This sheet will give examples for Works Cited entries and parenthetical citations. You will be asked to
use this information to create sample entries and citations to ensure that you know and use the proper
format.
Works Cited lists the sources that you cited in your paper. It appears at the end of your paper. It
provides all of the relevant information about the document. The first section of this document deals with
Works Cited entries.
Parenthetical citations appear within your paper. They use parentheses and tell the source where a
fact, statistic, or quote was found. Parenthetical citations only include the author name and a page
number. If an author is not given, then the title of the article is used. See complete information and
samples later in this document.
Template for Works Cited or Works Consulted Page
Your last name 5
Works Cited
Gelman, David, and Karen Springen. "How Will the Clone Feel?" Newsweek 8 Oct. 1993:
65+. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 16 Oct. 2009. < http://search.ebhost.com >.
Lehrman, Sally. "No More Cloning Around." Scientific American: Aug. 2008: 100. Print.
"Medical Research: Human Embryos Cloned from Skin Cell." Facts on File World News
Digest. N.p.: Facts on File News Services, 31 Jan. 2008. World News
Digest. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. < http://www.2facts.com/ >.
The Works Cited or Works Consulted page appears at the end of your paper.
The following rules apply to your Works Cited or Works Consulted page:
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It should be on a separate page from your text.
The page should be numbered at the top with your name and the page number of your
paper. This can be done by creating a header.
The title should be centered, 1” from the top (do not underline, italicize, or bold).
All margins should be set to 1".
Double-space the entire list.
All entries should be listed alphabetically (ignore the words A, An, The).
If the entry runs more than one line, indent the subsequent line(s) 1/2".
o TIP: Use Control+Tab to indent the line desired.
Let’s look at samples from two of our sources. Here is a link to these samples.
http://www.lmtsd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1224 – link for Issues and Controversies
sample
Issues & Controversies
Article Title.
Issues and Controversies on File (original print source) followed by the date published: page number(s).
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Use the abbreviation n. pag. if page numbers are not provided.
Issues & Controversies (name of the database).
Web (publication medium).
Date of access.
< URL > as shown in example.
"Update: Television Violence." Issues and Controversies on File 5 Oct. 2007: n. pag.
Issues & Controversies. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.
< http://www.2facts.com/ICOF/icof-main.asp >.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Opposing Viewpoints could have articles from either books, magazines, or newspapers. The example
below is for a magazine article. Click on this link to see samples for a book or newspaper.
http://www.lmtsd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1216 link for sample for Gale Opposing Viewpoints in
Context
Sowell, Thomas, and John J. Dululio, Jr. "The Death Penalty is a Deterrent." Opposing
Viewpoints: The Death Penalty. Ed. Paul A. Winters. San Diego: Greenhaven Press,
1997. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 19 June 2009.
< http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ >.
Author, if given.
"Article Title."
Title of publication the article came from.
Editor's name, if given, preceded by Ed then first name and last name.
City of publication: Publisher, year published.
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Use the abbreviations N.p. (no place of publication, n.p. (no publisher) or n.d. (no date of publication) if information
is not provided.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context (name of the database).
Web (publication medium).
Date of access.
< URL >.
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You may choose the document URL (permanent link) shown at the bottom of the article or the abbreviated root URL
as shown in the following example. DO NOT COPY the words Document URL.
By the end of class, please submit your sample Works Cited
with the five sources you were given. Please also submit your
five sentences with parenthetical citations. See the information
on the next two pages.
Works Cited
Create a Works Cited page for these 5 articles. List the sources alphabetically.
Do NOT skip lines. Do NOT number the sources. The first line will be flush to
the margin; all other lines will be indented. Refer to the samples that are given
above.
From Issues
and Controversies:
1. “Private Contractors in Iraq”
2. “Children’s Health Insurance”
These three articles have authors. To find the article you can copy and the full title exactly and then paste it into
the search box.
From Gale
Opposing Viewpoints in Context:
1. “Human Activities Threaten the World's Oceans and Coastal Regions”
2. “Legalized Gambling Benefits Local Economies”
3. “Internet Gambling Should Be Banned to Protect Children”
PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS
These are citations that appear in your paper. If you use the words of an article, you must cite it. If you use
statistics, you must include a citation.
If the author is given for an article, mention the author in your citation.
EXAMPLE: There were 500 accidents in Philadelphia in the month of July (Smith 3).
If the author is not given, mention the first word of the title (or as many words as are needed to distinguish the
title if two sources begin with the same word).
EXAMPLE: The budget for the event was $250,000 (“Gala” 6).
Refer to the five articles you used to create your Works Cited. Use your own
words to cite information from each of the articles. Include a parenthetical
citation.
EXAMPLE: The U.S. Census Bureau reports that there were 8 million children under the age of eighteen who
had no health insurance in 2005 (“Children’s” 1).
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