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Remember to properly format your Works Cited

Remember to put your Works Cited in alphabetical order, use hanging indentations, and double space them

Books

Example Author:

Dick, Philip K. The Man in the High Castle. The Easton Press, 1988.

In-text citation: (Dick 37).

  • list the author and page number at the end of the quote/paraphrase
  • or, use the author's last name in the body of your text and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • Dick deftly uses tone and mood in his work as shown by this quote/paraphrase (37).

 

Example Editor:

Strong, Mary, editor. Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood. Harper & Row, 1948.

In-text citation: (Strong 157).

  • list the editor and page number in parenthesis at the end of the quotation/paraphrase
  • or, use the editor's last name in the body of your text and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • Strong notes in her work the following quote/paraphrase (157).

 

Example Authors:

Holman, C. Hugh, and William Harmon. A Handbook to Literature. McMillan Publishing Company, 1986.

In-text citation: (Holman and Harmon 10).

  • list both authors' last names and the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by the period
  • or, use the authors' last names in the body of your text and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • Holman and Harmon note in their work the following quote/paraphrase (10).

 

Example Editors:

Quirk, Tom, and Gary Scharnhorst, editors. American History Through Literature 1870-1920. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008.

In-text citation: (Quirk & Scharnhorst 146).

  • list both editors' last names and the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by the period
  • or, use the editors' last names in the body of your text and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • Quirk and Scharnhorst add to the current literature the following quote/paraphrase (146).

Example Authors:

Barnet, Sylvan, et al. Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument. 10th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2020.

In-text citation: (Barnet et al. 352).

  • list the first author's last name and et al. and the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • et al. indicates that there are more authors but they are not listed
  • or, use the first authors' last name and et al. in the body of your text and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • According to Barnet et al., the following quote/paraphrase (352).

Example Editors:

Bauman, H-Dirksen L., et al., editors. Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature. University of California Press, 2006.

In-text citation: (Bauman et al. 122).

  • list the first editor's last name and et al. in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • et al. indicates that there are more editors but they are not listed
  • or, use the first editors' last name and et al. in the body of your text and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • Bauman et al. note in their work the following quote/paraphrase (122).

 

When there is no listed author or editor start the citation with the title of the book. The In-text citation will use a shortened version of the title.

Example:

MLA Handbook. 8th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2016.

In-text citation: (MLA Handbook 15).

  • list the shortened title and the page number (if available) in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
  • or, use the shortened title in the body of your text with the quote or paraphrase and put the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence followed by a period.
    • According to the MLA Handbook the following quote or paraphrase (15).

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