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PINE BUSH HIGH SCHOOL
LIBRARY
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Works Cited
GUIDE TO WORKS CITED
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Brown, Regina. "The Search Onward." U.S. News and
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World
Report. 2 June 1997: 4-6.
Burnett, Jerry. Media Violence. New York: Prentice, 2000.
Clark, Charles. "Hate Crimes." CQ Researcher. 20 Dec.
1990: 980-983.
Holl, Susan. "Why Kids Are Like That." Christian
Science Monitor. 14 March 2001:5.
EBSCOhost/MASfullTextUltra. Pine Bush High
School Library, Pine Bush, NY. 5 May 2002.
@yourlibrary
Lawrence Digest of Education Statistics. 1996. Chart.
Washington: GPO, 1996.
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Librarians:
Ms. East (full-time)
Ms. Cissel (part-time)
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PRINT SOURCES
Description of format followed by an example
Book - One Author
Author's name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, year of publication.
Sample First Page of a Research Paper
Formatting Your Microsoft Word Document:
Font: Times Roman
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Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1932.
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Book - Two Authors
First Author (Last name, First name), and Second Author (First name Lastname).
Title of Book. City: Publisher, year of publication.
Smith, Mary, and John Jones. How to Get What You Want. New York: Twain,
1997.
Two or more books by the same author
(After the first listing of the author's name, use three hyphens and a period for
the author's name. List books alphabetically by title.)
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Laura N. Josephson
Ms. Favalli
English 12 Period 10/11
22 May 2002
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Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, 1997.
Media Causes Social Violence
---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois
UP, 1993.
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Television and movies have always contained violence.
Poem, Short Story or Essay in an Anthology
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City:
Publisher, Year of publication. Page(s).
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Hundred Best Loved Poems. Ed. John Smith.
San Francisco: Harvard Press, 1987. 88-89.
Magazine Article
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine. Date of Magazine: Pages used.
Smith, Daniel. “Why Marriages are Increasing.” U.S. News and World Report.
2 June 1998: 4-6.
In the past two decades the violence is 70% more intense
(Brown 173- 74). In fact, Juliet Monroe calls American
television "the most violent in the world" (318), and links it
to high crime rate.
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Email Communication
Newspaper Article
Author. "Title of Message." (If any) Recipient of E-mail. Date sent.
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper. Date of edition, Edition: pages.
Smith, John. "Re: Noise in the library." E-mail to Linda Jones. 21 May 2005.
Lohr, Steve. "Now Playing: Babes in Cyberspace." New York Times. 3 April
1998, Late ed.: C1+.
ONLINE DATABASES
Full-Text Articles
Quotation Book
Author. "Title of Article." Original Source of Article Date of original source:
page numbers. Name of Database used. Name of Library, City, State. Date of
access <URL of service's homepage>.
Editor’s name, ed. Title. City: Publisher, year of publication.
Frick, Robert. "Investing in Medical Miracles." Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Feb. 1999:80-87. SIRS Researcher. Information and Learning. Pine
Bush High School Library, Pine Bush, NY. 4 May 2005
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Map, Chart, or Illustration
Ehrlich, Eugene, ed. Quotations. New York: Harper Perennial, 1996.
Title of Document. Type of document. City: Publisher, year of publication.
Washington, DC. Map. Chicago: Rand, 1992.
Government Documents
Name of Government. Name of Department. Name of Agency. Article Title.
Author. Date. <URL retrieved from>. Name of Database Used. Name
of Library, City, State. Date of access <URL of service's homepage>.
United States. U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey. Mercury
in Stream Ecosystems-New Studies Initiated by the U.S. Geological
Survey. Brigham, Mark. 4 March 2003.
<http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/fs-016-03/pdf/fs-016-03.pdf>. SIRS
Government Reporter. Pine Bush High School Library, Pine Bush, NY.
25 Feb. 2004 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Graphics & Media
Digest of Education Statistics. 1996. Chart. Washington: GPO, 1996.
NOTE: The actual source of a chart, map, or illustration should be noted directly
with the image wherever it is used in the research paper, e.g.:
Senior Graduates, 2001
"Title of Graphic." Graphic type. Copyright holder. Name of site providing
graphic. Date of access <URL of service's homepage>.
Source: United States, Dept. of Educ., Office of Educ. Research and
Improvement. Natl. Center for Educ. Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics.
1996 (Washington: GPO, 1996) table.
"Afghanistan." Map. Magellan Geogrpahix. SIRS Knowledge Source. 25 Feb.
2004 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Cartoon
Cartoonist. Type of document. Title of Magazine. Date of magazine: page(s).
Chast, Roz. Cartoon. New Yorker. 11 April 1994: 58.
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Reference Books:
NON-PRINT SOURCES
Encyclopedia
Author (if available). “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Edition (if
available). Year of publication.
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader. “Indian Philosophy.” World Book Encyclopedia.
1999 ed.
Interview (Conducted by You)
Person Interviewed. Type of interview, eg., personal, telephone, or email. Date
of interview.
Winfrey, Oprah. Personal interview. 22 December 2004.
Dictionary
“Word or Title of Article.” Title of Book. Edition (if available). Year of
publication.
“Superficial.” The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.
Almanac
Sound Recording
Composer/Performer. “Title of CD or Song Title.” Title of CD. Publisher, year
of publication.
Simon, Paul. The Best of Paul Simon. Capital, 1972.
Simon, Paul. “The Sounds of Silence.” The Best of Paul Simon. Capital, 1972.
Editor’s name, ed. Title of Book. City: Publisher, year of publication.
Glass, Bruce S., ed. The New View Almanac. Woodbridge: Blackbirch Press,
1996.
Internet Sources:
Internet Site
Article in a Reference Book
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s Name, Vol. City:
Publisher, year of publication. Total vols. Page(s).
Author(s). Name of Page. Date of posting/revision. Name of
Institution/Organization affiliated with the site. Date of access
<electronic address>.
Long, Robert Emmet. “Truman Capote.” Critical Survey of Long Fiction. Ed.
Frank N. MaGill, Vol. 2. Englewood Cliffs: Salem, 1991. 8 Vols. 22.
Felluga, Dino. Undergraduate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec.
1999. Purdue University. 15 Nov. 2000
<http://omni.cc.purdue.edu%7Efelluga/theory2.html>.
Gale Literary Series/Reprinted Sources (Rpt.)
(If there is no author put the title of the page first.)
Author. “Original Title of Article.” Where article originally appeared. Vol. (year
of publication): Pages of original. Title of Book Article is reprinted in.
Ed. Editor’s name. Vol. City: Publisher, year of publication. Pages used.
Purdue Online Writing Lab. 1 Jan. 2003. Purdue University. 10 Feb. 2003
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu>.
Roberts, Sheila. “Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith.” World
Literature Written in English. 24. (1984): 232-38. Rpt. In Twentieth
Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale,
1988. 399-402.
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Article in Online Journal
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal. Volume. Issue (Year):
Pages/Paragraphs. Date of access <electronic address>.
Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious
Diseases. 6.6 (2000): 33-33. 5 Dec. 2000
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no6/wheelis.htm>.
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