WORKS CITED FORMATS

When you write your Works Cited sheet, entries must be in alphabetical order.
The second line must be indented.

BOOK:

Author (last name, first name). Title. City where book is published: Publisher, copyright date.

(If two or more authors are listed, keep them in their original order. List the first author with last name first, then the rest are listed with first name first. Separate with commas, with the word "and" before the last author listed.

Example:

Knight, David C. Galaxies, Islands in Space. New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1979.

Knight, David C., Margaret Jones, and Jonathan Simpson . Galaxies, Islands in Space. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.,
   1979.

MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER:

Author (last name, first name). " Title of the Article." Title of the magazine or newspaper Date (day month year): page numbers of the article.

Example:

Southwell, Karen. "Inside a Star's Cocoon." Astronomy  25 May 1997: 60-65.

ENCYCLOPEDIA:

Author of the article (last name first). " Title of the Article." Name of the Encyclopedia. Year and Edition (ed.).

(If no author is listed, use the editor. If no editor is listed, begin with the title of the article. If no edition is listed, just use the copyright date. If it is an electronic encyclopedia - CD ROM - use the same format.)

Example:

Smith, Bradford A. "Neptune." World Book Encyclopedia, 1995 ed.

INTERVIEW:

Expert's name (last name, first name). the words Personal Interview or Telephone Interview.

Date (day month year).

Example:

Hardy, Ann. Personal Interview. 12 December 1990.

TELEVISION OR RADIO PROGRAM:

Title of the Program. Producer or Directors name. Network. Local station call letters, City. Date (day month year).

Example:

Dateline NBC. Producer Tony Burden. NBC. KUSA Channel 9, Denver. 22 January 1997.

WORLD WIDE WEB:

Author (if available). Title of the main web page. <URL address>. Date accessed (day month year).

Example:

Bray, Joseph. Jupiter's Moon Amalthea. <http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/amalthes.htm>. 29 September 1997.

E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE:

Author (last name, first name). <Author's e-mail address >. "Subject line." Date of post (day month year). the words Personal e-mail. Date read (day month year).

Example:

Andrec, Mike. <andrec@glyce.chem.yale.edu>. "New England School of Bandura." 18 April 1996. Personal e-mail. 19 April 1996.

GAME:

Title. Game. City: Publisher, year.

Example:

Body Basics. Game. New York: Mattel, 1998.

LECTURE:

Speaker's name(last name, first name). "Title of the Presentation." Meeting or sponsoring organization. Location (building, city). Date (day month year).

Example:

Fay, Jim. "Discipline with Love and Logic." BHMS PTO. BHMS, Broomfield. 13 March 1998.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE:

Name of author - if given (last name, first name). Title of product. Edition. Publication medium (CD-ROM). City. Publisher, date (day month year).

Example:

McCauley, David. Castles. Version 3.0. CD-ROM. New York: Broderbund, 1998.

PAMPHLET: (treat like a book)

Author (last name, first name). Title. City where pamphlet is published: Publisher,

copyright date.

Example:

Laird, Jean E. The Metrics Are Coming. Burlington, Iowa: National Reasearch Bureau, 1976.

MOVIE/VIDEO:

Title. Director. Production Company, Year.

Example:

Saving Private Ryan. Steven Spielberg. Dreamworks, 1998.

(All of the previous information is credited to the Modern Language Association's handbook on the correct English citations.)