Instructions

1

Create a separate "Works Cited" page to include at the end of your research paper or report. Center the words "Work Cited" -- not in quotation marks -- at the top of the page.
2

Write the author's last name followed by a comma and then the author's first name followed by a period. If the author's middle initial is available, follow the author's first name with a comma then write the middle initial and a period.
3

Place the title of the article in quotation marks after the author's name. Enclose a period inside the quotation marks after the title of the article. For example: Santos, Fernanda. "Schools May Have to Absorb Students' Unpaid Lunch Bills."
4

Place the name of a book after an author's name in italics followed by a period. For example: Gore, Al. Earth in the Balance. Then write the city in which the book was published followed by a colon, then the name of the publisher followed by a comma and the year of publication.
5

Write the name of the publication that printed the article in italics followed by the date it was printed and a colon. After the colon place the page numbers and then a period. For example: Santos, Fernanda. "Schools May Have to Absorb Students' Unpaid Lunch Bills." New York Times (in italics) February 7, 2011: 25-27.
6

Write whether the source is in print, web, DVD, CD, film or another format after the page numbers (if applicable).