1. How to Write a Works Cited
Page
Composition and Literature
Mrs. Thomas
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2. Books By One Author
• Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of
Book. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year.
Example:
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945.
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3. Encyclopedias & Reference
Books
• Author of Article. (if given) “Article Title.” Title
of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Example:
“Grenada.” Worldmark Encyclopedia of the
Nations, Volume 3. Farmington Hills: Gale
Group, 2001.
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4. Periodicals & Magazine Articles
• Last Name, First. “Title of Article.” Title of
Magazine. Date: Pages.
Example:
Rosing, Norbert. “Bear Beginnings, New
Life on the Ice.” National Geographic.
Dec. 2000: 30-36.
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5. On-Line Entry
• Author’s last name, First name. “Title.”
Information of print version. Site Title.
Date posted or last updated. Sponsor. Date
accessed <electronic address>.
• Page 264 Writer’s Inc.
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6. Sample Works Cited Page
• Look at page 283
 Works Cited must be centered one inch from top
 Sources must be listed in alphabetical order
 Second and third lines are indented five spaces
 Double spacing is used throughout
 Note last name and page number in the upper
right hand corner.
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7. Sample Works Cited Page
• Look at page 283
 Works Cited must be centered one inch from top
 Sources must be listed in alphabetical order
 Second and third lines are indented five spaces
 Double spacing is used throughout
 Note last name and page number in the upper
right hand corner.
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