San Diego Jewish Academy High School Humanities Works Cited and Writing Style Guides

Please use the following formats or consult the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Guide for other formats. Note the punctuation and the spacing in the format samples below and the Works Cited sample below.

Film Format
Author. Title. Director. Distributor, Year.

Book Format
Author. Title. City: Publisher, Year.

Website Format
Author. "Title." Date of Access. <URL>.

Gilbert, Martin and Rabbi Marvin Hier. Genocide. Director Arnold Schwarzman.
Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1981.

Wiesel, Elie. Night. NY: Bantam Edition, 1982

Miller, Franz J. "The White Rose". 24 March 1999.
<http://members.aol.com/weiBerose/index.html>.

Documentation and Style Guide - Documenting Quotes
examples of citing quotes and other sources using The Chicago Manual of Style.

The Dawson College Stylesheet - shows many practical expamples of how to create an MLA Bibliography.

MLA Citation Examples by HCC Library
shows examples from the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style, a widely used for identifying research sources.

MLA Works Cited Style Sheet
shows examples of citing within the text and Works Cited listing

Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style
an online version of The Elements of Style. Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer.

The Virtual Reference Desk
provides links to a variety of sources including Dictionaries, Thesauri, Acronyms, and tons more.