Research Papers, Day Eight: How to properly format sources for your Works Cited page.

1. Research Papers
Drafting (Works Cited)
PLEASE take notes!

2. Creating a Works Cited Page
• First, properly format all of your sources, then list
them on your “Works Cited” page in alphabetical
order.
• You may not have every piece of information
requested, but put everything that you can and get as
close to the example as possible.

3. Encyclopedia
Author (if available, last name first). Article title (in
quotation marks). Title of the encyclopedia
(underlined). Edition (if available). Date
published. Print.
“Sodium Chloride.” Columbia Encyclopedia. 2000.
Print.

4. Books
Author or editor (last name first). Title (underlined).
City where the book was published: Publisher,
copyright date. Print.
Kurlansky, Mark. Salt: A World History. East
Rutherford, NJ: Penguin USA, 2007. Print.

5. Magazines
Author (last name first). Article title (in quotation
marks). Title of the magazine (underlined) Date
(day month year): Page numbers of article. Print.
Hallett, Don. “The Wieliczka Salt Mine.” Geology
Today Sept./Oct. 2006: 182-185. Print.

6. Newspapers
Author (if available, last name first). Article title (in
quotation marks). Title of the newspaper
(underlined) Date (day month year), edition (if
listed): Section letter and page numbers of the
article. Print.
Tanner, Beccy. “Salt Mine Museum Could Spark Tourist
Trade.” Wichita Eagle 8 May 2004: A9. Print.

7. Internet
Author (if available). Page title (in quotation marks).
Site Title (underlined). Name of sponsor (if
avaialble). Date posted (day month year, if
available). Web. Date found. <web address>
“Dry (Rock Salt) Mining.” Salt Institute. Salt Institute.
10 May 2008. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. <http://www.
saltinstitute.org/content/dry-mining.html>

8. Film, Video, Etc.
**not from YouTube, etc. – those are listed as internet references**
Title (underlined). Director (if available). Distributor,
date released. Type of medium (filmstrip, slide
program, etc.).
Modern Marvels: Salt Mines. A&E Television
Networks Video, 2004. VHS.

9. Letter or Email to the Author
(Yourself)
Writer (last name first). Subject line title (if any, in
quotation marks). Type of message (“Letter to
the author” or “Email to the author”). Date
addressed (day month year).
Sasser, Amy. Email to mine manager. 4 May 2010.

10. Remember the Homework
• Write your opening paragraph, complete with thesis
statement.
• Create an outline to give me the direction of where
you are going on the paper.
• Due on Friday, January 25th, 2013 at the beginning of
class.
• Worth 100 points. Do not earn a zero!