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1 The Works Cited Page MLA Format for a bibliography

2 Part 1: Class Notes Find the missing terms as you listen to your teacher’s lesson. Pay close attention!  In MLA (Modern Language Association) Format, the term used to refer the Bibliography is “Works Cited”.  Your Works Cited page should include bibliographic information for each resource that you consulted in the research process.  Use your outline and evidence gathering notes that you completed in class as a rough draft.

3 Rules of the Works Cited Page Rule 1  Begin the Works Cited on a new page, but number consecutively (i.e., if the last page of your essay is page 3, the Works Cited is page 4)

4 Rules of the Works Cited Page Rules 2 & 3  Title the bibliography “Works Cited”  Use a standard font and font size (this includes the title) Works Cited "Business Coalition for Climate Action Doubles." Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007. Clinton, Bill. Interview. New York Times on the Web. May 2007. 25 May 2007. Keyword: Climate.

5 Rules of the Works Cited Page Rule 4  Alphabetize each entry by first letter Works Cited " B usiness Coalition for Climate Action Doubles." Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007. C linton, Bill. Interview. New York Times on the Web. May 2007. 25 May 2007. Keyword: Climate. D ean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times on the Web 22 May 2007. 25 May 2007. G lobal Warming. 2007. Cooler Heads Coalition. 24 May 2007.

6 Rules of the Works Cited Page Rules 5 & 6  Underline all titles of books, magazines, films, etc.  Put quotation marks around the titles of poems, short stories, and articles Works Cited Global Warming. 2007. Cooler Heads Coalition. 24 May 2007. Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. " Business Coalition for Climate Action Doubles. " Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007.

7 Rules of the Works Cited Page Rules 7, 8, 9  Indent the 2nd line, the 3rd line, and all subsequent lines of each citation  Double-space all entries, and do not add any extra spaces between the title and the entries, or between individual entries.  Do not include the bibliographic code you used on your Working Bibliography Works Cited Global Warming. 2007. Cooler Heads Coalition. 24 May 2007. Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. "Business Coalition for Climate Action Doubles." Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007.

8 This is what your Works Cited page should look like when it’s finished: Smith 6 Works Cited "Business Coalition for Climate Action Doubles." Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007. Clinton, Bill. Interview. New York Times on the Web. May 2007. 25 May 2007. Keyword: Climate. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times on the Web 22 May 2007. 25 May 2007. Global Warming. 2007. Cooler Heads Coalition. 24 May 2007. Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution; Climate change laws seem inevitable, but their economic impact is unknown." US News & World Report 14 May 2007. 24 May 2007. Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.

9 Part 2: Independent Practice Find examples of each Works Cited rule at work on the following sample, and label it with its number. Smith 6 Works Cited "Business Coalition for Climate Action Doubles." Environmental Defense. 8 May 2007. Environmental Defense Organization. 24 May 2007. Clinton, Bill. Interview. New York Times on the Web. May 2007. 25 May 2007. Keyword: Climate. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times on the Web 22 May 2007. 25 May 2007. Global Warming. 2007. Cooler Heads Coalition. 24 May 2007. Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution; Climate change laws seem inevitable, but their economic impact is unknown." US News & World Report 14 May 2007. 24 May 2007. Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.


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