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You can select a link below to get information on a particular source. To get back to this page, select the symbol next to the title of each slide.
WEBSITES AND
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
• Article with One to Three
Authors
• Article with Four or More
Authors
• Article with No Named
Author
• Listserv Posting
• Discussion Group Posting
• Blog Posting
• Digital Files (PDFs, MP3s,
JPEG etc.)
PRINT JOURNALS,
MAGAZINES, AND
NEWSPAPERS
• Journals versus Magazines
• Article in a Journal
• Article in a Magazine
• Article in a Newspaper
ONLINE JOURNALS,
MAGAZINES, AND
NEWSPAPERS
• Journals versus Magazines
• Article in CQ Researcher
• Article in Ebscohost
• Article in InfoTrac
• Article in LexisNexis
• Article in Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
• Article in WilsonSelectPlus
PERSONAL
COMMUNICATIONS
• Personal or Telephone
Interview
• Email Message or Personal
Letter
• Lecture Notes from a Class
• Survey
ONLINBOOKS AND OTHER
REFERENCE TEXTS
• Book with One to Three
Authors
• Book with Four or More
Authors
• Book with No Named Author
• Two or More Books by the
Same Author
• Article from an Anthology
• Article in a Reference Book
• Pamphlet or Brochure
MULTIMEDIA SOURCES
• Television Program
• Film
• Music or Audio Recording

A Works Cited entry for a personal communication generally requires the following information:
 Last Name, First Name Middle Initial of Communicator or
Communicators
 Type of Communication
 Date of Communication

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Last Name, First Name Middle Initial of person being interviewed. Personal (or Telephone) interview. Date of interview.
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Satterlee, Jennifer S. Personal interview. 13 May 2007.
or
Satterlee, Jennifer S. Telephone interview. 13 May 2007.
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Email Message:
Last Name, First Name Middle Initial of E-mail’s Author. “Subject Line.” Email to your name. Date.
Bachtold, Beth E. “Reading strategies that can be used to assist students in English 102.” Email to Angela
Gulick. 5 Dec. 2007.
Personal Letter:
Last Name, First Name Middle Initial of Letter’s Author. Personal letter to your name. Date.
Malfoy, Draco E. Personal letter to Angela Gulick. 31 Oct. 2009.
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Last Name, First Name Middle Initial of Lecturer. “Title of
Lecture.” Class Name and Number. Location of Lecture.
Date.
Adcock, Terry J. “Three Types of Memory.” Psychology 101.
Parkland College. 11 Jan. 2009.
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Last Name, First Name Middle Initial of Survey’s Author.
“Title of Survey.” Survey Subjects. Date of Survey.
Gulick, Angela M., Shari M. Testa, and Jennie J. Stoltz.
“Should Parkland College Hire Vampires to Teach
Biology Classes?” Angela Gulick’s English 102 students. 16 Oct. 2009.
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Multimedia Sources
(Television Programs, Films, and Music/Audio
Recordings)
 Because there are so many different formats and requirements for media sources based upon the type of source, please consult the following slides for specific templates.
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Television Program Broadcast Live
“Name of Episode.” Name of Program. Name of network (if any). Call letters and city of the local station
(if any), Date of Broadcast. Television. (Only use the word “Television” for live broadcasts.)
“Unorthodox.” Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. NBC. WAND-TV, Decatur, 11 May 2008. Television.
Television Program Recorded on DVD, VHS, Blu-ray Disc, Laser Disc
“Name of Episode.” Name of Program. Writ. Writer of Episode. Dir. Director of Episode. Distributer, year of release. Medium of reception.
“Unorthodox.” Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Writ. Dick Wolf. Dir. David Platt. Universal Studios,
2008. DVD.
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Film Playing in Theater
Title of Film. Dir. Name of Director. Perf. Names of Key Performers. Film Studio, Year of Release. Film. (Only use the word “Film” for films viewed live in a movie theater.)
School of Rock. Dir. Richard Linklater. Perf. Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, and Sarah Silverman.
Paramount, 2004. Film.
 Film Recorded on DVD, VHS, Blu-ray Disc, Laser Disc
Title of Film. Dir. Name of Director. Perf. Names of Key Performers. Film Studio, Year of Release. Medium of
Reception.
Love Actually. Dir. Richard Curtis. Perf. Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Bill Nighy. Universal
Studios, 2003. DVD.
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If you can’t find details for television programs or films on your own, go to the Internet Movie Database , search for your program/film and look under “Full Cast
and Crew.” This information generally appears immediately after the cast listing.
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Name of Group or Artist. “Title of Recording.” CD Title. Label, Year.
Medium of Reception.
McClintock, Harry. “Big Rock Candy Mountain.” O Brother, Where Art
Thou Sountrack. Mercury, 2000. CD.
Green Day. “Wake Me up When September Ends.” American Idiot.
Reprise Records, 2004. CD.
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If you still have questions, please stop by the Writing Lab (D120). We are here to help.
The librarians in the Parkland College Library are also here to provide assistance.
Finally, please check out our list of writing workshops on the Writing Lab Portal Page .
Thank you for your time today. Good luck with all of your writing projects.