Citations Reference Sheet Topic 1
Help with In-Text Citations & Works Cited Page:
Every time you cite a source, you need to give me the author and, if you know it, the page number. If you don’t know author
or page number, use the title. See below for details. You can include the author in the lead in phrase (Salinger wrote that…) or
at the end in a parenthetical citation. For many sources here, you will not know the page number, so you may omit it. We have
given you in-text citation example for the first source only. Use the model provided to figure out the remaining items on the list
for each type of source. Use citefast.com or Easybib.com along with these sources to make our Works Cited page. Do not
merely copy the source information - rather create an MLA style citation for it. .
Book Citations
Catcher in the Rye
In-Text Citation
Example 1: J. D. Salinger has written Holden Caulfield as an untrustworthy narrator who admits, “I am the most terrific liar
you ever saw in your life” (16).
Example 2: Holden is an untrustworthy narrator who admits “I am the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 16).
Works Cited Page
Example: Salinger, J.D., The Catcher in the Rye. New York, NY. Little Brown & Company. 1991. Print.
Where’s Your head?: Psychology for Teenagers By Dale Carlson Branford, CT
Bick Publishing House
nd
2 Edition 1998 Print
Reference Book Citations
The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health
In-Text Citation
Example 1: Fundukian and Laurie clarify that, “Many mental disorders have been found to stem from changes in the structure
or function of the brain” (573).
Example 2: Researchers have shown that, “Many mental disorders have been found to stem from changes in the structure or
function of the brain” (Fundukian & Laurie 573).
Works Cited Page
Example: Fundukian, Laurie J, and Jeffrey Wilson. Mental Disorders. The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Detroit:
Thomson Gale, 2008. Print.
Articles on the Web
“Beautiful Brains” – note that you do not need page numbers for this citation.
In-Text Citation
Example 1:
Dobbs clarifies previous notions in his article “Beautiful Brains” about the rate at which children mature by explaining that the,
“process of maturation, once thought to be largely finished by elementary school, continues throughout adolescence.”
Example 2: We now know that the “process of maturation, once thought to be largely finished by elementary school,
continues throughout adolescence” (Dobbs).
Works Cited Page
Example: Dobbs, David. “Beautiful Brains.” National Geographic Magazine. Nationalgeographic.com. 2013. Web. October,
2011.
“One Reason Teens Respond Differently to the World: Immature Brain Circuitry” Author(s) Sarah Spinks
Frontline pbs.org 2013
Web Sites:
Mayo Clinic site
In-Text Citation
Example: Information on the Mayoclinic.com website confirms the challenge in diagnosing actual metal disorders as follows,
“It's often difficult to distinguish normal mental health from mental illness because there's no easy test to show if something's
wrong.”
Works Cited Page
rd
Example: Mayoclinic.com: Mental Health: What’s normal what’s not. The Mayo Clinic Staff. 2013. Web. March 23 , 2011.
National Institutes for Mental Health
nimh.nih.gov
American Psychological Association
psychiatry.org/mental-health
The Catcher in the Rye Citation Reference Sheet Topic 2
Help with In-Text Citations & Works Cited Page:
Every time you cite a source, you need to give me the author and, if you know it, the page number. If you don’t
know author or page number, use the title. See below for details. You can include the author in the lead in phrase
(Salinger wrote that…) or at the end in a parenthetical citation. For many sources here, you will not know the page
number, so you may omit it. We have given you in-text citation example for the first source only. Use the model
provided to figure out the remaining items on the list for each type of source.
Use citefast.com or Easybib.com along with these sources to make our Works Cited page. Do not merely copy
the source information - rather create an MLA style citation for it. .
Book Citations
Catcher in the Rye
In-Text Citation
Example 1: J. D. Salinger has written Holden Caulfield as an untrustworthy narrator who admits, “I am the most
terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (16).
Example 2: Holden is an untrustworthy narrator who admits “I am the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life”
(Salinger 16).
Works Cited Page
Example: Salinger, J.D., The Catcher in the Rye. New York, NY. Little Brown & Company. 1991. Print.
Packet Materials
Reference Book Citations
Life Magazines
Works Cited Page
Bondi, Victor. American Decades, 1940-1949. 5. Detroit : Gale, 1995. Print.
This Fabulous Century (1940-1950)
This Fabulous Century (1940-1950). New York: Time Life Books. 1969. Print
Web Citations
“Teenagers Speak Up on Salinger”
By the Editors
Roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com
February 1, 2010
“A Teenage Throwback”
by Mark Bauerlein
roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com
January 29th, 2010
“A Timeless Voice”
by Patrick Welsh
roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com
January 29th, 2010
“Millennial Generation Myths”
By Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais
newgeography.com
September 1st, 2009
Articles on the Web
“Get a Life Holden Caulfield”
Works Cited Page
Example: Schuessler, Jennifer. “Get a Life Holden Caulfield.” New York Times Week in Review. Nytimes.com.
June 20, 2009. Web.
“Is Holden Still Relevant?”
today.com
Associated Press February 9th, 2010
The Catcher in the Rye Citation Reference Sheet Topics 3 and 4
Help with In-Text Citations & Works Cited Page:
Every time you cite a source, you need to give me the author and, if you know it, the page number. If you don’t
know author or page number, use the title. See below for details. You can include the author in the lead in
phrase (Salinger wrote that, ….) or at the end in a parenthetical citation. For many sources here, you will not
know the page number, so you may omit it. We have given you in-text citation example for the first source only.
Use the model provided to figure out the remaining items on the list for each type of source.
Use citefast.com or Easybib.com along with these sources to make our Works Cited page. Do not merely
copy the source information, rather create an MLA style citation for it. .
Catcher in the Rye
In-Text Citation
Example 1: J. D. Salinger has written Holden Caulfield as an untrustworthy narrator who admits, “I am the most
terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (16).
Example 2: Holden is an untrustworthy narrator who admits “I am the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life”
(Salinger 16).
Works Cited Page
Example: Salinger, J.D., The Catcher in the Rye. New York, NY. Little Brown & Company. 1991. Print.
Journal Article Example:
In-Text Citation
Example: James Bryan argues that “Holden’s neurosis verges on madness” (1073).
Works Cited Page
Example: Bryan, James. “The Psychological Structure of The Catcher in the Rye.” PMLA 89.5 (1974) : 10651074. Print.
Topic 4:
Book Citations
See Catcher in the Rye above. Make sure to also include your additional YA novel.
Web Citations
“Qualities of Young Adult Literature”
By K. Bucher & M. L. Manning
Education.com
Pearson
2006
“Characteristics of Young Adult Literature”
By Lonica Rowley
blogforliteracy.blogspot.com
March 15th, 2009