Sample Works Cited Entries for Commonly Used Sources
Turn over to see these examples organized in a correctly formatted Works Cited document
1. Article from an online encyclopedia
Author Last Name, First name. “Article title.” Title of Online Encyclopedia. Publisher. Copyright Year.
Web. Date accessed <URL>.
Olson, Maynard V. "Human Genome Project." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 4 Feb.
2013. <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
2. Article from a print encyclopedia
Author Last name, First name. “Article title.” Title of Encyclopedia. Place: Publisher, Year. Pages. Print.
Mockaitis, Tom. “Foreign Aid.” The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2010. 383-85.
Print.
3. Book with one author
Author Last name, First name. Title. Place: Publisher, copyright year. Print.
Sherrow, Victoria. The Titanic. San Diego: Lucent, 1999. Print.
4. Magazine article – online database
Author Last name, First name. “Article title.” Magazine Title Month year: page(s). Database. Web. Date
accessed <URL>.
Linkin, Megan E. "Icebergs Ahead! How Weather Doomed the Titanic." Weatherwise Sept.-Oct. 2007:
20-25. Readers' Guide Full Text Select. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <http://web.ebscohost.com>.
5. Magazine article – print copy
Author Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Magazine Title Month year: page(s). Print.
Ballard, Robert. “Why is the Titanic Vanishing?” National Geographic Dec. 2004: 96-113. Print.
6. Reference book article (no author listed) – online database
“Article Title.” Title of Reference Source. Editor(s). Place: Publisher, Year. Pages. Database. Web. Date
accessed. <URL>.
“prisoners of war (POWs)." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Ed. Jeffrey T. Hay and
Charles Zappia. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2004. 235-36. Gale U.S. History in Context. Web. 4
Feb. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com>.
7. Reference book article (no author listed) – print source
“Article title.” Book Title. Ed. First name last name. Place: Publisher, year. Pages. Print.
“A Warning for Lusitania Passengers.” American Decades 1910-1919. Ed. Vincent Tompkins. Detroit:
Gale, 1996. 365. Print.
8. Website
Authors’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Page.” Title of Site. Publisher, Date of publication or last
update. Web. Date of Access <URL>.
“TR:The Story of Theodore Roosevelt.” American Experience. Public Broadcasting, 2010. Web. 04 Feb
2013 <http://www.pbs.org>.
IMPORTANT:
**Double space actual document – this example is single-spaced.
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Works Cited
Ballard, Robert. "Why Is the Titanic Vanishing?" National Geographic Dec. 2004: 96-113. Print.
Linkin, Megan E. "Icebergs Ahead! How Weather Doomed the Tintanic." Weatherwise Sept.Oct. 2007: 20-25. Readers' Guide Full Text Select. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
<http://web.ebscohost.com>.
Mockaitis, Tom. "Foreign Aid." The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2010.
383-85. Print.
Olson, Maynard V. "Human Genome Project." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 4
Feb. 2013. <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
"prisoners of war (POWs)." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Ed. Jeffrey T.
Hay and Charles Zappia. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2004. 235-36. Gale U.S. History in
Context. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com>.
Sherrow, Victoria. The Titanic. San Diego: Lucent, 1999. Print.
"TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt." American Experience. Public Broadcasting, 2010. Web.
4 Feb. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org>.
"A Warning for Lusitania Passengers." American Decades 1910-1919. Ed. Vincent Thompkins.
Detroit: Gale, 1996. 365. Print.
Did you notice…….
 The first word of the citation determines alphabetical order, regardless of whether it is a name or
a title. EXCEPTION: ignore the articles a, an, the. That is why “A Warning for Lusitania
Passengers” is last in the list. It is in order by the word “warning.”
 The list is NOT numbered.
 There are NO extra spaces between citations.
 Each citation ends with a period.
 If there is no author, simply begin with the “Article Title.
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Revised February 2013
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