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How to Reference a Term Paper

One of the most important aspects of the term paper is the reference page. This page is a compilation of all the sources consulted and quoted in the actual body of the paper. It also gives proper credit where it is due, and helps avoid accidental plagiarism. These five steps and tips will teach you how to properly reference a term paper.

Instructions

  1. Referencing a Term Paper

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      Title your reference page Works Cited and center it in the middle of the page. Do not underline or place the title in quotation marks. Make sure your reference page is a separate page at the end of your term paper, but numbered consecutively after the last page of your paper.

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      Enter citations in alphabetical order. Double-space all separate citations, but do not put spaces between lines of the same entry. Indent the second line and all subsequent lines of all citations. For in-text citations, put the author's last name and the page number in parentheses, separated by a comma.

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      Use italics or underlining for film, book and magazine titles. Use quotation marks for the titles of shorter works, such as poems, short stories and magazine or newspaper articles.

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      Cite a book with one author in this style: Author's last name, first name. Book title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. ex. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights (underlined). London: Penguin Books, 1847.Cite a book with two or more authors in this style: Author's last name, first name and second author's first name last name. Book title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. ex. Caper, Cindy and Doris Ellison. History of Japan (underlined). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.Cite a book with an editor in this style: Editor's last name, first name, ed. Book title. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Gould, Emily, ed. Most Popular Plays of the 1930s (underlined). Philadelphia: Doubleday, 1993.

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      Cite a newspaper article in this style: Author's last name, first name. Title of article. Name of newspaper. Date of Publication, page number. ex. Davis, Matthew. "Governor Declares Tax Cut." Los Angeles Times. 15 Nov. 2002, A-1Cite a magazine article in this style: Author's last name, first name. Title of article. Name of magazine. Date of publication, page. ex. Deem, Megan. "Natural Wonder." Elle. May 2008, 150.Cite a webpage in this style: Author's last name, first name. Title of webpage. Name of entire website. Date of publication. Date accessed. Website url. ex. Smith, John. "Hemingway: The Childhood Years." The Hemingway Resource Center. March 1998. 24 May 2008. <www.lostgeneration.com/childhood.htm>

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      Consult a style book for more examples of citations

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