In-text Citations
There are only two things needed for in-text citation: the author's last name and the page number. A single space goes between them. No other punctuation besides the parentheses is needed. See the following example:
"In every real sense, the writer writes in order to teach himself" (Kazin 647).
*Note that the period is placed after the closing parentheses.
Works Cited
The basic elements for every Works Cited entry are as follows:
Punctuation is important. Also, even if your browser does not show you the right indentation, it is as follows: the first line of each entry is even with the left margin. Each additional line is indented five spaces to the right. Remember the Works Cited page is double spaced and in each citation the second and third lines are indented 5 spaces.
For your "Works Cited" page, simply write the following: Last Name, First Name, Title. City: Publisher, Year.
Everything else is just a variation on that theme.
An essay in a collection:
Brooks, Cleanth Jr. and Rober Penn Warren. "The Chalice Bearer." James
Joyce's Dubliners: A Critical Handbook. Ed. James R. Baker
and Thomas F. Staley. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company,
1969. 93-96.
*If the essay has more than one author, the additional names are written as usual rather than last name first. The names after "Ed." are the editors of the book where the article is found.
A book
Litz, A. Walton. James Joyce. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1966.
An article in a magazine
Morrow, Lance. "Scribble, Scribble, Eh, Mr. Toad?" Time 24 Feb.
1986: 84.
An article in a scholarly journal
Updike, John. "The Cultural Situation of the American Writer."
American Study International 15 (Spring 1977): 19-28.
*Notice the number "15" is the volume number, and "(Spring 1977)" is the issue.
A lecture
Pearce, Dan. "The Romantic Period." Eng. 292 lecture. BYU-Idaho,
Rexburg, 19 Jan 1999.