1. Works Cited Page
Always follow the guidelines for a Works Cited page. This is the most important page in a research paper.

2. Sources for material in this presentation: Ackley, Katherine Anne. Ed
Sources for material in this presentation: Ackley, Katherine Anne. Ed. Perspectives on Contemporary Issues: Readings Across the Disciplines. 5th ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Print. Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers. A Pocket Style Manual. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s Print.

3. General Guidelines for Creating a List of Works Cited
Begin on a new page after the conclusion.
Center the title “Works Cited.”
Alphabetize the list.
Begin the first line of each entry in the left margin and indent the subsequent lines.
Double-space within and between all entries.

4. Guidelines continued
Begin with the author’s LAST name, followed by a comma and then the first name.
A period follows the full name/names.
Italicize the titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers and websites.
End each entry with a period.
Start with the name of the article if there is no author.

5. Examples of books:
Cummings, Clair Hope. Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds. Boston: Beacon, Print. Leitch, Vincent B., et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, Print.

6. Example of book, two authors:
Gilbert, Sandra M., and Susan Gubar. The
Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and
the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination.
New Haven: Yale UP, Print.

7. Examples of articles:
Allen, Paul. “Dickens in Composition Classrooms.” College English 92.4 (Mar. 2011): Print. Tannen, Deborah. “We Need a Higher Quality Outrage.” Perspectives on Contemporary Issues: Readings Across the Disciplines. 5th ed. Ed. Katherine Anne Ackley. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Print.

8. Example without an author:
“44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year.” success.com. Success Media, 30 Nov Web. 12 October 2010.