Internal Citations and Works Cited Page

 The Works Cited page is a list of all sources you have used in your paper.  Direct Quotes  Summaries  Paraphrases

 Gather all of the source sheets you have  Go to  Choose a source type and enter all info from your source sheet that it asks for  If easybib asks for something you didn’t record, try to find it. Otherwise, leave that part blank  If there is something on your sheet easybib doesn’t ask for, then leave it out!

 Continue adding until you have added all of the sources you plan to use in the paper.  Do not use easybib for Ebscohost or Worldbook online—you already have those cited correctly!!!  When all sources have been entered, choose “export to Microsoft Word.”

 Easybib will open a new document and properly format it for you.  The Word document should have a hanging indent, 12 point font, Times New Roman, etc.  Your sources should be listed ALPHABETICALLY by the first word of the citation.  You will need to manually insert any additional sources (Ebsco, Worldbook Online) where they belong ALPHABETICALLY!!!!

 We use INTERNAL CITATIONS to show when we have paraphrased, summarized or directly quoted a fact or idea from a source.  In general, an internal citation includes the author’s last name and page number that the information came from. (Golding 25)  This information is enclosed in parenthesis at the end of the sentence where the fact/idea is located.

 MANY of your sources may not have an author or page numbers.  The general rule is to use whatever is listed first on the Works Cited entry.  Complete the “Internal Citations List” found on the O drive (under “common” in “Ridgway” folder on the O drive)  This list will help you to see what the citation should look like every time you cite a source. IT MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH SOURCE YOU HAVE!!!!!

 Book with author and page numbers: The boy had a look about him that “proclaimed no evil” (Golding 21).  Entry in a printed encyclopedia: Whenever humans feel happy, there is a little bit of sadness, too (“Happiness” 245).  Online encyclopedia with no author: “There is no worse death than the death we die each day by not living” (“Death”).

 If you refer to the author before giving a direct quote, you do not have to list the author in the citation, just the page #-- According to William Golding, “Man is evil without civilization” (312).  When using a quote book or concordance, refer to the speaker in text, and then cite the quote book or website as your source: As William Shakespeare wrote in his famous play, Hamlet, “To be or not to be? That is the question” (Bartlett 299).

 PUNCTUATION!!!!  The citation goes at the END of the sentence that contains the information.  The citation should appear BEFORE the end punctuation of the sentence.  If the information INSIDE the citation is a title or subject heading, it needs to be properly punctuated as well. …“proclaimed no evil” (Golding 21). …a little bit of sadness, too (“Happiness” 245).

 Title page— MLA format does NOT require a title page. The first page of your FORMAL paper should have a heading in the upper LEFT that includes the following: Your name My name Advanced English 8 Date

 Double Spaced  Times New Roman  12 point font  Proper heading (see previous slide)  Title (centered below heading)  Page numbers with your last name in the upper right corner of every page EXCEPT the first page