Title and Identification
•Identification: Top, left margin, separate lines:
Name
Instructor's Name
Course Title
Date
•Title-Centered
Page Numbers
•put in upper right corner, 1/2 inch below the top of the page
•your last name is written before the page number on each page
Formatting
•1 inch margins on all sides
•double-space all (no extra lines after title, etc.)
•indent 1st line of each paragraph 1/2 inch (or 5 spaces)
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-your works cited page is on a separate page than the rest of the paper.
-again, 1 inch margins
-title is "Works Cited" centered at the top
-double space all
-alphabetize by author's last name
-only indent the second line of any citations (1/2 inch or 5 spaces)
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1. Maintain the formatting of the following templates exactly as shown:
•keep the periods, followed by 1 space
•underline the book title and subtitle
•colon (followed by 1 space) between place of publication and publisher
•indent second line
•double-space all
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2. Referencing a book
-need the following (typically found on title page & copyright page):
•author's name
•title and subtitle
•place of publication (if more than one listed, use first in list)
•publisher
•date of publication (if more than one listed, use most recent)
Template:
Author's last name, author's first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher,
date of publication.
Example:
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2007.
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3. Referencing a website
-use as many of the following elements as are available:
•author of page (search, you may find it on the site's home page)
•title of site (if no title, just give description e.g. "Home Page")
•names of any editors
•date of publication of last update
•name of sponsoring organization
•date of access (day month year)
•<url> (web address, if url is so long it continues on to the next line, break the url after a slash and do NOT add any hyphens that we not originally there)
Template:
Author's last name, author's first name. Title of site. Editor's last name, editor's first name.
Date of publication or last update. Sponsoring organization. Date of access. <url>
Examples:
Paradise High School. 2008. Paradise Unified School District. 26 Mar. 2009.
<http://phs.pusdk12.org/>
Potter, Frank. Frank Potter's Science Gems. 26 Mar. 2009. 29 Mar. 2009.
<http://www.sciencegems.com/>
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| Articles From Databases (e.g. EBSCO) on Works Cited | Top of Page |
4. Referencing a database
-use as many of the following elements as are available:
•publication information for the source
Author's name. Title of article. Title of magazine (include volume #). Date (day month year) and page numbers. (page numbers are consecutive, list all e.g. 27-55, NOT consecutive, use 27+)
•name of database
•name of service
•name and location of the library where you retrieved the article
•date of access [day month (abbreviated, except: May, June, July) year]
•<url> (web address, if url is so long it continues on to the next line, break the url after a slash and do NOT add any hyphens that we not originally there)
Template:
Author's last name, author's first name. "Title of article". Title of Magazine. (Date): pages.
Database. Service. Name of library you retrieved article, location of library where you
retrieved article. Date of access. <url>
Examples:
"Evolution: Fishy fangs." Nature 458.1 (12 Mar. 2009): 263. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO.
Paradise High School, Paradise, CA. 26 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com/
login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=36984086&site=ehost-live>
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Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month
Year: pages. Medium of publication.
(abbreviate months longer than 4 letters)
For example:
Jacobson, Mark Z., and Delucchi, Mark A. "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030." Scientific American Nov. 2009: 58-65. Print.
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