Works Cited
A Works Cited page is a list of sources, placed at the end of a research paper, that were used to
complete the study of the topic written about.
Source
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BOOK
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Author (Last name, First name)
Title of book (underlined)
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City published
Publisher
Year published (or copyright date)
Example:
Bunting, Eve. The Sea Book of Whales. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanich, 1980.
Source
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Encyclopedias Online
Source
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Kids InfoBits
Copy Citation at the end of the article (use MLA format)
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Magazine article (or SIRS magazine article)
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Author of article (Last name, First name)
Title of the article (in quotes)
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Title of magazine (underlined)
Original date of article
Page number
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Database (underlined)
Database service
Date Accessed
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URL (Web address)
Kids InfoBits Example:
Dyer, Nicole. “A Second Titanic Disaster?” Science World. October 16, 2000: 6. Kids InfoBits. Gale.
January 31, 2008 http://galenet.galegroup.com.
Do not abbreviate! Write
out full date!
See example.
SIRS Discoverer Example:
Walters, Jennifer Marino. “Gulf Coast Crisis.” Scholastic News. September 6, 2010: 4. SIRS Discoverer.
Proquest. January 13, 2011 http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com.
Source
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WWW Site
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Author of web article (Last name, First Name)
Title of web page
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Date Retrieved
Complete URL (web address)
Example:
Bellis, Mary. “History of the Lamp.” April 15, 2005 http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllight.htm.
Use the space below to cite additional sources. Follow the formats given above or ask your teacher or
librarian for help in citing other sources.