Work s Cit ed or Consult ed
For m at
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS
Media Center
Print Resources
Print Source
Type
Information Needed
Example:
Full Book with one
Author
Last name, First name. Book Title. Publication
City: Publishing Company, Year of
Publication. Print.
Corrick, James A. The Industrial
Revolution. San Diego: Lucent
Books, 1998. Print.
Full Book with two or
more authors
Last name, First name and First Name, Last name.
Book Title. Publication City: Publishing
Company, Year of Publication. Print.
Full Book with more
than three Authors
Last name, First name, et al. Book Title. Publication
City: Publishing Company, Year of
Publication. Print.
Full Book with ONLY
an editor
Last name, First name, ed. Book Title. Publication
City: Publishing Company, Year of
Publication. Print.
Full book with
association or
committee as corporate
author
Association Name. Book Title. Publication City:
Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Print.
No author, anonymous
book
Book Title. Publication City: Publishing Company,
Year of Publication. Print.
Article/Chapter/Essay
from a Book
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Book Title.
Editor (if exists). Publication City, State:
Publishing Company, Year of Publication.
Pages. Print.
Signed article in a
reference book
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Reference
Book Title. Editor (if exists). Volume Number.
Publication City, State: Publishing Company,
Year of Publication. Pages. Print.
Niering, William A., and Nancy C.
Olmstead. The Audubon Society Field
Guide to North American
Wildflowers. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 1993. Print.
Olmos, Edward James, et al.
Americanos: Latino Life in the United
States. Boston: Little Brown, 1999.
Print.
Bloom, Harold, ed. Amy Tan.
Philadelphia, Chelsea House
Publishers, 2001. Print
American Heart Association. The
American Heart Association
Cookbook. New York: David McKay
Company, 2001. Print.
Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories.
Brunswick: Brunswick History
Commission, 1990. Print.
Hart, Douglas. “How the Executive
Branch Works.” American
Government Made Easy. Ed. Bradley
Gray. Bethesda, MD: Radical Press,
2007. 12-15. Print
Zampini, Philip. “Sandra Day
O‟Connor.” Dictionary of World
Biography. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Rev.
ed. Vol 7. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press,
1999. 45-46. Print.
Print Source
Type
Information Needed
Example:
Unsigned article in a
reference book
“Article Title. Reference Book Title. Editors.
Edition Number (if not first edition). Number
of Volumes. Publication City, State: Publishing
Company, Year of Publication. Pages. Print.
“The Age of Propellers.” Inventions and
Inventors. Ed. Jim Smith. 10 vol.
Danbury, Conn.: Grolier Educational,
2000. 23-25. Print.
Article in an
Encyclopedia,
dictionary, or familiar
reference book
Last name, First name “Article Title.” Reference
Book Title. Edition Number (if not first
edition). Year of Publication. Print.
Newspaper
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Newspaper
Title Day Month Year: Pages. Print.
Magazine or periodical
article
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Magazine
Title Day Month Year: Pages. Print.
Lewis, Mark J. “Jet Propulsion." World
Book Encyclopedia. 2002 ed. 2002.
Print.
“Higgledy-piggledy.” Miriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. 1999.
Print.
Valdez, Jessica. “ACLU Seeks City
Memorial Records.” The Frederick
News-Post 5 Jul. 2002: A1. Print.
Sloan, Allan. “The Jury‟s In: Greed Isn‟t
Good.” Newsweek 24 June 2002: A1.
Print.
Nonprint Resources
Non-Print
Source Type
Information Needed
Example:
Interviews (Television
and Personal)
Last Name, First Name (interviewee). First Name
Last Name (Interview with). Show Title.
Network/Station. Day Month Year.
Television.
Last Name, First Name (interviewee). Personal
interview. Day Month Year (of interview).
Weast, Jerry. Interview with Larry King.
Larry King Live. CNN. 14 June 2007.
Television.
Personal Interview
Television or Radio
Program
“Program Title.” Narrator/Writer/Producer (If
given). Show Title. Network/Station.
Location. Day Month Year. Television.
Films, Filmstrips,
Videotapes, DVD
Film Title. First Name Last Name (director).
Performers (if relevant). Production Company,
Copyright Year. DVD/VHS/Film.
Lockard, Karen. Personal interview. 9
Feb. 2011.
“The First Americans”. Narr. Hugh
Downs. Writ. And prod. Craig Fisher.
NBC News Special. Fox. KNBC, Los
Angeles. 21 Mar. 1988. Television.
Schindler’s List. Dir. Steven Speilberg.
Perf. Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley.
Universal Pictures, 1993. DVD.
Electronic Resources
Electronic
Source Type
Information Needed
Example:
Web Site page with
author or no author
Last Name, First Name. “Web Page Title.”
Full Web Site Title. Sponsoring
Organization/Company, Day Month Year (of
page revision). Web. Day Month Year (of your
access).
Newspaper online
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Online
Newspaper Title Day Month Year (of
publication): Original Page Numbers (if
available). Web. Day Month Year (of your
access).
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Original
Publication Title. Day Month Year (of
publication): Original Pages. Database Title.
Web. Day Month Year (of your access).
Baczkowski, Brian. “THS Media Center.”
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
Web Site. Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, 31 May 2010. Web. 10
August 2010.
“Airline Terror Plot „Close to Execution.‟”
CNN.com. CNN, 2006. Web. 10
August 2006.
Bowie, Liz. “City Struggles to Fill 1,200
Teaching Jobs.” Baltimore Sun on the
Web. 5 July 2006. Web. 12 July 2006
Reference article in a
Database
Newspaper or
Magazine article in a
Database
eBook (from Database
or Website)
YouTube (Original
Internet Video)
Myers-Shirk, Susan E. "Gays and
Lesbians." Encyclopedia of American
Cultural and Intellectual History. Ed.
Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter W.
Williams. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 2001. Gale Student
Resources In Context. Web. 3 Mar.
2011.
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Original
Adesman, Andrew. "Does My Child
Newspaper or Magazine Title Day Month Year
Need Ritalin?" Newsweek 24 Apr.
(of publication): Original Pages (if available).
2000. ProQuest Platinum. Web. 3
Database Title. Web. Day Month Year (of your
Mar. 2011.
access).
Morse, Dan. "Bethesda Doctor, Wife
Charged in Drug Case." The
Washington Post 11 Jun. 2009.
ProQuest Platinum. Web. 3 Mar.
2011.
Last name, First name and First Name Last name.
Allman, Toney. Diabetes. New York:
Book Title. Publication City: Publishing
Chelsea House, 2008. Infobase eBooks.
Company, Year of Publication, eBook
Web. 3 Mar. 2011.
Publisher Web Site. Web. Day Month Year (of
"Heroin." Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol
access).
& Addictive Behavior. Ed. Pamela
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Reference
Korsmeyer and Henry R. Kranzler. 3rd
Book Title. Editor (if available). Edition (if not
ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan
first edition). Volume Number. Publication
Reference USA, 2009. 236-238. Gale
City, State: Publishing Company, Year of
Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 Mar.
Publication. Pages. eBook Publisher Web Site.
Web. Day Month Year (of access).
2011.
Creator‟s Last name, First Name (if available).
Schnell, Jason. “Twilight Fan: „Harry
“Video Title.”YouTube. Day Month Year (of
Potter vs. Twilight.‟” YouTube. 8 June
video posting). Web. Day Month Year (of
2009.
Web. 24 Mar 2010.
access).
Electronic
Source Type
Information Needed
Example:
YouTube (Clip from a
Published Video)
“Clip Title.” Original Video/Film Title. First Name
Last Name (director). Production Company,
Year of Original Publication. YouTube. Day
Month Year (of video upload). Web. Day
Month Year (of access).
“Godfather (Ellis Island).” The
Godfather. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola.
Paramount, 1974. YouTube. 15 Nov.
2009. Web. 30 Mar 2010.
Abbreviations
(Check with your teacher for capitalization rules.)
ed. - Editor
trans. - Translator
n.p. - No Place or no publisher
n.d. - No date
n. pag. - No paging
Parenthetical/Internal Citations
To document quotes, paraphrases, or ideas, cite the author's name and page numbers inside parentheses following the quote or idea in your
paper.
Example: [IN PAPER]
At the beginning of the novel, Chief of Police Clumly represents law and order, while the Sunlight Man represents "absolute, anarchistic
freedom" (Cowart 63). - Single Author
Example: [IN WORKS CITED]
Cowart, David. Arches and Light: The Fiction of John Gardner. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1982. Print.
Other Examples of Parenthetical/Internal Citations
Documentation Issue
More Than One Title By the Same Author
Authors with the Same Last Name
Multiple Authors
Documenting by Title (i.e. No Author)
Literary Works
Indirect Source and Long Quotation
Online Source (which has no page numbers)
Example
… (Wright, Native Son 117).
… (John Griffin 176).
… (Carlsen et al. 158).
… (“World Bank Changes” 9).
… (Hansberry 45; sc 2).
… (qtd. in Unrue 29).
… (Greenspan).