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Primary Sources: Examples for Works Cited Lists

 

Letter (unpublished)

APA No example given in latest edition. Important Elements:
  • Author's name
  • Recipient's name
  • Date written
  • Name of collection
  • Name of depository
  • Depository's location

Note: Spacing is important. For example, compare Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

 
Chicago Rinker, Ella V., and Reuben E. Hammond.  Papers.  Rare Book,
   Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke 
   University, Durham.  (Documentation One and Two)

Note: "The specific items [letters for example] themselves are not mentioned in the bibliography unless only one item in the collection is cited, in which case the entry may begin with the item."   The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed., p. 589, 15.277.  See also p. 679, 16.135.
MLA Miller, Ella.  Letter to Ella V. Rinker.  Mar. 1865.  Ella V. Rinker
         and Reuben E. Hammon Papers.  Rare Book, Manuscript
         and Special Collections Lib., Duke U, Durham.
Turabian Miller, Ella, to Ella V. Rinker, March 1856.  Ella V. Rinker and 
         Reuben E. Hammon Papers.  Rare Book, Manuscript, and
         Special Collections Library, Duke University, Durham,
         North Carolina.

Motion picture

APA Kopelson, A. (Producer), & Stone, O. (Writer/Director). (1986). Platoon  [Motion Picture]. United States: Hemdale Film Corporation  Important Elements:
  • Author's name
  • Recipient's name
  • Date written
  • Name of collection
  • Name of depository
  • Depository's location

Note: Spacing is important. For example, compare Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

 
Chicago

Platoon. Produced by Arnold Kopelson and directed by Oliver Stone. 120 min. Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986. Videocassette.
MLA

Platoon.  Prod. Arnold Kopelson. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen. Videocassette. Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.
Turabian

Platoon. 1986. Produced by Arnold Kopelson and directed by Oliver Stone. 120 min. Hemdale Film Corporation. Videocassette.

 

Interview (unpublished)

APA Elloie, P.H. (Speaker). (1994). Interview with K. Ellis. (cassette
         recording). Behind the veil: Documenting African-American
         life in the Jim Crow South. Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
         Collections Library, Duke University.		 Important Elements:
  • Interviewee's name
  • Interviewer's name
  • Date conducted
  • Name of collection
  • Name of depository
  • Depository's location

Note: Spacing is important. For example, compare Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

 
Chicago Elloie, Pealie Hardin.  Interview by Kate Ellis.  Tape Recording,
   15 July 1994.   Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American 
   Life in the  Jim Crow South.  Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
   Collections Library, Duke University, Durham.  (Documentation
   One)

Elloie, Pealie Hardin.  1994.  Interview by Kate Ellis.  Tape
   recording, 15 July.  Behind the Veil: Documenting
   African-American Life in the Jim Crow South.  Rare Book,
   Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University,
   Durham.
   (Documentation Two)
MLA Elloie, Pealie Hardin.  Interview with Kate Ellis.  Rec. 15 July 1994.
         Audiotape. Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American
         in the Jim Crow South.  Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
         Collections Lib., Duke U.
Turabian Elloie, Pealie Hardin.  Interview by Kate Ellis, 15 July 1994.
         Cassette.  Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American
          Life in the Jim Crow South.  Rare Book, Manuscript, and
          Special Collections Library, Duke University.

 

Online (Digitized) Collections

APA Eaton, S. (1907). Sermons on Advertising. Retrieved August 23, 2001, 
         from Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript and Special
         Collections Web site: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/
         eaa/databases/printlit/@Generic__BookTextView/1851		 Important Elements:
  • Author
  • Title of work (if titled)
  • Publication information (if previously published in print)
  • Project name
  • Publication information for the project
  • Date of access
  • Address of the site

Note: Spacing is important. For example, compare Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

 
Chicago No example in latest edition.
MLA Eaton, Seymour.  Sermons on Advertising.  Seymour Adair Eaton,
          1907.  Emergence of Advertising in America.  Rare Books,
          Manuscript, and Special Collections Lib., Duke U.  
          23 Aug. 2001  <http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/
          eaa/databases/printlit/@Generic__BookTextView/1851>.
Turabian No example in latest edition.


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  Special thanks to Kelley A. Lawton and Laura Cousineau at the Duke University Libraries and Van E. Hillard at the Duke University Writing Program for permission to copy and adapt these citation pages.