INFORMATION FROM SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, A DATABASE, OR ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA 

The examples below show how to cite information from the various online services that are provided to CRSD students accessed by clicking icons on the library webpage or in the Research Folder.

Subscription-based Internet Databases - (World Book, Grolier’s, Countrywatch, 

Gale Resources, Sirs Researcher, AccessPA)

Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of Article (if given).” 

Periodical Title and date (if given). Database Name. Web. 

Date of Access (Day Month Year). 

"Delaware River." America the Beautiful. Grolier Online. Web. 

     17 Aug. 2009. 

Mastrandrea, Michael D. "Global Warming." World Book Student. World

      Book, 2009. Web. 17 Aug. 2009.

Wilson, Jim. "New Breed of Seeing Eye Dog." Popular Mechanics. Apr.

      2000. Middle Search Plus. EBSCO. 17 Aug. 2009.

NONPRINT MEDIA

Title.  Series.  Writer, Director, Narrator, Producer. Distributor. 

     Copyright date. Medium.

Ancient Egypt. Ancient Civilizations for Children. Ann Carroll. 

      Schlessinger Media. 2004.  DVD.  

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Last Name, First. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine. Date (Day

      Month Year): Page(s). Print.

Lewis, Scott Alan. "Trouble on Top." Sierra. July 1995: 54-58. Print.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Last Name, First. “Title of Article.”  Title of Newspaper.  Date (Day 

     Month Year): Page(s).

Benincasa, Robert. “New Hope Puts Brakes on Motorcycle  

     Rally.”  Bucks County Courier Times 12 Apr. 1996, sec. 

     B:10. Print.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW CONDUCTED FACE TO FACE, BY TELEPHONE, OR BY EMAIL:

Last Name, First Name. Personal Interview. Date.

(Note:The date cited is the date on which you conducted the interview.)

Jackson, Peter. Personal interview. 23 Mar. 2005. 

Jones, Esther. Telephone interview. 3 June 2004. 

Thomas, Amy. E-mail interview.  26 Oct. 2003.

For items to cite that are not covered here, see the Council Rock High School Works Cited guidelines available at: www.crsd.org  Information.  Library Media Information. Resources for Students.

TIPS: The Works-cited section begins on a new page (or can be placed at the end of a media project). 

Entries: All entries are double spaced, as is the entire works-cited section. The first line of each entry begins flush with left margin. Subsequent lines of an entry are indented ˝ inch from left margin. (Use the default hanging indent feature of any word processing program (.5 indent) to achieve the correctly indented spacing.) Title page and the reverse of the title page are helpful in gathering information for book entries. Printed periodicals may have information in Table of Contents as well as on pages of article, but website information can be scattered throughout website.

Entries in the works-cited list are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the author's (or in some cases editor's) last name or, in the absence of a specified author, by the first word of the title, not including the articles "a," "an," and "the." 

Authors: The name of first author listed in entry should be last name, first name with a comma separating the two. Additional names are listed with first name then last name (e.g., Smith, Mary C., John Jones and Mark Anthony).