Creating Citations
For an Annotated Bib or a Works
Cited: Why we need proper citations
and how to create them
What are citations?
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A “code” for attribution
A standard format
APA, Chicago Turbanian
MLA
MLA
• Modern Language Association
• Emphasis on author and page
An Example Works Cited
Bird, Big. “A Fluffy Feather.” Sunny Skies 6.2
(2008): 31-34. Web. 20 Jan 2011.
Works Cited
"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund.
Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate
Change.” New
York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York
Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir.
Davis
Guggenheim. Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group,
2 June 2006. Web. 24
May 2009.
GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Coevolutionary
Economics of Sustainability." International Journal
of Sustainable
Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007):
27-36. Print.
An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West.
Paramount, 2006. DVD.
Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of
Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print.
How to Create Proper Citations
• Know the kind of source you’re looking at
• Major Categories
– Print
• Books
• Magazines/Journals
• Newspapers
– Electronic
• Databases
• Web
Consult OWL
• OWL is Purdue’s online style manual that
explains EXACTLY how to format your source.
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Some of the basics
• Citing Periodicals (print first)
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal
Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of
publication.
Bird, Big, and Cookie Monster. “Secrets of
the Street.” Sunny Skies 6.2 (2008): 3235. Print.
Basics Continued
• A Work in an Anthology, Reference, or Collection
• Works may include an essay in an edited
collection or anthology, or a chapter of a book.
The basic form is for this sort of citation is as
follows:
• Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of
Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of
Publication:
Publisher, Year. Page range
of entry.
Medium of Publication.
• Russell, Cristine. “Climate Change: Now What?”
The Rhetoric of Green. Ed. CSU
Composition Program. US: Fountainhead
Basics Continued
• Personal Interview
– Last name, First name of interviewee. Personal
Interview. Date of interview.
Monster, Cookie. Personal Interview. 20 Jan
2008.
Basics Continued
• An article from an Online Database
• Author(s) name. “Article Title.” Publication
Title
vol.issue (date): pages. Database.
Web. Date of access.
• Monster, Cookie, and Big Bird. “Cookie Time.”
Sunny Skies 45.2 (2009): 251-62. Academic
Search Premier. 14 Feb 2012.