Works Cited!

Remember: the end of your paper should have a comprehensive section titled "Works Cited." Not "Sources," or "Articles," or "Web Sites" but "Works Cited." And the format for the works themselves should be as follows:

Works Cited: Some Examples

o Book

Byatt, A. S. Babel Tower. New York: Random House, 1996.

o Article in a Magazine

Klein, Joe. “Dizzy Days.” The New Yorker 5 Oct. 1998: 40-45.

o Web page

Poland, Dave. “The Hot Button.” Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. .

o A newspaper article

Tommasini, Anthony. “Master Teachers Whose Artistry Glows in Private.” New York Times 27 Oct. 1998: B2.

o A source with no known author

“Cigarette Sales Fall 30% as California Tax Rises.” New York Times 14 Sept. 1999: A17.

Handling Citations in Your Text

o Author’s last name and page number(s) of quote must appear in the text

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Handling Parenthetical Citations

o If the source has no known author, then use an abbreviated version of the title:

Full Title: “California Cigarette Tax Deters Smokers”

Citation: (“California” A14)

o If the source is only one page in length or is a web page with no apparent pagination:

Source: Dave Poland’s “Hot Button” web column

Citation: (Poland)