Reference Paper Style sheet

The following are some of the most common sources students use in citations.  The style sheet is based on MLA Handbook, Seventh Edition, 2003.

HOW IT SHOULD LOOK  “Works Cited”

Book NO author:

Poetry for students.  Detroit: Gale, 1998.

BOOK 1 author:

Marcuse, Sybyl. A Survey  of Musical Instruments . New York: Harper, 1975.

BOOK 2 or more authors:

Gagne, Jeff, and Don Crabb. Database Design. Foster City, CA: M&T     Books, 1998.

BOOK same author:

---.Wallace Stevens:Man of Parts. Englewood Clifffs, NJ: Prentice, 1970.

BOOK corporate author:

Commission of the Humanities. The Humanities in American Life: Report of the Commission on the Humanities . Berkley: U of California P., 1980.

ARTICLE, ESSAY, POETRY Anthology:

Lloyd, Henry. “Free Enterprise Should Be Regulated.” Capitalism: Opposing Viewpoints . Ed. Bruno Leone. St Paul, MN: Greenhaven, 1986, 29-32.

PERIODICAL signed article:

Begley, Sharon. “A Healthy Dose of Laughter.” Newsweek 4 Oct. 1982: 74-78.

PERIODICAL unsigned article:

“Uneasy Silence.” Computerworld 28 Mar. 1983: 84.

NEWSPAPER signed article:

Dexter, Tim “Steve Reich, A Young Turk, Approaches 50.” New York Times 1 June 1986, sec. H: 23-24.

NEWSPAPER unsigned article:

“Rumford Quiet After Klan Visit.” Portland Press Herald 28 Sept. 1987, sec.1:1.

ENCYCLOPEDIA signed article:

Caird, George B. “Paul, the Apostle.” Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 1974 ed.

ENCYCLOPEDIA unsigned article:

“Mandarin.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1980 ed

ENCYCLOPEDIA On-line:

Diringer, David. “Hieroglyphics.” Encyclopedia American Online. Roselle Park Middle School Lib., Roselle Park , NJ. 24 Dec. 2000. http://gogrolier.com/>.

SOUND RECORDING:

Murrow, Edward R. Year of Decision: 1943. Columbia, CPS-3872, 1957.

VIDEO RECORDING:

Jurassic Park. Dir Steven Spielberg. Writ. Michael Crichton and David Koepp. Universal, 1993. MCA/Universal Home Video, 1994.

TELEVISION PROGRAM:

The First Americans. Narr. Hugh Downs. Writ. And prod. Craig Fisher.NBC News Special. WCSH, Portland, ME. 21 Mar.1987.

INTERVIEW conducted by student :

Duncan, Robert F. Personal Interview. 27 July 1987.

INTERVIEW in print :

Ellison, Ralph. Interview. “Invisible Man” Atlantic. With James Alan MacPherson. Mar. 1970: 45-60.

E-MAIL:

Duncan, Robert. “Mini-Essay.” E-mail to author.25 Jan. 2005.

WORLD WIDE WEB:

Goldman, Jerry. “Oyez Oyez Oyez: Miranda v. Arizona – Docket.” The Oyez Project Northwestern University. Date last updated
http://oyez.nwu.edu/cases/cases.cgi?case_id+251&command+show>.  23 Oct. 2004.

If you need further clarification in citing sources you can access the

MLA Citation Guide .

There are websites that create the proper MLA format for you. 

They include EasyBib - http://www.easybib.com/

(a free advanced bibliography maker), Noodletools: Quick Cite - http://noodletools.com/quickcite/

Click here for Citation Worksheets.

These are designed to help you take citation notes for different sources.

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