1. Works Cited Page What resources have you used?

2. What is a works cited page? A works cited page is a separate page in your research paper that indicates the sources you referred to in your paper. Whereas your bibliography cards show all of the works you might have used for your research paper, the works cited list contains only those sources that you used for direct quotes, paraphrases, or summaries in the paper.

3. Format of Works Cited page Here is a sample entry for your works cited list: Jones, Howard. Abortion and the Constitution. New York: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Print. Notice that: the entry does NOT begin with a number. the second line of the entry is indented five spaces. the entry is double spaced.

4. Format of Works Cited page For the next entry, watch what happens: Jones, Howard. Abortion and the Constitution. New York: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Print. “Maximum Danger: Abortion Risks.” The Columbia Encyclopedia. 5 th ed. New York: Columbia UP, 1993. Print. Notice that: It is double-spaced between entries. The next entry is alphabetized by first word in the entry. The format for each entry is the same as the MLA bibliography format.

5. Additional Details Make sure you have a page number in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Make sure you title the page: “Works Cited.” Make sure you include all sources cited in your paper. You are no longer required to provide URLs for Web entries.