WORKS CITED EXAMPLES

Below are examples of entries taken from the Westlake Style Manual.

Here are a few general rules:

q Center the title Works Cited one inch from the top. Don’t underline, bold, or change the font or size of the title Works Cited.

q Begin each entry flush with the left margin. If the entry runs more than one line, indent additional

lines five spaces.

q Single-space between words and after punctuation marks in a works cited entry.

q List each entry alphabetically by the author’s last name. If there is no author, use the first word of the title (Ignore A, An, The).

q Dates are in the order of day month year, i.e.: 24 Aug. 1994 (note no commas!)

q All months in dates are abbreviated with the exceptions of May, June, and July.

q Your last name and page number appears ½” from the top in the right corner of all pages (including the first page and Works Cited)

More examples and further instructions can be found at:

http://www.westlake.k12.oh.us/whs/english/StyleManual/index.htm

WEB SITE (PROFESSIONAL)

ESPN.  12 Nov. 1999.  ESPN Internet Ventures.  24 Nov. 1999  <http://espn.go.com>.

Name of site on homepage. Date page was last updated. Author/publisher of site. Date you accessed the information < URL>. (copy and paste from page)

WEB SITE (PERSONAL)

Hamilton, Calvin J.  Views of the Solar System.  12 Nov. 1999  <http://solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm>.

Name of person (last name, first name middle initial). Title of the page. Date you accessed the information <URL>.

AN ANONYMOUS ARTICLE WITHIN A WEB SITE

“Becoming a Meteorologist.”  Weather.com  2 Nov. 1999.  The Weather Channel.  24 Nov. 2005  <http://weather.com/learn_more/resources/metro.html>.

“Article you used in quotes.” Name of site on homepage Date page was last updated. Publisher of site. Date you accessed the information <URL>. (copy & paste directly from page)

AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY

Tracy, Steven C.  "Langston Hughes."  American National Biography Online. American

Council of Learned Societies: Oxford University Press.  Feb. 2000.  29 May 2005

<http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00809.html>.

Author of article. “Person you looked up in quotes.” Name of online resource underlined. Publisher of site. Date information was last updated. (Bold same for all) Date you accessed the information < URL>. (URL you should use is found at the bottom of the page)

GALE RESOURCE CENTER

“Sean Penn.” Contemporary Newsmakers 1987. Gale Research, 1988. Discovering Collection. Gale Group. Dec 2000. 30 May 2005 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC/hits?c=8&secondary=false&docNum=K16180021>.

“Title of article you used.” Database information came from underlined. Publisher, date. Name of electronic resource. (same for all Gale collections) Publisher. (Same for all Gale publications) Date page was updated. Date you accessed the information <URL>. (use the URL found at the bottom of the page)

SIRS – DISCOVERER, EBSCO, AND PROQUEST
Fields, Gregg. “All Eyes on Wall Street as it Reopens.” Miami Herald. 17 Sept. 2001. SIRS Discoverer. 28 May 2005

<http://discoverer4.sirs.com/cgi-bin/dis-article-display?id=00INFOHIO1-D77920FU& searchkey=& artno=141765>.

Author of article. “Title of article in quotes.” Name of magazine or newspaper underlined. Date of article. Name of electronic resource. Date you accessed the information < URL>.

ONLINE NEWSPAPER

Still, Lucia.  “On the Battlefields of Business, Millions of Casualties.”  New York Times on the Web  3 Mar. 2000. 17 Aug. 2005 <http://www.nytimes.com/specials/downsize/03down1.html>.

Author of article. “Title of article in quotes.” Name of newspaper underlined Date of newspaper. Date you accessed the information <URL>.

GALENET – Student Resource Center

“Sean Penn.” Contemporary Newsmakers 1987.  Gale Research, 1988. Student Resource Center. Gale Group.  Dec 2000.  30 May 2002 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC/hits?c=8&secondary=false&docNum=K16180021>.

“Title of article you used.” Database information came from underlined. Publisher, date. Name of electronic resource. (same for all Gale collections) Publisher. (same for all Gale publications) Date page was updated. Date you accessed the information <URL>. (use the URL found at the bottom of the page)

 ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA ON THE INTERNET

“AIDS.”  Encyclopedia Britannica.  2005.  30 Feb. 2005  <http://search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=4225>.

“Title of article in quotes.” Name of encyclopedia underlined. Year of encyclopedia. Date you accessed the information < URL>.

AN ONLINE GRAPHIC, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FILE

Hamilton, Calvin J. “Components of Comets.” Diagram. Space Art. 1997. 20 Dec. 2005 <http://spaceart.com/solar/eng/comet.htm>.

Author. “Diagram title.” Type of file. Web page title. Date updated. Date accessed <URL>.

Default Format (if you don’t know what format to use) for online sources:

Author or editor. "Title." Book title. Printed version information. Site title. Version. Date posted or copyright date. Name of subscription service or library name and location. Number of pages or paragraphs. Sponsoring organization. Date accessed <Electronic address>.

PRINT SOURCES

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR

Zinn, Howard.  People’s History of the United States.  New York:  Harper Perennial, 1995.

Author’s name-last name, first name. Title of book underlined. Place of publication: Publishing Company, Copyright date.

BOOK WITH TWO OR THREE AUTHORS

Bailey, Thomas A., David M.  Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen.  The American Pageant.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Last name first, first name middle initial, second name not inverted and third name. Title of book underlined. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.

BOOK NO AUTHOR

Chronicle of the 20^th Century.  New York:  Dorling Kindersley, 1995.

Title of book underlined. Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright date.

MULTI-VOLUME WORK WITH EDITOR

McPherson, James M., ed.  Battle Chronicles of the Civil War. Vol. 2.  New York:  Macmillan, 1989.

Editor’s name—last name first, first name middle initial, ed. Title of set underlined. Volume number. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.

BOOK WITH AN EDITOR

Monk, Linda R., ed.  Ordinary Americans.  Richmond:  Close Up Publishing, 1994.

Editor’s last name first, first name middle initial, ed. Title of book underlined. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright.

PRINT MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WITH AN AUTHOR

Gibbs, Nancy R.  “Dire Straits.”  Time 29 Aug. 1994:  28-32.

Author of article-last name first, first name middle initial. “Title of article in quotes.” Name of magazine or newspaper underlined

Date of magazine or newspaper: page(s) of article.

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Works Cited

“AIDS.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2003. 30 May 2003

<http://search.ed.com/eb/article?eu=4225>.

Bailey, Thomas A., and David M. Kennedy. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton

Mifflin, 1998.

ESPN. 12 Nov. 1999. ESPN Internet Ventures. 24 Nov. 1999 <http://espn.go.com>.

Gibbs, Nancy R. “Dire Straits.” Time 9 Aug. 1994: 28-32.

Monk, Linda R., ed. Ordinary Americans. Virginia: Close Up Publishing, 1994.

Above is a sample of what a Works Cited page would look like.

Note the following:

ü The entries are alphabetically arranged by the author’s last name or the first word of the entry (ignore a, an, the).

(AIDS, Bailey, ESPN, Gibbs, Monk)

ü Double space between all lines on the page of works cited.

ü The first line of each entry is flush with the left margin.

ü If the entry runs more than one line, indent additional lines five spaces (or tab once if you can’t use space bar).

ü Each entry ends with a period.

ü One space after punctuation in the entry

ü Dates are in the order of: day month year

ü Font is Times New Roman and size of font is 12 for entire page.

ü Your last name and page number are in the upper right hand corner.