1. Plagiarism Protection
MLA Works Cited
Plagiarism Protection

2. Basic Rules
Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page number header as the rest of your paper.
Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page.

3. Basic Rules cont.
Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations so that you create a hanging indent.
List page numbers of sources efficiently, when needed. If you refer to a journal article that appeared on pages 225 through 250, list the page numbers on your Works Cited page as

4. Citation: Books
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgnang. The Sorrows of Young Werther. New York: Modern Library, Print.

5. Citation: Books cont. Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
First published in 1883.
Published in trade paperback format in 1995
by Orion Publishing Group, London
Students are either selected or volunteer to write the appropriate information on the whiteboard in MLA Works Cited format.
One possibility is to have two students race. I used candy as a reward incentive.

6. Citation: Articles / Periodicals
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: Print.
Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.

7. Citation: Articles / Periodicals cont.
The New York Times
Communists Around the Corner?
Sunday, October 22, 1950
Full page C2
Full page C3
Continued on page C5
Students are either selected or volunteer to write the appropriate information on the whiteboard in MLA Works Cited format.
One possibility is to have two students race. I used candy as a reward incentive.

8. Citation: Electronic
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.
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, Web. 23 Apr

9. Citation: Electronics cont.
Students are either selected or volunteer to write the appropriate information on the whiteboard in MLA Works Cited format.
One possibility is to have two students race. I used candy as a reward incentive.

10. Citation: Artwork
Artist Last name, First name. Title of the artwork. Date of composition. Name of the institution that houses that artwork, Location of the institution.
Monet, Claude. Woman with a Parasol National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

11. Citation: Artwork cont.
Johannes Vermeer
The Girl With The Pearl Earring
1665
Gallery: Maurithuis
Museum: The Hague
Country: Netherlands
Students are either selected or volunteer to write the appropriate information on the whiteboard in MLA Works Cited format.
One possibility is to have two students race. I used candy as a reward incentive.

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