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Examples of common entries on a works cited page
BASIC FORMAT FOR A PRINT BOOK
Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. Putnam, 2005.
Take the information about the book from its title page and copyright page. Use the full publisher’s name; omit terms such
as Inc., and Co. except when naming university presses (Harvard UP, for example). If the copyright page lists more than
one date, use the most recent one.
SOURCE WITH TWO AUTHORS When a source has two authors, include them in the order presented in the book,
reverse the first of the names, follow it with a comma, and give the second name as normal.
Dorris, Michael, and Louise Erdrich. The Crown of Columbus. HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Other people than the author may be credited in the source as contributors. Precede each
name with a description of the role, such as adapted by, directed by, edited by, illustrated by, introduction by, narrated by,
performance by, or translated by
AUTHOR WITH AN EDITOR Begin with the author and title, followed by “Edited by” and the name of the
editor or editors.
Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Edited by Karen V. Kukil, Anchor-Doubleday, 2000.
AUTHOR WITH A TRANSLATOR Begin with the name of the author. After the title, write, “Translated by”)
and the name of the translator.
Allende, Isabel. Zorro. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Fourth Estate, 2005.
EDITOR An entry for a work with an editor is similar to that for a work with an author except that the name is
followed by a comma and editor (or editors).
Craig, Patricia, editor. The Oxford Book of Travel Stories, Oxford UP, 1996.
WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY Begin with the name of the author of the selection, not with the name of the editor of
the anthology. Then give the title of the selection; the title of the anthology; the name of the editor (preceded by edited
by); publication information; and the pages on which the selection appears preceded by “p.” for page and or “pp.” for
pages.
Desai, Anita. “Scholar and Gypsy.” The Oxford Book of Travel Stories, edited by Patricia Craig, Oxford UP,
1996, pp. 251-73.
CROSS-REFERENCES You should cross-reference two or more works from the same collection or anthology. Provide
an entry for the anthology (see above). Then in separate entries list the author and title of each selection, a reference to the
full entry for the collection (the name or names starting the entry), followed by a short form of the collection, if needed; a
comma; and the page numbers on which the selection appears.
Agee, James. “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” Oates and Atwan, pp. 171-75.
Angelou, Maya. “Pickin Em Up and Layin Em Down.” Baker, Norton Book, pp. 276-78.
Atwan, Robert. Foreword. Oates and Atwan, pp. x-xvi.
Baker, Russell, editor. The Norton Book of Light Verse. W.W. Norton, 1986.
Alphabetize the entry for the anthology under the name of its editor; alphabetize the entries for the selections under the
names of the authors (Agee, Angelou, Atwan, Baker ).
name of publisher
*only division of parent company