Find all the publishing information for the text embedded in the article. This includes last name, first name, the title of the book, its place of publication, the publisher, the year it was published, and its medium of publication. These pieces of information will be essential regardless of publishing format.
Formulate citation. The direct format will be different depending on the style guide. For MLA format follow the formula: Last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. An example would be, "Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print."
For APA format, follow this formula: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. An example would be, "Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association."
For Chicago format, follow the formula: First name Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number. An example would be, "William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! (New York: Vintage Books, 1990), 271."
Create your works cited page. For MLA and APA format the sources are cited in a descending alphabetical fashion. For sources cited in Chicago format you must number each source in the order they appear in the paper.