Casey Hughes
Reference & Instruction Librarian (Faculty)
cmhughes2@csmd.edu
Mary Johnson
Interim Library Director
mbjohnson@csmd.edu
Amy Spitz
Instruction & OER Librarian (Faculty)
aspitz@csmd.edu
Purpose: provides a list of all of the sources you cited in your writing, so that others can find the same information.
Core Elements (facts common to most works)
Author
Title of Source
Containers (information about the larger whole that contains the source, such as the journal, anthology, book, or website)
Title of Container (Journal, Anthology, Book, Website, etc.)
Contributor (Editors, Translators, etc.)
Version (Volume or Edition)
Number (Issue)
Publisher
Publication Date
Location (name of the database, DOI, URL, page range, etc.)
Start on a new page.
Center the title (Works Cited). Do not bold, italicize, or underline.
Double-spaced.
Hanging indent (the first line of each entry lines up on the left; if the entry is longer than one line, additional lines are indented)
Alphabetical by the first word in the citation (usually author’s last name; if there is no author, this is usually the first word of the title).
Title and Subtitles:
Capitalize all words except for articles (the, a, an), prepositions (at, by, in, of, on, with), and conjunctions (and, or, but).
Italicize titles of full works (books, journals, websites, films, etc.)
Use quotation marks for titles of parts of works (articles, chapters, short stories, essays, poems, web pages, etc.).
Dates: abbreviate months to three letters.
Oct.
For author names, use:
Last-name, First-name.
Smith, John.
URLs:
Do not include the http://www. portion of the link.
If a DOI is available, always use that rather than the URL.
Use the permalink (shortened, stable version of the URL) if the source has one. You can often find permalinks under “share” or “cite this” options.
Punctuation:
Use a period (.) after:
Author.
Title of Source.
Page range.
URL.
Access date.
Use a comma (,) after:
Title of Container (journal, anthology, book, website, etc.),
Contributor (Editors),
Version (Volume or Edition),
Number (Issue),
Publisher,
Publication Date,
Journal Articles:
Last-name, First-name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of article.” Journal Title, vol. #, no. #, Date of Publication, pp. Page Range. Name of Database, DOI or URL.
Magazine Articles:
Last-name, First-name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine, Day Month Year, pp. Page Range.
Newspaper Articles:
Last-name, First-name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper, edition, Day Month Year, p. Page #.
Newspaper Articles (local or lesser-known publications):
Last-name, First-name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper [City, State], Day Month Year, p. Page #.
Books by authors:
Last-name, First-name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.
Books with unknown authors:
Title of Book. Publisher, Year.
Books with translators:
Last-name, First-name. Title of Book. Translated by First-name Last-name, Publisher, Year.
Books with editors:
Last-name, First-name, editor. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.
Books with authors, translators, and editors:
Last-name, First-name. Title of Book. Translated by First-name Last-name, edited by First-name Last-name, Publisher, Year.
Editions of books (beyond first edition):
Last-name, First-name. Title of Book. #th ed., Publisher, Year.
Book chapters (from edited collections/books):
Last-name, First-name. “Title of Chapter/Essay/Short Story.” Title of Book, edited by First-name Last-name, Publisher, Year, pp. Page Range.
Webpage/Article on a Website:
Last-name, First-name. “Title of Webpage/Article.” Title of Website, Day Month Year, URL.