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A works cited page is a list of only the sources cited in the text of your paper. A bibliography is a list of all the sources consulted during your research. The two most commonly required formats for bibliographic citation are MLA and APA. Below are examples of each, using the same source to exemplify the differences. We use MLA at Pentucket.
MLA (Modern Language Association)
Anderson, Jon Lee. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. New York:
Grove/Atlantic, 1998.
APA (American Psychological Association)
Anderson, J. (1998). Che Guevara:Revolutionary Life. New York: Grove/Atlantic.
Below are examples of the most commonly used sources. If you require a citation for some other type of material (i.e. music, interview, lecture), then use “A Quick Reference to “The Research Paper,” or citation machine an online aid at http://citationmachine.net/ . If you choose to use an online bibliography website, however, remember they are only as good as the information input, and it is still your responsibility to make sure the citation is correct.
MLA, Book one-author
Castaneda, Jorge. Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara. New York:
Vintage Books, 1998.
MLA, Book two authors
Granado, Alberto and Ernesto Guevara. Back on the Road: A Journey Through
Latin America.
New York: Grove Press, 2002.
MLA, Article from database
Ismi, Asad. “Becoming the Revolution.” Canadian Dimension. Online. History
Reference Center.
Nov/Dec. 1997.
MLA, Article with no author
“Che Guevara a Hero.” School Library Journal. Online. Expanded Academic
Reference ASAP.
September 2006.
MLA, Reprinted essays, critiques, reviews
Sperry, Stuart. “Medieval Influences in Keats’s ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’.”
(Keats the Poet, 1973)
excerpted and reprinted in English Romanticism,
Ed. Laura K. Egendorf (San Diego: Greenhaven
Press, Inc., 2001), pp 100-107.
MLA, Website
Pridmore, Jan. "John Keats." Literaryhistory.com. 1998. 21 Dec. 2005
http://www.literaryhistory.com/19thC/KEATS.htm
Hints:
Indent all lines except the first line.
Bibliographies and works cited pages are always in alphabetical order by first letter of citation except if “the” is the first letter; then go to second word.
Example of Works Cited Page:
Anderson, Jon. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. New York: Grove Press, 1997.
“Che Guevara a Hero.” School Library Journal. Online. Expanded Academic Reference
ASAP.
September 2006.
Chrismer, Nancy. “Granado, Alberto. Traveling with Che Guevara; the making of
a
revolutionary.”
Kliatt. Online. Expanded Academic ASAP. March 2005. p41.
Dette, James. “Defending Che.” Commonweal Foundation. Online. Expanded
Academic ASAP.
Jan 2005.
Draper, Theodore. Castro’s Revolution: Myth and Realities. New York: Frederick
A.
Praeger,
Inc. Publishers, 1962.
Draper, Thomas. Democracy & Dictatorship in Latin America. New York: The H.W.
Wilson
Company, 1981.
Granado, Alberto and Lucia Alvarez de Toledo. Traveling with Che Guevara; The
Making of a
Revolutionary. New York: Newmarket Press, 2004.
Guevara, Ernesto. The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey. New
York:
Ocean Press, 2003.
Renner, Coop. “Guevara, Ernesto “Che” The Motorcycle Diaries.” School Library
Journal. Online.
Expanded Academic ASAP. July 2005.
Young, Bob and Jan Young. Liberators of Latin America. New York: Lathrop, Lee &
Shepard Co.,
1970.