WORKS CITED and IN-TEXT CITATIONS

1. WORKS CITED and IN-TEXT CITATIONS THE BASICS

2. LINKS TO HELP • IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CITATION FORMAT BEYOND WHAT IS PROVIDED IN THIS POWERPOINT, PLEASE REFER TO THE OWL AT PURDUE WEBSITE: • WORKS CITED: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ • IN-TEXT CITATIONS: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ • THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN YOUR CARP PACKET: MARINATING YOUR CARP.

3. GENERAL WORKS CITED PAGE FORMAT • HANGING INDENT • DOUBLE-SPACED • NO MLA HEADING, BUT LAST NAME PAGE NUMBER IN UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER • TITLE WORKS CITED IS CENTERED, NOT UNDERLINED OR ITALICIZED • APLPHABETIZE SOURCES • DOUBLE-CHECK PUNCTUATION

4. WORKS CITED: BOOK • AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, AUTHOR’S FIRST NAME. TITLE OF BOOK. CITY OF PUBLICATION: PUBLISHER, YEAR. MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION.

5. BOOK WITH MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR • AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, FIRST NAME AND FIRST NAME LAST NAME. TITLE OF BOOK. CITY OF PUBLICATION: PUBLISHER, YEAR. MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION.

6. OTHER BOOK VARIATIONS • NO AUTHOR, THREE OR MORE AUTHORS, CHAPTER WITHIN A BOOK, ANTHOLOGY, ETC. • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/

7. PERIODICAL SOURCE • MAGAZINE ARTICLES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, SCHOLARLY ARTICLES • MAGAZINE: • AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. “TITLE OF ARTICLE.” TITLE OF PERIODICAL DAY MONTH YEAR: PAGES. MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION.

8. PERIODICAL SOURCE • NEWSPAPER ARTICLE • AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. “TITLE OF ARTICLE.” TITLE OF NEWSPAPER DAY MONTH YEAR: SECTION OR PAGE NUMBER AS LISTED IN NEWSPAPER. MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION.

9. PERIODICAL SOURCE • SCHOLARLY ARTICLE • AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. “TITLE OF ARTICLE.” TITLE OF JOURNAL VOLUME.ISSUE (YEAR): PAGES. MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION.

10. PERIODICALS: OTHER VARIATIONS • SOMETIMES PERIODICALS DO NOT LIST AN AUTHOR, IN WHICH CASE YOU SHOULD INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, IN THE CORRECT ORDER, STARTING WITH THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE. • FOR OTHER VARIATIONS (MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR, ETC.), PLEASE VISIT https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/07/

11. ELECTRONIC SOURCES • THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS HERE, SO PLEASE VISIT http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ • IN A BASIC SENSE, WHEN CITING A WEB PAGE OR ARTICLE ON A WEB SITE, USE THIS FORMAT (ALSO OUTLINED WITH EXAMPLE IN CARP PACKET): • AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. “TITLE OF WEB PAGE.” TITLE OF WEB SITE. PUBLISHER, DAY MONTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. PAGE NUMBERS OR PARAGRAPH NUMBERS. MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION. DAY MONTH YEAR OF ACCESS. <URL>.

12. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • USE AUTHOR PAGE FORMAT. • THE FIRST WORD IN THE CITATION SHOULD ALIGN WITH THE FIRST WORD IN THE WORKS CITED (CALLED A SIGNAL WORD). • (AUTHOR’S LAST NAME PAGE NUMBER). • NO COMMAS! • IF NO PAGE NUMBER, USE PARAGRAPH NUMBER. FOR E-BOOKS, USE CHAPTER NUMBERS. • IF NO AUTHOR IS LISTED, USE THE SIGNAL WORD/WORDS: • (“TITLE OF ARTICLE” PAGE NUMBER). • IF THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE IS LONG, USE A SHORTENED VERSION. • MORE INFORMATION: MARINATING YOUR CARP AND https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/