Citing+references

from Sir Francis Drake High School ROCK Student Handbook 2010-2011 The ACE Academy has agreed to use the MLA style of citations, although there are other styles. So if you are using Citation Machine online, make sure you choose that style. The Works Cited Page appears at the end of your paper and lists sources alphabetically by author’s last name, or by title if no author or editor is named. Double-space the entire list, both between and within entries. Indent the second and subsequent lines of each citation one-half inch from the left margin.] Here’s a sample of a works cited page:
 * Citing Your Sources **

Works Cited Alter, Jonathan. “Scoring Obama’s First 100 Days.” //Newsweek// 4 May 2009: 27. //EBSCO.// Web. 7 May 2009.

Danzer, Gerald A., et al. //The Americans: Reconstruction through the 20th Century//. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 1999. Print.

Hamer, Glen. “Solar Power Can Help Fuel the Future.” //Energy Alternatives//. Ed. Barbara Passero. New York: Greenhaven, 2006.

- 119-123. Print.

Lewis, David Levering, ed. //The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader//. New York: Viking, 1994. Print.

Meacham, John. “A Storm in the Brain.” //Newsweek// 20 Apr. 2009: 39-41. Print.

“Milk and Meat”. //Online NewsHour//: Update. PBS. 28, Dec. 2006. Web. 27 Apr. 2009.

Miller, Judith, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad. //Germs: Biological Weapons// //and America’s Secret War//. New York: Simon,

- 2001. Print.

National Research Council. //Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World’s Population//. Washington: Natl. Acad., 2000. Print.

Ropp, Steve C. “Latin America.” //World Book Encyclopedia//. 2005 ed. Print.

Rowling, J. K. Personal [or telephone or email] interview. 10 Dec. 2008.

Staats, Jim. “Foreclosures Up 38% from Last Year.” //Marin Independent Journal// 23 Apr. 2009: A1-2. Print.

Zusak, Markus. //The Book Thief//. New York: Knopf, 2006. Print.

…And here are more details about how the citations above were created:

Zusak, Markus. //The Book Thief//. New York: Knopf, 2006. Print.
 * Book with one autho ** r

Miller, Judith, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad. //Germs: Biological Weapons// //and America’s Secret War//. New York: Simon, 2001. Print.
 * Book with two or three authors **

Danzer, Gerald A., et al. //The Americans: Reconstruction through the 20th Century//. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 1999. Print.
 * Book with four or more authors **

National Research Council. //Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World’s Population//. Washington: Natl. Acad., 2000. Print.
 * Book by a corporate author **

Lewis, David Levering, ed. //The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader//. New York: Viking, 1994. Print.
 * Anthology or compilation **

Hamer, Glen. “Solar Power Can Help Fuel the Future.” //Energy Alternatives//. Ed. Barbara Passero. New York: Greenhaven, 2006. 119-123.
 * Work in an anthology: **

-- Print.

Ropp, Steve C. “Latin America.” //World Book Encyclopedia//. 2005 ed. Print.
 * General encyclopedia or dictionary **

Meacham, John. “A Storm in the Brain.” //Newsweek// 20 Apr. 2009: 39-41. Print.
 * Magazine article **

Staats, Jim. “Foreclosures Up 38% from Last Year.” //Marin Independent Journal// 23 Apr. 2009: A1-2. Print.
 * Newspaper article **

Rowling, J. K. Personal [or telephone or email] interview. 10 Dec. 2008.
 * Personal Interview **

Alter, Jonathan. “Scoring Obama’s First 100 Days.” //Newsweek// 4 May 2009: 27. //EBSCOhost//. Web. 7 May 2009.
 * Online database (such as EBSCO or Opposing Viewpoints) **

“Milk and Meat”. //Online NewsHour//: Update. PBS. 28, Dec. 2006. Web. 27 Apr. 2009.
 * Web **

The ideal Web citation has the following components, in sequence:
 * 1) Name of the author(s), editor, compiler, etc if available.
 * 2) Title of the work. Italicize it if the work is independent. Use quotation marks instead of italics if the work is part of a larger work
 * 3) Title of the overall web site (italicized) if distinct from item 2
 * 4) Publisher or sponsor of the site. If not available, use N.p.
 * 5) Date of publication (day, month, and year, as available); if nothing is available, use n.d.
 * 6) Medium of publication (Web)
 * 7) Date you accessed the site (day, month, year)