MLA Format
& Works Cited
“Go To” Guide
Last Name 1 Last Name 2 Last Name 7 Student Name
Teacher Name Works Cited
Class/Hour xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date (format: 3 June 2013) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Title xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (hanging indent) Works Cited Page Guidelines Plagiarism is copying someone else’s writing or ideas and then using them as if they were your own. To avoid plagiarism, prepare a Works Cited page to indicate where you found the information you have borrowed. To create a Works Cited page, follow these instructions.
1. EVERYTHING IS DOUBLE-SPACED in 12pt font… no spaces between the title or entries.
2. The Works Cited page is the last page of your research paper. 3. Use the same margins as the rest of the pages of your research paper. 4. Continue MLA running header in the top right corner of the page. 5. Each entry begins at the left margin; if it runs more than one line, indent the next line(s) five spaces from the left margin. 6. Do not number the entries. Hanging Indent format will not work if you number your sources … hanging indents are used instead of numbering. Alphabetize the order of the entries by author’s last name; if there is no author, alphabetize by the first letter of the entry. 7. Italicizing is now used in place underlining. New MLA guidelines no longer permit underlining.
Works Cited Page EXAMPLE EVERYTHING is Double Spaced – Entries are ALPHABETICAL – 12pt Traditional Font
Works Cited
Coyle, William and Joe Law. Research Papers, 15th Edition. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010. Print.
Thompson, Clay. “You Can Quote Me: Don’t Believe All You See on the Web.” Column. The Arizona
Republic. 5 Nov 2009: B8. Print.
Vaca-guzman, Maria. “Normalizing Passive Cruelty: The Excuses and Justifications of Animal Hoarders,”
Anthrozoos 18 (2005): 344. Print
Weeks, Louis. “John P. Parker: Black Abolitionist Entrepreneur, 1827-1900.” Ohio History 80 (1971): 161.
Web 30 Apr 2009.
Article- from a journal Brown, Erella. “The Lake of Seduction: Silence, 2 is the volume #, may also be a season Hysteria, and the Space of Feminist Theatre.” (spring, winter) or month Journal of Theatre and Drama. 2 (1996): 175-200. Print. Book- one author Fleming, Thomas. Liberty!: The American Revolution. New York: Viking, 1999. Print. Book- two authors Sennett, Richard, and Jonathan Cobb. The Hidden Injuries of Class. New York: Vintage Books, 1972. Print. Book- more than 3 Pratt, Robert, et al. Masters of British Literature. authors Boston: Houghton, 1956. Print. Book- no author- start with Population Explosion. New York: Simon and Schuster, the title 1998. Print. Book- editor Lynn, Kenneth (ed.). Huckleberry Finn: Text, Sources and Criticism. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1961. Print. Encyclopedia Lumiansky, R. M. “Chaucer.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1998. Print. Magazine article- author Smith, John. “DNA Folly Continues.” Newsweek. 13 Jan. 2001: 12-15. Print. Newspaper article- author Ross, Martin. “Sadam Capture Boosts GI Morale.” Washington Post. 20 Dec. 2003: A1. Print. Newspaper article- “Right and Remedies.” Editorial. The New York Times. editorial 25 Jan. 2002: A2. Print. Newspaper article- Montini, E.J. “Gun Control is Good.” Column. The column (remember columns are Arizona Republic. 20 Feb. 2003: B3. Print. opinion articles) Motion Picture Platoon. Prod. Arnold Kopelson. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen. Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986. DVD.
Interview - Personal Hardin, Ellie. Personal Interview. 15 July 2013. Internet- stand alone Last name, First name. “Abraham Lincoln Birthplace document National Historic Site.” 11 Feb. 2003. National Park (the first date is when the Service. Web. 13 Feb. 2003. publication was written, the second date is when it was Key: Author of article. “Title of Article.” Date of Article. Organization accessed) sponsoring the site. Web. Date retrieved. *If there is no sponsoring organization, you may not use it!!*
Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ Here are some common features you should include for online sources, in MLA style. Not every Web page will provide all of the required information. Collect as much of the information for the type of sources as possible both for your citations and for your research notes, and be sure to include: Medium of publication: Web. Date you accessed the material. You must follow your publication information with the date you retrieved the information (websites change; this documents that on that date the information was available) “xxxxxx” (Jones 4). “xxxxxx” (Jones). Examples In-Text, or Parenthetical, “xxxxxx” (“Article”). Citation “xxxxxx” (Book 6). Mrs. Goodman said, “xxxxxx” (qtd. in Smith 2).
1. Whether your quote information directly, or paraphrase it, you must use in-text/parenthetical citation:
No author: “If man does not keep pace with his companions…perhaps he steps to the beat of a different drummer” (T horeau 124). Since 1954, more than 50 ships and aircraft have vanished near the Bermuda Triangle (Burgess 208).
2. Notice that there is no punctuation (comma) between the author and page number. Do not use the w ords “page,” “pages,” or the abbreviations “p.” or “pp.” (Goddard 13). Notice the period is AFTER the parent heses. 3. If you are citing a source from the internet, there is no page number – simply cite the source. (Goddard). 4. Authors: No author: use the name of the source: (Academic American Encyclopedia 99). T wo authors: last names separated by “and”: (Graham and Ledbetter 46). Three authors: last name of the first two, (followed by a comma) with the final name preceded by “and”: (Witting, Barry, and Harvey 125). More than three authors: first author’s last name, followed by “et al.” (Latin for “and others”). (Brandes et al. 32). 5. No author, long title: it is permissible to shorten the title to key words with an ellipsis. (Full title is still on the Works Cited page.) E.g. “Artificial Hip Goes Pro With Bo,” may read (“Artificial Hip…” 10).
6. A source within a source: use the abbreviation: qtd. in (quoted in.) You must give credit to the person who said the words, and you must give credit to the person who wrote the words down. New York Fire Chief Bill Ross said, “The devastation is unbelievable” (qtd. in Irwin 2).