Creating Citations and Works Cited Page Objective: Students will understand how to create a citation using MLA format

Academic Paper Formats Academic research papers may be written in different formats depending on the type of paper being written. Commonly used styles are: MLA (Modern Language Association) - used in literature, arts and the humanities APA (American Psychological Association) - used in social sciences, such as psychology and education AMA (American Medical Association) - used in biological sciences, such as medicine and health

Works Cited Page At the end of your paper, list all of the sources you used in a Works Cited page. Your sources are formatted in a specific way and are called “citations.”

Each type of source such as books, journal articles, newspapers, magazines, websites, and images require specific information to be cited correctly.

Let’s look at some examples!

Book Citation A book citation has six elements: Author Title Place of Publication Publisher Copyright Date Medium of Publication

Book Citation-How to Write These pieces are combined in a certain order with punctuation to create the book’s citation. Basic Book Format: Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.

When the pieces for an example book are inserted into this format, the citation looks like the following: Basic Book Format: Sawyer, Sarah. Body Piercing and Tattooing: The Hidden Dangers of Body Art. New York City: Rosen, Print. Book Citation-How It Looks

Journal Article Citation A journal article citation contains different elements than a book. In general, a journal citation includes the following: Author(s) Article Title Journal Name Volume Number Issue Number Publication Year Page Numbers

Website Citations Website citations can be very tricky. It is sometimes difficult to find all of the required information on the website. Here is some of the information to look for:  Author  Title of website  Sponsoring organization  Date updated  Medium of publication  Date of access  URL (MLA 7 does not require this, but your teacher may!)

Website Citation Basic Website Format: Author(s). “Title of Website”. Sponsoring Organization. Date Published/Updated. Medium of Publication. Date of Access.. (if required)

When the pieces for an example website are inserted into this format, the citation looks like the following: Website Citation: Van Vranken, Michele. "Tattoos." KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's health. The Nemours Foundation, Apr Web. 19 Feb

For an MLA Format Works Cited page All entries are alphabetized by the author’s last name. Each line after the first line of an entry is indented. (This is called a hanging indent.) All citations are double spaced.

Summing Up To acknowledge the sources you use in your academic research papers, you must use in- text citations in the body of your paper AND a list of Works Cited at the end.