HOW TO WRITE YOUR WORKS CITED LIST
It’s important to give credit to the people from whom you got the information for
your assignment! Follow the “recipes” below to make sure you get it right. Both
spelling and punctuation count!!! It’s very easy to do this right if you take your
time and work carefully.
Magazine Article:
Follow this format:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of magazine Publication
date: page number(s).
Your citation will look like this:
Hanks, Stephen. “Sue-per T. Rex!” Dig June/July 2000: 12-16.
Magazine Article from Cobblestone Online:
Follow this format:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of magazine Publication
date: page number(s). Cobblestone Online. Date you looked at the article.
Your citation will look like this:
Hanks, Stephen. “Sue-per T. Rex!” Dig June/July 2000. Cobblestone
Online. 8 October 2007.
Magazine Article from EBSCOHost:
Follow this format:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of magazine Publication
date: page number(s). Title of database. Online. EBSCO. Date you looked
at the article.
Your citation will look like this:
Whelan, Debra Lau. “The Only Young School Librarian.” School Library
Journal May 2003: 52. MasterFILE Premier. Online. EBSCO. 12 Jan. 2004.
Non-Fiction Book:
Follow this format:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. City: Publisher, Copyright date.
Your citation will look like this:
*although this book is called an “encyclopedia”, it is only one volume, so
we treat it as a non-fiction book
Norback, Craig T., ed. VGM’s Careers Encyclopedia. Lincolnwood, IL:
VGM Career Horizons, 1988.
Encyclopedia:
Follow this format:
Last name, first name of the author of the article you used. “Title of the article.”
Title of Encyclopedia. Ed. Editor’s name. Edition. Vol. number. City:
Publisher, Copyright date.
Your citation will look like this:
“Archaeologists.” Career Discovery Encyclopedia. Ed. Andrew Morkes. 5th
ed. Vol. 1. New York: Ferguson, 2003.
“Firefighters.” Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. Ed.
Andrew Morkes. 12th ed. Vol. 3. Chicago: Ferguson Publishing
Company, 2003.
*Often you will not find an author for your article. In that case, start with
the title of the article.
Professional Website:
Follow this format:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of site. Date last updated. Name of
sponsoring institution or organization. Date you looked at it .
Your citation will look like this:
Federal Government – Park Ranger. JobProfiles.org. 12 Jan. 2004
.
Do you want to become a volcanologist? University of North Dakota.
12 Jan. 2004 .