SAMPLE ENTRY FOR WORKS CITED PAGE – ENCYCLOPEDIA (PRINT)

Information you need:

· Name of the author of the entry (found at the end of the article) - if available

· Title of the article

· Edition (if stated)

· Year of publication

· Medium (Print)

You do not have to list the place of publication or the publisher if the encyclopedia is updated frequently, such as Britannica or Encyclopedia Americana.

In some encyclopedias, such as Britannica, the author’s initials are at the end of the article. The author’s full names are listed elsewhere, usually in the front of the volume or in a list in the index volume. In Britannica, the list of author’s names is located in the Propaedia.

If there is no author listed, start with the title in quotations.

Shepperson, Jacqueline R. “Parasites.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2005. Print.

Polis, Gary A. “Arachnids.” The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15^th ed. 1998. Print.

In text citation: (author last name page number(s)) Example: (Shepperson 236)

No author listed: (“title” page number) Example: (“South America” 284)

Adapted from:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2003.

Hacker, Diana. Research and Documentation Online. Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf>.