Works Cited Page

General Rules
1. Double space all citations
2. Indent any line after the first line of the citation
3. Entries are listed __________________________________ by the first word in the entry
4. Include any information that you can find, you need to try to find all the information
5. If you cannot find a piece of information, just leave it out of the citation
6. Authors names are listed as _______________________________________________
7. Italicize the titles of _________________________________________________ and put
quotation marks around the titles of __________________________________________
8. Dates are written in the format of ____________________________________________
Books
1. Basic book format:
Last Name, First Name.

Title of Book. Version (edition), Number (volume and/or number),

Publisher, __________________________________________.
Example:
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Warner Books, 1982.
2. Novel, play, poem, article in a textbook format:
Last Name, First Name. _____________________________________ (in quotation marks if it is
short, italicized if it is long). Title of Book, Version (edition), Number (volume and/or
number), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (page numbers).
Example:
Shakespeare,

William. Julius Caesar. Prentice Hall Literature, Platinum Level, Pearson

Education, Inc., 2002, pp. 822-912.

Articles
Format:
________________________________________________. Title of Article. Title of Source
(magazine, newspaper, scholarly journal), Version (edition), Number (volume and/or
number), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (page numbers).
Example:
Cooley, Ryan. Getting By: Local Volunteers Help the Central Coasts Working Poor Survive.
Santa Maria Sun, Vol. 17 No. 45, 11 Jan. 2017.

Electronic Sources
Information to try to find on the webpage:
Author names (if available)
Article name in quotation marks
________________________________________________________________________
Any version numbers available, including editions (ed.), revisions, posting dates,
volumes (vol.), or issue numbers (no.).
Publisher information, including the _______________________________________ and
publishing date.
Take note of any page numbers (p. or pp.) or paragraph numbers (par. or pars.).
Date you __________________________________ the material
Format:
Author. Title. Title of Website, Version (edition), Number (volume and/or number), Publisher,
Publication Date, Location (pages or paragraphs). ____________________________________.
Examples:
1. Career Cruising:
High School Teacher. Career Cruising, Anaca Technologies. Accessed 18 Jan. 2017.
2. College website:

Cost of Attendance. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Financial Aid, California Polytechnic State
University, 2012. Accessed 18 Jan. 2017.