Citation Guide

Examples in Modern Language Association (MLA) format

Citation for a Book with One Author:

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

Citation for a Book with More Than One Author:

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.

Citation for an Article in a Scholarly Journal:

Bagchi, Alaknanda. “Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi’s Bashai Tudu.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50.

Citation for an Article from a Reference Book:

Nielsen, Jorgen S. “European Culture and Islam.” Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Ed. Richard C. Martin. New York: Thomson Gale, 2004.

Citation for an Article from an Electronic Subscription Service:

Grabe, Mark. “Voluntary Use of Online Lecture Notes: Correlates of Note Use and Note Use as an Alternative to Class Attendance.” Computers and Education 44 (2005): 409-21. NC LIVE. 27 March 2007. <http://www.nclive.org>.

Citation for an Excerpt of an Article Reprinted in a Reference Book:

Holladay, Hillary. “Narrative Space in Ann Petry’s Country Place.” Xavier Review 16 (1996): 21-35. Excerpt Rpt in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski and Scott Darga. Vol. 112. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 356-62.

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Examples in American Psychological Association (APA) Format

Citation for a Book with One Author:

Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.

Citation for a Book with Two Authors:

Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective states: The hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 66, 1034-1048.

Citation for an Article in a Journal:

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion 15(30), 5-13.

Citation for an Article from a Reference Book:

O’Neil, J.M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.

Citation for an Article from an Electronic Subscription Service:

Smyth, A. M., Parker, A. L., & Pease, D.L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of peas. Journal of Abnormal Eating, 8 (3). Retrieved March 22, 2007 from NC LIVE database.

Citation for an Excerpt of an Article Reprinted in a Reference Book:

Eder, Richard (1992, August 16). Extract from That Hamilton woman. In Deborah A. Schmitt (Ed.) Contemporary literary criticism. Vol. 105 (pp. 192-193). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from Los Angeles Times book review, 3, 7).
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If you have any other questions about creating a Works Cited page for your research paper, please consult the reference resources listed below, your course instructor, or the Writing Center (ext. 750).

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Research and Documentation Online. http://dianahacker.com/resdoc/

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
WCC Library Call Number: LB 2369 .G53 2003 (Reference Collection)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
WCC Library Call Number: BF 76.7 .P83 2001 (Reference Collection)