Common FHS Examples

Common FHS Examples.

For more information on the exact way to configure a citation, check out the reference work entitled "A Writer's Reference," by Diana Hacker. This book is located in the library. The call number is REF 428.2 HAC.

General tips from "A Writer's Reference":

 Center your heading!  List is alphabetized by author's last names or by title if there is no author.  The first line of each entry is at the left margin. Indent extra lines 5 spaces (1/2")  Double space the entire Works Cited document. The following is a sample!

The letters (a, b, c, etc) refer to the types of sources listed below. DO NOT LETTER OR NUMBER YOUR ACTUAL WORKS CITED PAGE! a Book, with one author i Internet, World Wide Web b Pamphlet, no author given j Audiocassette Journal article from online database (Proquest c Magazine article, no author given k etc...) Computer software (Encyclopedia on CD- d l Book, no author given ROM) e Encyclopedia m Videotape Culturegram: Please see these special f n E-Mail message directions. g Newspaper article with author o Interview, unpublished h Book with two authors & subtitle Works Cited (center this on your page) a) Berger, Melvin. Computers in Your Life. New York: Crowell, 1998. b) California Dept. of Jury Commissioner. A Few Facts about Jury Duty. Sacramento, State of CA, 2006. c) “Can Computers Think?” Science News 1 Apr. 2001: 234-236. d) Cerso, John. "Pimpernel." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed.

CD-ROM. Boston: Houghton, 2005. e) Denarso, Sheila. "Romance Languages." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia.

19th ed. 2004. f) “Denmark." (For Culturegrams, please see these special directions.) g) Ebright, Carol. “Computer Generation.” San Francisco Chronicle 4 Apr. 2004: C4. h) Halacy, Donald., and Ripley Hotch. Computers: Our Future. New York: Harper, 2004. i) Howe, Diane. “The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.” Wombat 5 Feb. 2005. 12 Apr. 2006

j) Jobs, Stephen. Online Issues. Caedman, 1999. k) Miller, Larry. "Setting Up a Home Office." Time 16 Aug. 2000: 10-12. ProQuest Platinum. Foothill

High School Lib., Pleasanton, CA. 17 Jan. 2007 . l) Professional Guide to Computers. Chicago: Intermed Communications, 2004. m) Spain and Your Spanish Ancestry. Dir. Joe Jones. Perf. Sam Cinque, Jack Black and Marisa Green.

2003. Videocassette. The Heritage Corporation, 2004. n) Thompson, Barry. "Virtual Reality." E-mail to George Jones. 8 Feb. 2001. o) Zach, Clathel, Principal, Borel Middle School. Telephone interview. 15 Mar. 2004.