Research Paper Exercise
(Works Cited, Parentheticals)
A. Write the correct parenthetical citations for each of the following resources: (2 pts. each)
1. You have used a non-fiction book entitled Volcanoes (Disasters). Your reference is to page 77. The
book was written by Ann Weil and was published by Saddleback Educational Publishing. The copyright
date is 2013.
2. You have referenced page 697 of an article in Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 20. No author is listed.
The copyright date of the encyclopedia is 2016. The article is called “Volcanoes.”
3. An excellent source on volcanoes appeared in an Academic Database found using EBSCOhost. It is
called Geological Sciences and it was written by John P. Rafferty. The volume is the 1st edition and it is
published by Britannica Educational Publishing in 2012. The topic searched was Geology: Landforms,
Minerals, and Rocks. The URL is EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=364313&site=ehost-live.
4. A valuable article called “Volcanoes” is published on the Department of Homeland Security website at
https://www.ready.gov/volcanoes. No author or date is available.
5. Trevor Hughes published an article at USAToday.com on May 14, 2018 called “19 lava outbreaks, a
jungle ablaze and a Hawaii volcano still poised to explode.” The article is located at
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/05/14/hawaii-volcano-big-island-anxiety-overkilauea/606707002/.
6. You have quoted a remark on page 5 made by James A. Michener in a textbook called Natural
Disasters, Tenth Edition, written by Patrick L. Abbott. The copyright date is 2017 and the book is published
by McGraw Hill Education.
7. Mary Caperton Morton wrote an article for Earth Magazine called “Volcanism Spiked Global Temps
During Past Hothouse” on December 25, 2017. The article appeared on page 28.
8. An awesome documentary is available on YouTube! It’s called NOVA: In the Path of a Killer Volcano.
The video was uploaded by Geologyrocks on October 22, 2015. You can access the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFgfmwDUKg.
9. You cited from page 302 in Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Science Encyclopedia) which
was written by Alexander E. Gates and David Ritchie. The book was published by Checkmark Books in
2007.
10. Your final source is called “Blast From the Past” found in Smithsonian Magazine in the July 2002 issue.
Robert Evans wrote the article and it is found at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/blast-from-thepast-65102374/.
B. Compose a Works Cited Page using the above entries. You must use the correct format and the
correct order ( 3 pts. each).