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Example of a WORKS CITED Page
By Nancy Zink

Anaya, Rodolpho, and Francisco Lomeli, eds. Azatlan: Essays on the Chicano Homeland. Albequerque: Academia-El Norte, 1989. (editors)

“Croatia.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropedia. 1991. (encyclopedia)

Eco, Umberto. Foucault’s Pendulum. Trans. William Weaver. San Diego: Harcourt, 1989.
(translation)

Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography and Other Writings. Ed. Kenneth Silverman. New York: Penguin, 1986. (author w/editor)

Harrison, Patricia. Personal Interview. 19 Feb. 1993. (personal interview)

Holden, Stephen. “A Union of Convenience across a Cultural Divide.” Rev. of The Wedding Banquet. dir, Ang Lee. With Winston Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein. Goldwyn, 1993. New York Times 4 Aug. 1993: C18. (film review)

Holm, Celeste. Interview. Fresh Air. Natl. Public Radio. WBUR, Boston. 28 June 1990. (radio/t.v. interview)

Kermode, Frank. “Criticism Without Machinery.” Literary Reflections, by R.W.B. Lewis. New York Times Book Review 11 July 1993:16. (book review)

Leland, John. “The Impolitic: Fashion and its Critics Sell the Same Stereotypes.” Newsweek June 1996:66. (monthly mag.)**

Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays. Vol. 2. New York: Library of America, 1992. 2 vols. (multivolume)

Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Random House, 1994. (book)*

Sun, Lena H. “Chinese Feel the Strain of a New Society.” Washington Post 13 June 1993: A1+. (daily paper)

Synge, J.M. “On an Anniversary.” The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse. Ed. Thomas Kinsella. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1986. 318. (anthology)

The Times Atlas of the World. 9th ed. New York: Times, 1992. (author unknown)

* When there are two or three authors, name them in the order that they are listed on the title page. Reverse the name of the first author only. Ex: Jones, Sally, and Robert Taylor.
** With an article in a weekly magazine give the exact date of issue. Ex: 24 May 1993.

For further information see A Writer’s Reference by Diana Hacker.


 

   
   

 


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