| Works Cited Format (We have followed the MLA format in these citation formats. For a complete explanation, see the MLA style manual in the reference section of the library or go to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html.) Print Resources Book:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year Published.
Fairbanks, Carol. Prairie Women: Images in American and Canadian Fiction. New Haven: Yale UP, 1986.
Book with two or three Authors:
Rosenfeld, Louis, Joseph Janes, and Martha Vander Hold. The Internet Compendium: Subject Guides to Humanities Resouces. New York: Neal, 1995.
Encyclopedia or Dictionary:
Jones, Alfred P. “Sonata.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th ed. 1997.
Weekly Magazine:
Pierpont, Claudia Roth. “A Society of One: Zora Neale Hurston, American Contrarian.” New Yorker 17 Feb. 1997: 8086.
Note- if pages are not consecutive, use the staring page number and a plus sign (ex: 60+)
Article in Daily Newspaper:
Knox, Rishard A. “Please Don’t Dial and Drive, Study Suggests.” Boston Globe 14 Feb. 1997: A1+.
Work in an Anthology:
Kavanaugh, John. “The Death Penalty Violates the Sanctity of Life.” The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego:
Greenhaven Press, 2002, 83-87.
Electronic Database Resources through the Internet
Basic Format:
Author. "Article title." Original Source of Article Date of Original Source: page numbers. Name of the Database Used. Name of the Service. Library
where database was accessed, Location of library. Date of Access <URL of database homepage>.
Discovering Collections:
“Edgar Allan Poe.” Discovering Collection Online 2004. Chico High School Library, Chico, CA 14 Feb. 2004
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/start.do?prodId=DC&userGroupName=chicohs_main>.
Bailey, J. O. “What Happens in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher.’” Discovering Collection Online 2004. Chico High School Library,
Chico, CA 12 Feb. 2004 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/start.do?prodId=DC&userGroupName=chicohs_main>.
Opposing Viewpoints:
Gelbspan, Ross. "Global Warming Is a Serious Environmental Threat." Opposing Viewpoints: The Environment 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Chico High School, Chico, CA. 29 Oct. 2007 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/start.do?prodId=OVRC&userGroupName=chicohs_main>.
Grolier’s Encyclopedias:
Pasquier, Roger F. "Owl." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2004. 15 March 2004 <http://ea.grolier.com>.
Internet Website
Entire Website:
Author last name, first name. Name of Webpage. date of posting or revision. name of affiliated organization. date of access. <url>.
Tropea, Greg. Greg Tropea’s Home Page. 26 Sept. 2004. California State University, Chico. 4 Nov. 2004.
<http://www.csuchico.edu/phil/gtropea_home.html>.
Article of Website:
Poland, Dave. "The Hot Button." Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television. 28 Oct. 1998 <http://www.roughcut.com>.
Other Resources
Interview you conducted:
Interviewee’s last name, first name. Personal Interview. date of interview.
Art Print:
Artist’s name, Title of the painting or sculpture. Name of the institution housing the work, city of the institution.
Adapted from PVHS version by Linda Elliott, Revised 10/07 gm
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