1. Paper Setup and Works Cited
By Spencer Thomas, Kate Polles, Chris Laudenbach, and Ashley Guptill
Paper Setup and Works Cited

2. Paper Format In the paper In the upper left corner: In the heading
Name
Teacher
Class
Date (Day, Month, Year)
In the heading
Last Name
Page Number
In the paper
1” Margins
Double Spacing
12 Times New Roman font
Do not bold or italicize title of paper

3. Example

4. Works Cited Format What is needed: In inserting works cited:
Double spaced
1” Margins
Name and Page Number in the upper right header.
Works cited title without quotes or italics.
In inserting works cited:
Works in alphabetical order according to author.
If it is longer than a line, the second and continuing lines need to be indented (the hanging indent)

5. Sample Works Cited

6. Citing a Book
The basic format of a book requires the author’s name/names, book title, publication date, publisher, place of publication.
Good Example:
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, Print.
Bad Example:
James Gleick New York: Penguin, Chaos: Making a New Science

7. Citing a Website Citing an entire website (MLA):
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
Citing from a website (MLA):
For an individual page on a Web site, list the author if known, followed by the information above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Good Example:
Tonnesson, Oyvind. “Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate.” Nobleprize.org. Nobel Foundation, 1 Dec Web.
Bad Example:
Oyvind Tonnesson. Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate. Nobleprize.org. Nobel Foundation. 1 Dec Web.

8. Citing an Anthology
To cite an anthology, a person must have: author of work in anthology
Title of work in the anthology
Title of Anthology
Editor’s Name
Publication Information
Page Range
Type of source
Good Example:
Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, Print.
Bad Example:
Harris, Muriel. Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, Print.

9. Database Provide all of the following available: Author’s name,
Title of work in quotation marks
Any print publication information
Name of online data base (Italicized)
Medium (Web)
Date of access.
Good: Goldman, William. “The Princess Bride Shooting Draft.” Internet Movie Script Database. Web. 12 June 2008.
Bad: Wallace, Maurice. Richard Wright’s Black Medusa. “Journal of African American History.” 88.1 (2003):71+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 28 July 2009.

10. Questions?