Works Cited - Assignment | The American Dream & Great Gatsby Character Analysis (Black, Trainer) - Research Guides at Lone Star College

Example Citations for Sources in the Databases

One Author

Del Gizzo, Suzanne. “The American Dream Unhinged: Romance and Reality in ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Fight Club.’” The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, vol. 6, 2007, pp. 69–94. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41583129.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical: (Del Gizzo). (Del Gizzo 70). (Del Gizzo 74-5).

Narrative: English literature professor Dr. Del Gizzo suggests .... Del Gizzo writes ... (73).

Note: JSTOR's premade citation is presented as DEL GIZZO, SUZANNE. “The American Dream ...." etc etc. We have to de-CAPSLOCK the author!

Two Authors

Luft, Joanna, and Thomas Dilworth. “The Name Daisy: ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Chaucer’s Prologue to ‘The Legend of Good Women.’” The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, vol. 8, 2010, pp. 79–91. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41583156.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical: (Luft and Dilworth). (Luft and Dilworth 79). (Luft and Dilworth 80-1).

Narrative: Luft and Dilworth suggest .... (80).

Example - No Page Numbers

Fitzgerald, F. Scott . The Great Gatsby Original Classic Edition: The Complete 1925 Text. G&D Media, 2021. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,cpid&custid=s1088435&db=nlebk&AN=3098463&site=ehost-live.

In Text Citations

Parenthetical: (Fitzgerald). (Fitzgerald ch. 3).

Narrative: Fitzgerald shows ... Fitzgerald writes... (ch. 6).

Example - With Page Numbers

Donaldson, Scott. Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days, Columbia University Press, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/lib/lonestar-ebooks/detail.action?docID=895120.

In Text Citations

Parenthetical: (Donaldson). (Donaldson 58).

Narrative: Donaldson shows ... Donaldson suggests... (112, 140-42).

Zakaria, Fareed. “Restoring The American Dream.” TIME Magazine, vol. 176, no. 18, Nov. 2010, pp. 30–35. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,cpid&custid=s1088435&db=a9h&AN=54595556&site=ehost-live.