Citations for Primary Sources for Commentary with Research
The choices for primary sources for your essay include the following:







“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
“Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield
“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker
“Chemistry” by Dayne Sherman
“The Duck Hunters” by David Armand
“The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin
“Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin
For those stories in Word and Image, use the entry that appears on the first page of our Course
Description; add, of course, the author and title of the story, the page numbers the story covers in
the text, and the word “Print.” (See MLA format in the Little, Brown Handbook, beginning on
page 634.)
Use the following format for the stories on the Internet:
Walker, Alice. “Everyday Use.” American Studies @ the University of Virginia. University of
Virginia, 1 Sept. 2009. Web. Access date. (day, month, year).
Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.” KateChopin.org. The Kate Chopin International
Society, 30 Jan. 2016. Web. Access date.
Chopin, Kate. “Desiree’s Baby.” KateChopin.org. The Kate Chopin International Society,
30 Jan. 2016. Web. Access date.
Regarding information on Dayne Sherman and David Armand and book reviews:




For David Armand, see Literature Resource Center, shows how to cite the review.
For Dayne Sherman, search “All Articles and Databases” and use cite button for
book reviews; also, search Literature Resource Center for review and biographical
information, which shows how to cite.
For citation of book reviews in general, follow the instructions in the Little,
Brown Handbook. How to find? Use the index.
Note: Entries in Works Cited should not contain any CAPITAL LETTERS (!); also,
do not use an URL address in Works Cited “unless a source is hard to find without
one or could be confused with another source” (Little, Brown Handbook 667). If a
URL address is needed, that usually means the source is not a desirable one.