Sample works cited page on Steroids: Explanation
Works Cited
Be sure that you title the page as Works (don’t forget the “s”) Cited. Center the title. Do not
give the information that is in bold. That is for your information. Be sure to put your
citations in alphabetical order by author or title if no author is given. Lines should be
double-spaced.
Basic Book:
Adams, Jacqueline. Steroids. Detroit : Lucent Books, 2006. Print.
Author’s last name, first name. Book title capitalized and in italics. Place of publication:
Publisher, date. Format. Find the publishing information on the verso ie. the back of the
title page. Be sure to indent second and subsequent lines.
Database article (no author)
"Bats; Canseco defends Clemens in front of grand jury." The New York Times.
(June 4, 2010): B12(L). Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 11
June 2010.
If an article has no title, put the title first. Put title in quotation marks. Put a period before the
closing quotation marks followed by the original source of the information along with
the original date and original page number if available. Give name of Database. Format.
Date accessed.
Book with editor (citing entire book):
Bellenir, Karen, Ed. Fitness Information for Teens. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics,
2004. Print.
Editor’s last name, first name, ed. Title of book. Capitalize the first and important words (ie.
not “and”, “for” or “of”). Put title in italics. Place of publication: Publisher, date.
Format.
Specific article in reference book or anthology:
Brower, K.J. “Anabolic Steroids.” Drugs and Society. Ed. Paul Bernabeo. New
York : Marshall Cavendish, 2006. 85-91. Print.
Author’s last name, first. Title of article in quotation marks. Title of book in italics. Ed.
Editor’s name (not reversed). Place of publication: Publisher, date. Format.
Webpage (not entire website):
Dillingham, Michael. “Steroids, Sports and the Ethics of Winning.” The
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Santa
Clara University. 2010. Web. 11 June 2010.
Author’s last name, first name. Title of particular web page on website. Capitalize and put in
quotation marks. Title of website in italics. Name of organization associated with
website if given. Date of last revision if given. Format (Web). Date accessed.
Entire Website (no author and no date):
NIDA for Teens. The National Institute on Drug Abuse. n.d. Web. 11 June
2010.
Title of website. Capitalize and in italics. Name of organization associated with website. Date
of last revision. If no date is given, put n.d. Format. Date accessed.
Database article (with author):
Saletan, William. “The Rules Against Performance-Enhancing Drugs Are
Arbitrary.”At Issue: The Olympics. Ed. Tami Roleff. Detroit:
Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web.
11 June 2010.
Author’s last name, first name. Title of article in quotation marks. Title of original publication.
Ed. Editor’s name (not reversed). Place of publication, Publisher, Date. Name of
database. Format (Web). Date accessed.
Photo or image found on web:
"Steroids.” Photograph. Steroids. U.S. Drug Enforcement Association. n.d. Web.
11 June 2010.
Title of image or photograph in quotation marks (if this is not given, give it a title that describes
it). Format (photograph or image). Title of website in italics. Organization associated
with website. Date of last revision. If no date, put n.d. Format (Web). Date accessed.
Email (including email interview):
Thomas, John. "Re: Steroids." Message to the author. 12 June. 2010. E-mail.
Author’s last name, first name. Title of email in quotation marks. Message to__________(name
of person to whom e-mail was sent). Date of e-mail. Format (E-mail).
Personal Interview:
Williams, Todd. Personal interview. 13 June 2010.
Author’s last name, first name (ie. the person you interviewed). Personal Interview. Date.
YouTube Video:
Yancy, Jake. "Steroids Can Ruin You." YouTube. 04 April 2008. Online Video
Clip. 12 June 2010.
Author’s last name, first name. Title of video in quotation marks. YouTube in italics. Date of
last update. Format. Date accessed.
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