How to make a Works Consulted Page
A Works Consulted page should always be found at the end of any paper if you have used resources outside your own brain! A Works Consulted page provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and be able to read any sources you used in your research.
Basic Rules for Works Consulted pages:
FORMAT:
Authors Last Name
, Authors First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Nameof Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Few, Roger. Guide to Endangered Animals. New York: Macmillan,
1993.
FORMAT:
Editor's Last Name, Editor's First Name, ed. Title of book. City of Publication: Name of
Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.
FORMAT:
Authors last name, Authors first name
. (if available) Title of Publication. Format(CD-ROM, Diskette, or Tape). Edition or version (if available). Place
of publication: Name of publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE:
The San Diego Zoo Presents; the Animals. CD-Rom. Navato, California:
Article
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Article." Date of Publication. Title of Database. Name of
Database Publisher. Library Accessed from, Location of Library. Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE:
"Federal Republic of Nigeria: Lifestyle: Dating and Marriage." Culture Grams. Axiom Press.
Mariemont J.H.S. Lib. Cincinnati, OH. 25 Apr. 2003
<http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com/secure/world/world_Nigeria.html>.
Map
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Map." Map. Title of Database. Name of Database
Publisher. Library Accessed from, Location of Library. Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE:
"Federal Republic of Nigeria." Map. Culture Grams. Axiom Press. Mariemont J. H. S. Lib., Cincinnati, OH.
25 Apr. 2003 <http://onlineedition.culturegrams.com/secure/world/world_Nigeria.html>
FORMAT:
Name of the Writer. "Title of the message (taken from the subject line)." Description
of the message including the recipient's name. Date of the message
Boyle, Anthony T. "Re: Utopia." E-mail to Daniel J. Cahill. 21 June
1997
FORMAT:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine.
Date of Publication: page-page. Title of Database. Name of Database
Publisher. Library Accessed From, Location of Library. Date of Access
<URL>.
Example:
Mathews, Terry. "Inventing Nairobi". National Geographic. Jan. 2006: 1-1.
Middle Search Plus. Ebscohost. Mariemont Junior High School Library,
Mariemont, OH. 10 Jan. 2006
<http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&an=19181909&site
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FORMAT:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article".
Title of Book. Date of publication. Title of Database.
Library Accessed From, Location of Library. Date of Access
<URL>
EXAMPLE:
"Kenya". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Online School Edition. Mariemont Junior High School
Library. 5 Feb. 2006 <http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9108363>.
REPUBLISHED IN GALE DATABASE
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Name of Article."
Name of Original Source. Copyright Date.
Republished in Name of Specific Gale Collection.
Name of Service. Library accessed from.
Location of Library (i.e. City, State). Access Date <URL of Service>.
CITING THOMPSON GALE REFERENCE MATERIAL
"Jane Addams." U*X*L Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L, 2003. Student Resource Center.
Thomson Gale. Mariemont Junior High School Library, Mariemont, OH. 21 September 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC>.
CITING MAGAZINE AND JOURNAL ARTICLES FROM GALE
Thomas, Vanessa. "Listening to Solar Activity." Astronomy 32 (February 2004): 28.
Student Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Mariemont Junior High School Library,
Mariemont, OH. 20 April 2004 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC>.
CITING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM GALE
Olin, Dirk. "Ethnomathematics." New York Times 23 February 2003: 23. Student Resource Center.
Thomson Gale. Mariemont Junior High School Library, Mariemont, OH. 27 May 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC>.
FORMAT:
Name of person you interviewed. Kind of interview (Personal interview,
Telephone interview). Date of interview.
EXAMPLE:
Pei, I. M. Personal interview. 22 July 2002.
FORMAT:
Date: Page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
Begley, Sharon. "Survival by Handout." National Wildlife Jan. 1997:
52-57.
FORMAT:
Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of Article or Section in Book." Title of Book. Ed. First then last
name of editor. Edition if any. Volume number used. Place of publication, Year of publication. Pages used.
EXAMPLE:
Edelman, Ron. "1900s Film and Theater." Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms. Ed. Sara Pendergast et al.
Vol. 1. Farmington, MI, 2002. 33-36.
FORMAT:
Authors last name, Authors first name. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper.
Date : Section page.
EXAMPLE:
Zyle, Melana. "Ban on Rare-Species Imports May Fuel Black Market." Asian
Wall Street Journal Weekly. 14 Mar. 1999 : N11
(such as Discoverer Online, Kids Quest, Readers Guide for Young People, etc.)
FORMAT:
Authors last name
, Authors first name (if available). "Title of Article." Title ofSource. Date(s): page range or number of pages. Name of
Database. Date retrieved <URL>.
EXAMPLE:
(This sample record with no author would be filed by the first word of the title: Big)
"
The Big Picture; China." Life. July 1995: 27 Kid Quest. July 1999http://www.KidsQuest.com/ch/pic.htm
FORMAT:
"Title of article". Latest update. Name of Reference Database. Date of
access <electronic address (URL)>.
EXAMPLE:
"Panda Bears." Mar. 1999. (if available) Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
27 Dec. 1999 <http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=59693&sctn=1#s_top>.
FORMAT:
Artist if available. Title of painting or photograph. Date.
Original source. Title of book. by Name of author. City of
publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Page number.
EXAMPLE:
Asch Building. 1911. United Press International. The Triangle Shirtwaist
Fire. by Corinne J. Naden. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1971. 17.
FORMAT:
Untitled photographs from a book. Citation goes directly under the pasted photograph.
Fig. ?. Description of what the picture depicts, from author's first name and then last name,
Name of the Book (City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Date) Page Number.
EXAMPLE:
Fig. 5. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building, from John Doe, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
(New York: Acme Publishing, Inc., 2003) 56.
FORMAT:
Citing An Online Image or Series of Images (i.e. Internet)
Artist if available. "Description or title of image." Date of image. Online image. Title of larger site.
Date of download. <electronic address>.
EXAMPLE:
Smith, Greg. "Rhesus Monkeys in the Zoo." No date. Online image. Monkey Picture Gallery.
3 May 2003. <http://monkeys.online.org/rhesus.jpg>.
Citing a Graphic from a Library Subscription Service/Database (i.e. eLibrary Curriculum Edition, ProQuest Platinum, etc.)
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of graphic.” Title of Source. Date of Publication: page(s)
Database Name. Library Name, Library Location. Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE:
“Cloning History.” KRT News Graphics. 27 November 2002. eLibrary Curriculum Edition.
Cary Academy Library, Cary,NC. 22 March 2004. <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>.
FORMAT:
Authors last name, authors first name (if known). "Title of the Article." Title of
Encyclopedia. Edition (if applicable). date.
EXAMPLE:
Harper, Edward. "Berlin." Encyclopedia Americana. International ed. 1999.
Magazine Article Reproduced in SIRS
FORMAT:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date of Publication: page-page.
Title of Database. Name of Database Publisher. Library Accessed from, Location of Library. Date of
Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE:
Lerone Bennett. "Martin or Malcolm? The Hero in Black History" Ebony Feb. 1994: 38. SIRS Researcher. SIRS
Knowledge Source. Mariemont H. S. Lib., Cincinnati, OH. 13 Oct. 2003
< http://www.galenet.com/servlet/SRC>.
Scholarly Journal Article Reproduced in SIRS
Format:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Vol. #.Issue # (Year of Publication):
page-page. Title of Database. Name of Database Publisher. Library Accessed from, Location of Library.
Date of Access <URL>.
Example:
Kripal, Jeffrey J. "The Visitation of the Stranger": On Some Mystical Dimensions of the History of Religions."
CrossCurrents 49 (Fall 1999): 367-386. SIRS Renaissance. SIRS Knowledge Source.
Mariemont H. S. Lib., Cincinnati, OH. 13 Oct. 2003 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Newspaper Article Republished in SIRS
Format:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper Date of Publication, name of
edition: page-page. Title of Database. Name of Database Publisher. Name of Library, Location of Library.
Date of Access <URL>.
Example:
Goldman, John J. "Ruling Opens Way for 9/11 Survivors and Victims to Sue." Los Angeles Times 10 Sept. 2003:
n.p. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Mariemont H. S. Lib., Cincinnati, OH. 13 Oct. 2003
<http://www.sirs.com>
Author's Name. "Title of Article/Document." Title of Website. Ed. Editor's Name. Date of pub. or
latest update. Sponsoring institution or organization. Date of access. <URL>.
EXAMPLES:
Etling, Dawn R. "Conservation Efforts." Everything You Need to
Know About Pandas. 29 Sept. 1999. 6 Oct. 1999.
<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9492/>.
Paul, Smita Madan. "Panda Bonanza." Discovery Channel
Online 8 Aug. 1999. 27 Sept. 1999.
<http://www.discovery.com/indep/newsfeatures/pandas/pandas.html>.