Citation Examples
by Ruby Garard
September 28, 2006
WORKS CITED/BIBLIOGRAPHY HOW TO SHEET
INFORMATION LITERACY
MRS. GARARD
When you use information in a report, you need to make a list of all the resources that you used. This list is called a works cited page or bibliography. It is written in a specific format. There are many types of bibliography form, such as MLA (Modern Language Association), or APA (American Psychology Association). We will be using the MLA form.
When you make a works cited or bibliography, you must follow the spacing and punctuation and include all the information asked for about the particular type of resource.
The below examples show what information to include and what format to use for a bibliographic entry for different types of information. It is important when you are doing a report, to write down the information needed for your works cited while you are using the resource. Then you do not have to hurry around trying to relocate a resource when it is time to turn in the final project.
A book with one author
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995.
A book with two or more authors
Parker, Steve and Parker, Jane. The Encyclopedia of Sharks. Boston: Little Brown, 1999.
An article in a reference work such as an encyclopedia
Moss, Cynthia. “Elephant.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2000.
A signed article in a monthly magazine
Quammen, David, “Megatransect, Across 1200 Miles of Untamed African on Foot.” National Geographic Oct. 2000:2-29.
A signed article in a weekly magazine or daily newspaper
Begley, Sharon. “Cloning the Endangered.” Newsweek 16 Oct. 2000: 56-57.
An unsigned article in a magazine or newspaper
“Do we have enough Wolves?” Field & Stream Nov. 2000:16.
A Web page
U. S. Beekepers Association. “Killer Bee Tracker Home Page.” 2 Feb. 2000 http://www.bee.org When you have all of the sources that you used written out in correct format, put them in alphabetical order. An example of a completed works cited page is found below.
Works Cited
Begley, Sharon. “Cloning the Endangered.” Newsweek 16 Oct. 2000: 56-57.
“Do we have enough Wolves?” Field & Stream Nov. 2000:16.
Moss, Cynthia. “Elephant.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2000.
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995.
Parker, Steve and Parker, Jane. The Encyclopedia of Sharks. Boston: Little Brown, 1999.
Quammen, David, “Megatransect, Across 1200 Miles of Untamed African on Foot.”
National Geographic Oct. 2000:2-29.
U. S. Beekepers Association. “Killer Bee Tracker Home Page.” 2 Feb. 2000
