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How to Cite the Encyclopedia on a Works Cited Page

A Works Cited Page is a list of works you refer to in a book or term paper and comes after the main body of text. Works Cited Pages help a reader to do further research on a topic or to check that assertions presented in your paper are accurate. The American Psychological Association, the Modern Language Association and the Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style Guidebook all set out different guidelines for how to correctly cite an encyclopedia on a Works Cited Page.

Instructions

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  Format your citation like this if you are following APA style guidelines:
  
  Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year). In Title of Entry. Title of encyclopedia (Vol. number, pp. numbers). City of Publication: Name of Publisher.
  
  Note that the title of the encyclopedia should be italicize and that only the first letter of the title of the encyclopedia should be capitalized. For example:
  
  Jones, G. (2009). Communism. In The new encyclopedia britannica (Vol. 19, pp. 121-123). New York City: Penguin Press.
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  Format your citation like this if you are following MLA style guidelines:
  
  "Article Title." Title of Encyclopedia. Edition of Encyclopedia. Year Published. Medium of Publication.
  
  The title of the encyclopedia should be italicized.
  
  Here is an example of a correct MLA citation:
  
  "Communism." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 5th ed. 2009. Print.
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  Format your citation like this if you are following Turabian/Chicago Style guidelines:
  
  Author's First and Last Name, "Title of Article," in Title of Encyclopedia, Year of Edition.
  
  The title of the encyclopedia should be italicized.
  
  For example:
  
  George Jones, "Communism," in The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 2009 ed.

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