1. Creating a Works Cited page in MLA format
7th grade December 2013
Before you start:
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2. Why cite? Avoid plagiarism!! Helps others find helpful information.
Shows where you got your information.
Gives credit for someone else’s ideas.
Helps others find helpful information.
Demonstrates the amount of research you conducted.
Do you remember Mrs. Berkin’s library class? You had six steps to your research process and had to create a “Works Consulted page” for each research assignment. You’re doing the same thing now, but it is now called a “Works Cited page”.
Based on your citation entries, your teacher should be able to locate the exact same source information you used in your project. There are many, many different formats for citation. The format we use is called MLA format, or Modern Language Association. We keep a standard format so that people will be able to pinpoint the different pieces of information correctly. Example: We know the author’s name will always appear first, an article title is always in quotes, etc…
What is plagiarism? 1-using someone else’s ideas and not giving them credit for it. 2-using someone else’s work and passing it off as your own. This can be intentional or unintentional. You forget to use quotation marks when you copy something word for word or you forget to write down the source information. Take down your source information as you go!! Nothing is worse than trying to create your Works Cited page after all your other work is over.

3. Website
Format:
Author Last, Author First. “Article Title.” Title of Website. Publisher name. Date published. Web. Date viewed.
Source:
Example:
“Hubble Traces Subtle Signals of Water on Hazy Worlds.” NASA. NASA. 3 Dec Web. 10 Dec

4. Book
Format:
Author last, author first. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date. Print.
Example:
McNeill, Sarah. Ancient Egyptian People. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, Print.
Where do you find this information? Title page!!
Print or Web is the publication MEDIUM

5. Database article Format:
Author last name, Author first name. “Article Title.” Publication Name. Pub date: Original page #s. Database name. Web. Date viewed.
Source: Article found through EBSCO
Example:
Papazian, Hratch. "Life in Khufu's Time." dig. Sep.
2006: 22. EBSCO Middle Search Plus. Web.
10 Dec

6. Group Activity #1 Look at the citation provided to you.
Determine what type of source it is (book, website, etc).
Label the different parts of the citation.

7. Works Cited
Catherall, Ed. Exploring the Human Body. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, Print.
"Depression." NIMH. National Institute of Mental Health, Web. 24 Nov
"Dogs on Duty." Scholastic News. 8 Apr. 2013: 4-5. EBSCO Middle Search Plus. Web. 10 Dec
Hirst, Kris K. "Dog History - Domestication and Dog History." About Archaeology - The Study of Human History. n.p. n. d. Web. 9 Dec
"How to Tie a Tie." YouTube. HowTo Video, 17 Nov Web. 09 Dec

8. Group Activity #2 Look at the three website citations.
Identify what is missing or incorrect.

9. What’s wrong with these?
Incorrect #1:
Plague, MedLinePlus.com
Corrected:
Dugdale, David. “Plague.” MedLinePlus. MedLine Plus. 9 June Web. 10 Dec

10. What’s wrong with these?
Incorrect #2:
Alchin, LK. “Chainmail” September 20, Web. 10 Dec
Corrected:
Alchin, LK. “Chainmail.” Middle Ages. n.p. 20 Sept Web. 10 Dec
You don’t need the full URL in the citation entry anymore.
On a separate note, I made my way to this website and I would not use it going forward. It had a frogger game included on the page and several links led to promotions and pop-ups. No search function.

11. Website (last one) Incorrect #3:
“The black Death, 1348,” Eyewitness to History (2001)
Corrected:
“The Black Death, 1348.” Eyewitness to History. n. p Web. 10 Dec
Someone took the “how to cite this article” recommendation from the bottom of the web page without checking it against their handout. Tsk, tsk….

12. Works Cited
Catherall, Ed. Exploring the Human Body. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, Print.
"Depression." NIMH. National Institute of Mental Health, Web. 24 Nov
"Dogs on Duty." Scholastic News. 8 Apr. 2013: 4-5. EBSCO Middle Search Plus. Web. 10 Dec
Hirst, Kris K. "Dog History - Domestication and Dog History." About Archaeology - The Study of Human History. n.p. n.d. Web. 9 Dec
"How to Tie a Tie." YouTube. HowTo Video, 17 Nov Web. 09 Dec
Things to note on the Works Cited:
All double-spaced
Alphabetical by first word.
Second line of each citation is indented.
Dates!

13. In-text Citation: Those are citing words….
According to…
As so-and-so states….
As so-and-so writes….
So-and-so demonstrates this in….
So-and-so reveals this by….
So-and-so claims…
As so-and-so reports…

14. What you need to cite another person’s ideas, words, or opinions:
an author’s last name and page number
If you don’t have an author’s last name, use 1-2 words from the article title in quotation marks.
If you don’t have an article title, use 1-2 words from the website name.
If you’re using an online source, you don’t need page numbers.
Format: (pretend Dawes is the author’s last name)
Citations must appear at the end of a sentence like this (Dawes 52).
If Dawes uses the author’s name inside the sentence, then you just need to put a page number at the end (52).
In this example, the “quote that we’re directly quoting” is in the middle of the sentence (Dawes 52).
Here, the direct quote appears “at the end of the sentence” (Dawes 52).
In-text citation cheat sheet