1. V. Creating a Works Cited Page
Using Sources
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Table of Contents
MLA Format
General Rules for Works Cited Pages 5-6
General Rules for Works Cited Entries 7
General Rules for Web Sources 8
Works Cited Entry: Book 9
Works Cited Entry: Periodical 10
Works Cited Entry: Web Site 11
Additional Research Sources/Information 12-14
Next Step: Using Quotations 15
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My instructor says I need to use MLA format when creating a Works Cited page.
What is that?
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MLA Format
MLA stands for Modern Language Association.
MLA format, developed by the Modern Language Association, provides the style most instructors in the humanities require for papers.
There are other formats that can be used, such as APA (American Psychological Association) or the Chicago Manual of Style. Each format has its own set of rules.
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5. General Rules for Works Cited Pages in MLA Format
Double space everything on a Works Cited page.
Center the title Works Cited (no bold, italics, or underlining) and place it at the top of the page.
Use a “hanging indent” after the first line of each entry.
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OK: so what does it look like?
Centered Title
“Hanging” Indent
I can’t edit this page because of the way it was created.
Everything is double-spaced, and there are no line spaces between entries.
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7. General Rules for Works Cited Entries
The author is usually first in a Works Cited entry, followed by the source’s title(s) and publication information.
Place the titles of smaller works (articles, short stories, book chapters, poems, songs) in quotation marks.
Italicize the titles of larger works (books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and films).
Capitalize the first letter of each word in titles (except articles, short prepositions, or conjunctions).
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8. More Rules for a Works Cited Page
Include publication medium (Print or Web) in each citation.
All Web sources need two dates: the date that the Web page was last updated and the date the information was accessed from the Internet.
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9. Works Cited Entry for a Book
Wow! Look at the connection!
In-text Citation
The ideal context for identity
formation is “a supportive and
respectful family” (Levine 169).
Works Cited Entry
Works Cited
Levine, Madeleine, Ph.D. See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children
from Media Violence. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Print.
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10. Works Cited Entry for a Periodical
In-text Citation
A graphic example is the series of school shootings that have occurred in recent
years—the most recent occurred on March 21, 2005, at Red Lake High School on
an Indian reservation in Minnesota, where a seventeen-year-old male, who had just
killed his grandparents, shot and killed five students, a teacher and a security guard,
wounded many others and then turned the gun on himself (Wilgoren A-1).
Works Cited Entry
Works Cited
Wilgoren, Jodi. “Shooting Rampage by Student Leaves 10 Dead on
Reservation.” New York Times 22 Mar. 2005, sec. 1: A-1+. Print.
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11. Works Cited Entry for a Web Site
In-text Citation
Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Johnson spent seventeen years
recording the viewing habits of children in 707 families in Upstate New
York and found that the ones “who watched one to three hours of television
each day were 60% more likely to be involved in assaults and fights as
those who watched less TV” (“Research”).
Works Cited Entry
Works Cited
“Research on the Effects of Media Violence.” Media Awareness Network.
2005. Web. 12 Mar. 2005
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Hmm… what if I am using something else as a research source?
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13. Additional Research Sources
Lecture or Speech
Chapter in a Book
CD-ROM
Interview
Television or Film
Advertisement
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For More Information
Visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab for more information about formatting various Works Cited entries in MLA format. ( research/r_mla.html)
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15. How can I use quotations and avoid plagiarism?
Now I need to learn how to use the information from my sources in my paper.
How can I use quotations and avoid plagiarism?
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