Sample Entries for Works Cited

Electronic Sources (CD Rom and Internet site):

"Helmet." Random House Electronic Dictionary and Thesaurus. Ver. 10. Software International, 1992.

Oxford English dictionary computer file: On compact disc (2nd ed.), [CD-ROM]. (1992). Available: Oxford UP [1995, May 27].

Pritzker, T. J. (No date). An Early fragment from central Nepal. Online. Internet. Available:
http://www.ingress.com/~astanart/pritzker/pritzker.html [1995, June 8].

Steuver, Nancy. "Petrarch and an Early Confrontation of Rhetoric and Medicine." Modern Languages Notes Online. Online. Internet. 27 Jan 1996. Available:
http://music.jhu.edu/journals/min108.4/streuver.html

* Write "No date" when the electronic publication date is not available.

* When citing information retrieved on the World Wide Web, it is not necessary to repeat the protocol (HTTP) after "Available" since that is stated in the URL.



Books by a single author:

Bloom, Allan. 7he Closing Of The American Mind. New York: Simon, 1987.

Campbell, N.A. 1996. Biology, 4th ed. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. Don Mills, Ontario.



Books by more than one author:

Bardes, Barbara, and Suzanne Gossett. Declarations of Independence: Women and Political Power in the Twentieth Century. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1990.

Note: After the senior (first) author, the name or initials of all other authors are listed before their surname.



Books by a corporate author:

Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. The Academic System in American Society. New York: McGraw, 1974.



Two or more books by the same author:

Abrams, M. H. The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition. New York: Oxford UP, 1953.

--. Natural Supernaturalsim: Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature. New York: Norton, 1971.



An anonymous book:

The American Heritage College Dictionary 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton, 1993.



An article in a reference book:

"Nashanni National Park." The Canadian Encyclopedia vol. 2. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1985.



Periodical Article:

Yalow, R.S. & S.A. Berson. 1959. Assay of plasma insulin in human subjects by immunological methods. Nature, 184:1648-1649.

Note: After the senior (first) author, the name or initials of all other authors are listed before their surname.

McKim Elizabeth A., "A Scientific Discovery For Those Who Love Science, National Geographic 18 (1992): 35-37.

Fox, J.W. 1978. Nest-building behaviour of the catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, Journal of Ecology, 47:113-117.



Newspaper Article:

Taylor, Paul. "Should We Take Menopause Seriously Or Is It all In Men's Minds?" Globe and Mail 16 July 2000: D8.



Radio or Television:

"The Hand Transplant." Dateline. Dir. and Prod. Richard Donovan and James Murray. With Stone Phillips. NBC Television, 2000.



Recordings:

Turner, Tina. "Show Some Respect." Private Dancer. Capitol, ST-12330, 1983.



Other important points:

  1. When citing sources that have two authors both names are listed. For example, Smith and Brown (1979) have shown that catbird nest-building is influenced by hormones; or, "Hormones influence-catbird nest-building behaviour (Smith and Brown, 1979)." Note that the citation is part of the sentence and is followed by the period.
  2. When citing sources that have three or more authors, use et al. (et alia is Latin for "and others"). For example, a paper published in 1979 by Smith, Brown and Jones would be cited in the text as. Smith et al. (1 979). Note that the full list of authors names must appear in the final list of referneces.
  3. Note that underlining may take the place of italics in a report.
  4. For all scientific names genus and species are underlined (Homo sapiens) or italicized (Homo sapiens).
  5. At the end of the report, list the references alphabetically by the senior (first) author's surname. If an author has more than one paper cited, list oldest references first. Citing references by number in the text or footnotes is unacceptable. Page numbers for book citations are not necessary.