The works cited section of your research paper should list all the sources you have used in your paper. Do not include sources that do not appear in the documentation of your paper. Each entry in your list should have three main divisions--author, title, and publication information--each followed by a period and two spaces. Note that these sample entries are numbered for convenience and correspond with the entries listed on page fourteen.

  • DO NOT NUMBER THE ENTRIES on your Works Cited page.
  • Alphabetize entries on the Works Cited page using the author's last name.
  • Double-space the entire Works Cited page and note that your last name and a page number should appear in the upper right corner. See sample.
  • Use shortened forms of publishers' names. Give Harcourt as the publisher's name, even if the title page lists Harcourt Brace. Omit articles (a, an, the), business abbreviations (Co., Corp., Inc., Ltd.), and descriptive words (Books, House, Press, Publishers). When citing a university press, add UP (Ohio State UP). When citing the publisher, use the last name alone. Example: W. W. Norton would be listed as Norton.
Books Periodicals Online Cobb Online Resources Other Sources

 

OTHER SOURCES

  1. Interviews (2 examples)
    Burns, Olive Ann. Interview. New York Times 20 Jan. 1981. Late ed. sec. D-2.

    Tremont, Suzanne. Personal interview. 23 June 1998.
  2. Lectures, speeches, and addresses
  3. The Bible
    The Bible. Revised Standard Version.
    Note: The convention of using underlining and quotation marks to indicate titles does not apply to the names of sacred writing (including all books and versions of the Bible.)

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