michigan University.         Lecture. Ypsilanti, MI  11 Oct. 1993.
Other Computer Sources	As above, but add all computer information onto the end of the normal entry:  name of the computer service and the ID numbers, etc. from the service.   McDonald, Joseph.  "New Ways to Recycle."  Time  18 March        1999:  13-14.  ProQuest, CD GPO  97-35.   Florence, Aida.  "Refinancing Education."  Higher Education      May 1990.  Newsbank,  1990 EDU 47, J8.   Schomer, Harold.  "South Africa`s New Road."  Newsweek  23     July 1989:  24-28.  Computer Diskettes: “Apartheid.”  Article     17.   Bethel, James.  “The End of the Rollercoaster.”   Odds & Ends         Spring 1995:  47.  CD Newsbank.  CD-ROM. Newsbank.         May 1995.

Missing Information

Sometimes sources don't have all the information that they should have.  If that's the case, use

the following abbreviations where they would normally belong in the citation.  DO NOT use these i

f you simply don't know the information or forgot to record it!

Use   n.p.    (no publisher/page) for sources without a known publisher or page number.

Use   n.d.    (no date) for sources without a known date of publication. 

If other information listed above is missing, skip it.