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This guide is based on the Cooperstown High School Library

Guide developed by Michelle Hickcock.

Works Cited Guide

Book or Pamphlet

Author’s Last name, First name.  
Title of the book  
Place of Publication:  
Publisher,  
Date.  
Erickson, Jon. Quakes, Eruptions, and Other Geologic Cataclysms. New York : Facts on File, 1994

Magazine or Newspaper Article

Author’s Last Name, First Name.  
"Title of Article."  
Title of Magazine
Date of Magazine:  
Pages.  
Kimball, Thomas. "The War Zone Known as Croatia." Newsweek 27 May 1997: 25-28.

Reference Book- Encyclopedias

Author’s Last name, First name.  
"Title of Article."  
Title of book.  
Edition.  
Date.  
Franklin, Roland. "Dinosaur." World Book Encyclopedia. 1996 ed. 1996

Internet Web Site

Author’s Last name, First name.  
Title of web page  
Name of organization affiliated with page  
Date of access  
<Website address>  
Huber, Chris. The Vonnegut Web. 1 August 1991 <http://duke.edu/~crh4/vonnegut>H

Article From an Online Database

Cite the article first- Encyclopedia, Magazine, Newspaper, Picture, or Document  
Name of database  
Name of service, if known.  
The library.  
Date of access  
<address>.
Fox, Justin. "What in the World Happened to Economics?" Fortune 15 Mar. 1999:90-120. ABI/INFORM Global. Proquest Direct. Cambridge High School Lib., Cambridge, NY.

CD-ROM Encyclopedia article

Author’s Last name, First name.  
"Title of Article."  
Title of encyclopedia:  
Publication medium. (CD-ROM.)  
Edition, release, or version.  
Place of Publication:  
Publisher,  
Date.  
Smith, Lewis. "Internet." Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1998 ed. Detroit, MI. Microsoft Corporation, 1997

Interview

Person interviewed-Last name, First name
Type of interview Personal or telephone  
Date.  
Nolan, Bob. Telephone. 22 Mar 1998  

E-mail

Writer’s Last name, First name.  
"Title of Message/ Subject."  
Description of message- include recipient. E-mail to recipient’s name.  
Date of message.  
Johnson, Virginia. "MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers." E-Mail to Author (vjohnson@aol.com) 12 Oct 1997.

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