CITING SOURCES Sources can be cited in three
CITING SOURCES
Sources can be cited in three ways. § § § Endnotes Footnotes Parenthetical Documentation
The Works-Cited List o o An alphabetized list of sources It can be used in writing a research paper.
Parenthetical Documentation o o Should be used after each quotation, summary, or paraphrase of information from a source. You must include within parentheses a reference to a source and a page number, when appropriate. This citation points readers to the corresponding entry.
Parenthetical Documentation Guidelines o o o (Fincher 110)-Put the authors last name and the page reference in parentheses (Anderson and Brown 18) For a work by two or three authors, put the authors’ last name and the page reference in parentheses. (Dream City) When a source does not have an author, use a shortened form of the title in parentheses.
Parenthetical Documentation Guidelines (con. ) o (“Circus”) If you use a non-print source, such as a videocassette, interview , film, or an article published on line, name the work in running text or in parentheses, give readers the information they need to find the complete citation in the works-cited list.
Work-Cited Entries Book with One Author. Badger, Reid. The Great American Fair. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1979. o Book with Multiple Authors Anderson, Norman D. , and Walter R. Brown. Ferris Wheels. New York: Pantheon, 1983. o Book with no author named The Dream City: A Portfolio of Photographic Views. St. Louis: Thompson, 1893. N. pag. o
Work-Cited Entries Magazine Article Fincher, Jack. “George Ferris Jr. and the Great Wheel of Fortune. ” Smithsonian July 1983: 109 -118. Encyclopedia Article “Worlds Columbian Exposition. ” Encyclopedia Americana. 1999. o
Work-Cited Entries Online Encyclopedia “World’s Columbian Exposition. ” Britannica Online. 1994 -1999. Encyclopedia Britannica. 8 Nov. 1999. <http: //www. britannica. com/bcom/eb /article/2/0, 5716, 79582+1, 00. html> q A Professional or Personal Web Site Rose, Julie. The World’s Columbian Exposition: 1 Aug. 1996 <http: //xroads. virginia. edu/wce/title. html> o
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