1. In-text Citation and Works Cited Rules

2. Revise your Works Cited entries based on the following correct answers on the hand-out in front of you.

3. Format the Works Cited
Format the WC so that the reader can easily find the different sources:
Hanging indent allows the reader to see the first word of the entry easily.
Alphabetize the entries so that the reader can find the source quickly.

4. Format the Works Cited
Date is international style: day month year: 30 November No commas.
The whole thing is double spaced. NO extra space between entries.
Works Cited title is centered; that is all. Nothing else. Not underlined or bigger than 12 point font.

5. What’s the idea behind in-text citations?
MLA wants the easiest and shortest way to link your research (CDs) in your paper to the Works Cited page. How do we do that?

6. In Text Citation Rules:
As a general rule, your in text citations MATCH the first significant word in your Works Cited exactly, including punctuation.

7. IN-TEXT CITING PRACTICE:
How would you cite page 44 of John Griffin’s Black Like Me, based on this Works Cited (W.C.) entry?
Griffin, John Howard. Black like Me.
Houghton Mifflin, 1961.

8. ANSWER:
(Griffin 44) .
NOTICE NO COMMA!

9. How would you cite page 626 of this article from your textbook?
Anderson, Robert. “Elements of Drama.” Elements of
Literature Third Course, edited by Kathleen Daniel, Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 2003, pp

10. ANSWER:
(Anderson 626).

11. 3. How would you cite this article?
Carlson, Peter. "CUSTER TAKES A STAND. (Cover
Story)." American History, vol. 49, no. 2, 2014, p. 34.
web.b.escohost.com/ehost, MasterFILE
Premier, Ebscohost, Accessed 18 Nov

12. Answer:
(Carlson 34).

13. 4. How would you cite this article on Jim Crow laws?
"Jim Crow Laws." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6 th
edition, vol. 1 , 2013, p. 1, History Reference Center, Ebscohost, web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost, Accessed 18 Nov

14. ANSWER: (“Jim” 1).
*You don’t have an author, so you use the first word of the article title.
*NOTICE the punctuation matches your in text citation EXACTLY!

15. 5. How would you cite: this online article about the 1950’s?
"The 1950s." History.com, A&E Television
Networks, 01 Jan Accessed 18 Nov

16. *I need more than “the” because “the” is not a significant word.
Answer:
(“The 1950s”).
*I need more than “the” because “the” is not a significant word.

17. Review
Turn to your partner and discuss all the rules and why.
*When in doubt, consult the MLA handbook for Writers of Research Papers, eighth edition*