1. Center the title “Works Cited” or “Works Consulted” at the top of the page.
2. Alphabetize the entire list of citations by the first letter of each citation.

If the citation begins with  A,  An,  or  The,  include the  A,  An,  or The,  but alphabetize by the 2^nd word.

CITATION FORMAT:

1. Use a .5 inch hanging indent, with the first line of the citation  flush with the left margin.  (The second line will then be automatically indented .5 inch.)
2. Double space within and between citations.  (This was not done in the examples below in order to save space.)
3. City Format: If the city is unfamiliar across the nation, include the postal abbreviation of its state.  E.g. Redmond, WA
4. Date format:  day mon. year.  If there is no date, write n.d.  Months are written as follows: Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  June  July  Aug.  Sept.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec.

Author (Last name, First name and First name Last name).  Title.  City of publication:  Publisher, year published.

Author (Last name, First name). Title.  Trans. (First name Last name). City of publication:  Publisher, year published.

 (collection of works):

essay, short story, play, or poem—same author

Author (Last name, First name).  Selection.  [See note]  Title. City of publication:  Publisher,  year published.  Pages.  [Note: essays, short stories, or poems are in quotation marks/plays are underlined.]

Bradbury, Ray.  “I Sing the Body Electric!”  The Stories of Ray Bradbury.  New York:  Knopf, 1978.  709-736. [­example of a short story]

O’Neill, Eugene.  Lazarus Laughed.  Nine Plays.  New York:  Modern Library, 1941.  381-484.

 [­example of a play]

essay, short story, play, or poem—different authors

Author (Last name, First name).  Selection. [See note] Title. Ed. (First Name Last Name). City of publication:  Publisher, year published.  Pages.  [Note:  essays, short stories, or poems are in quotation marks/plays are underlined.]

Poe, Edgar Allan.  “The Cask of Amontillado.”  200 Years of Great American Short Stories.  Ed. Martha Foley.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1975.  93-99.

 [­example of a short story]

Wilson, August.  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.  Famous American Plays of the 1980’s.  Ed. Robert Marx.  New York:  Dell, 1988.  415-520. 

 [­example of a play]

(unsigned article)*

“Nelson Mandela.”  Heroes of Conscience.  Eds. Kathlyn Gay and Martin K. Gay.  Santa Barbara:  ABC-CLIO, 1996.  242-246.

(signed article)

Article Author (Last name, First name).  “Article Title.”  Title.  Ed.  (First Name Last Name).  City of publication:  Publisher, year published.  Pages.

Petechuck, David A.  “Pythagoras of Samos.”  Notable Mathematicians.  Ed. Robyn V. Young.  Detroit:  Gale, 1998.  407-408.

(unsigned article)

“Article Title.”  Title.  Ed. (First name Last name).  Volume used.  City of publication:  Publisher, year published.  Page numbers.

“Alexander the Great.”   The History of the Ancient and Medieval World.  Ed. Henk Kijkstra.  Vol. 5.  New York:  Marshall Cavendish, 1996.  613-624.

(signed article)

Article Author (Last name, First name).  “Article Title.”  Title.  Ed. (First Name Last Name).  Volume used.  City of publication:  Publisher, year published.  Page numbers.

Jurgens, Jane.  “Greek Americans.”   Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.  Ed. Rudolph J. Vecoli.  Vol. 1.  New York:  Gale, 1995.  578-595.

Author or Ed. (Last name, First name.)  Title.  # of volumes.  City of publication:  Publisher,  year published. 

Canby, Courtlandt.  The Encyclopedia of Historic Places.  2 vols.  New York:  Facts on File, 1984.

[­Example of an author]

Bonk, Mary Rose,  ed.  Worldmark Yearbook 2001.  3 vols.  Detroit:  Gale, 2001.

[­Example of an editor]

(e.g. World Book, Britannica, Americana)

(unsigned article)

 “Article Title.”  Name of Encyclopedia.  Edition.

“Forest.”  World Book Encyclopedia.  1997 ed.

(e.g. World Book, Britannica, Americana)

(signed article)

Article Author (Last name, First name).  “Article Title.”   Name of Encyclopedia.  Edition.

Taylor, George V.  “French Revolution.”  Encyclopedia Americana.  1999 ed.

(unsigned article)

single issue or bound e.g. CQ Researcher

“Article Title.”  Name of Magazine Date published (day mon. year):  page numbers. [Notes:  no period after the name of magazine—use a “+” if the article continues on a non-consecutive page.]

“The Spouse in the White House.”  Vogue Apr. 2000:  366-370+.

(signed article)

single issue or bound e.g. CQ Researcher

Article Author (Last name, First name).  “Article Title.”   Name of Magazine Date published (day mon. year):  page numbers. [Notes:  no period after the name of magazine—use a “+” if the article continues on a non-consecutive page.]

Hirsh, Michael.  “Infernal Revenue Disservice.”  Newsweek 13 Oct. 1997:  33-39.

(unsigned article)

“Article Title.”  Name of Newspaper  Date published (day mon. year), Edition if given:  page numbers.  [Notes:  no period after the name of newspaper— a “+” if the article continues on a non-consecutive page—if there’s no edition, use a “:” after the article’s date.]

“AT&T Wireless IPO Expected to be Biggest in U.S. History.”  Eastside Journal  29 Mar. 2000:  C1+. 

(signed article)

Article Author (Last name, First name).  “Article Title.”  Name of Newspaper  Date of publication (day mon. year), Edition if given:  page numbers.  [Notes:  no period after the name of newspaper—use a “+” if the article continues on a non-consecutive page— if there’s no edition, use a  “:” after the article’s date.]

Hodson, Jeff.  “Blast of Dome Dust Harmless, Agency Says.”  Seattle Times 28 Mar. 2000, Eastside ed.:  B1-2.

Treat as a book.

CultureGrams:  Mexico.  Lindon, UT:  Axiom Press, 2003.

Name of government.  Name of agency.  Title.  City of publication:  Publisher, date published (day mon. year).

United States.  Department of State.  Background Notes:  Vietnam.  Government Printing Office, Feb. 1999.