Rules for Creating a Works Cited Page
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Rules for Creating a Works Cited Page -Using MLA format-
What is a Works Cited page? A Works Cited is a list of resources used in a research paper or written work that has citations.
Rules for creating a Works Cited page:
1. Works Cited page is written on a separate sheet of paper(s). 2. Works Cited is located at the end of a research paper or written work. 3. Works Cited format has a margin of one inch all around. 4. Works Cited title is in plain font (not bold, italics nor underlined). 5. Works Cited title is centered one inch from the top of the paper. 6. Entire format is double-spaced. 7. First line of each resource entry is flush with the one-inch left margin, and subsequent lines are indented one-half inch. 8. Requested information needs to be in the proper order as illustrated by the corresponding template. 9. Resources are listed in alphabetical order by the author’s or editor’s last name. 10. If there is no author or editor name, alphabetize by the first word of the article or publication (the next piece of information). Do NOT use the introductory adjective article (A, An, or The) to alphabetize. For example, The Research Handbook would be alphabetized under R rather than T. 11. Dates are written as day month year (no commas in between) with all months abbreviated except May, June and July. Month abbreviations are followed by a period (Aug. Sep. Oct.). 12. Titles are written in both upper and lower case. Capitalize the first word, last word, and all principal words in a title, including those that follow hyphens in compound terms. Do not capitalize articles (the, a, and an), prepositions (e.g. in, of, to, etc.), coordinating conjunctions (e.g. and, but, for, etc.), and the to in infinitives. 13. Titles of publications are italicized. Publications include books, plays, long poems, pamphlets, periodicals (magazines, newspapers, and journals), Web sites, online databases, films, radio and television programs, compact discs, audiocassettes, record albums, dance performances, operas, works of visual art, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft. 14. Titles of works published within larger works are in quotations. Examples include articles, essays, short stories, short poems, chapters of books, pages in Web sites, individual episodes of television and radio broadcasts, and songs, as well as unpublished works, such as lectures and speeches. 15. Titles of publications and articles should be complete, including any subtitles. If there is a subtitle, put a colon and a space directly after the main title, unless the main title ends in a question mark, an exclamation point, or a dash. 16. All punctuation needs to be in its correct place for each entry as illustrated by the corresponding template. 17. Each resource entry ends with a period. 18. If requested information cannot be found anywhere, cite what is available. 19. Words are NOT split and hyphenated at the ends of lines. The following is a sample Works Cited page.
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Works Cited
Bausum, Ann. Winning the Fight for a Women’s Right to Vote with Courage and Cloth.
Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2004. Print.
Jost, Kenneth. “Women in Politics.” Time 18.12 21 Mar. 2008: 265-288. CQ Researcher
Online.
Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
“Women in Politics Redux.” Time 20.5 2 Sep. 2010: 26-28. CQ Researcher Online. Web. 15
Nov. 2010.
Matthews, Jean. V. The Rise of the New Women. The American Ways Series. Chicago: Time-
Life Books, 2003. Print.
Rau, Dana Meachen. Great Women of the Suffrage Movement. Minneapolis: Compass Point,
2006. Print.
“Suffragist.” Susan B. Anthony House. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher. Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. New York: Random
House, 2007. Print.
“Women’s Rights.” Newsweek Magazine. 6.27 Jan. 2009: n. pag. ProQuest. Web. 15 Nov.
2010. The following chart shows how to cite different types of sources, such as web pages, online newspapers, television or radio, photographs, etc.
Correct citation Type of citation
Gorman, Elizabeth. Prairie Women. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Book (One author)
Caper, Charles and Lawrence T. Teamos. How to Camp. Philadelphia: Doubleday, 1986. Book (Two authors)
Book (Three or more Ellis, Doris et.al. History of Japan. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1989. authors)
Vanderkirk, Pamela, ed. Ten Short Plays. Los Angeles: Nowell Book Co., 1982. Book (One editor)
Lockhard, David J. and Charles Heimler, eds. The Oregon Trail. New York: Bonanza Book (Two editors) Books, 1992.
Carlson, David et.al., eds. Encyclopedia of Animal Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., Book (Three or more 1985. editors)
Allende, Isabel. "Toad's Mouth." Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Book (Single work from Mangoes: Stories from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume, an anthology) 1992. 83-88.
American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Book by Corporate Medicine. Ed. Charles B. Clayman. New York: Random, 1989. Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-Told Tales. Ed. George Parsons Lathrop. Boston: Houghton, Book Online 1883. 1 Mar. 2002.
Keats, John. Poetical Works. 1884. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven van Book Online (Part of Leeuwen. May 1998. 5 May 2003
Gale Literary Criticism Roberts, Sheila. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World Literature (previously published Written in English. 24(1984): 232-38. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literature scholarly article in a Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399-402. collection)
Doctorow, E.L. Introduction. Sister Carrie. By Theodore Dreiser. New York: Bantam, Introduction, Preface, 1985. v-xi. Foreword, or Afterword
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. "Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl." 1863. The Heath Anthology One volume of of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Vol. 1. Lexington, Heath, 1994. multivolume work 2425-33. Maps 'n' Facts. Computer Software. Broderbund Software, 1995. Computer Software
Frost, James. "Strawberries in a Field." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound,_and Sense. Poem Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson. New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002.
Frost, James. "Strawberries in a Field." Literature Resource Center. Alabama Virtual Poem Online Library. 15 March 2004.
Crane, Stephen. "The Open Boat." Literature Resource Center. Alabama Virtual Library. Short Story Online 12 March 2004.
Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Short Story in an Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson. New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002. Anthology
Dunn, Samuel. "Re: Any Ideas for My Country Project." E-mail to Tom Jones. 26 Feb. E-mail ** 2003.
Encyclopedia (Signed Barnridge, Thomas H. "Baseball." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001. article)*
Encyclopedia "Egypt." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 2002. (Unsigned article) *
Ito, Philip J. "Papaya," World Book Encyclopedia, 1998 ed. The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia (CD- Encyclopedia, CD-ROM version of The World Book Encyclopedia. ROM) *
"Egypt." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar. 1997. Encyclopedia Encyclopedia (Internet) Britannica. 29 Feb. 2000
The Empire Strikes Back. Dir. George Lucas. Perf. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Film Fisher. Twentieth Century Fox, 1980.
United States Office of Management and Budget. Budget of the United States Government Publication Government, Fiscal Year 1999. Washington: GPO, 1999.
Whitehurst, Daniel, former mayor of Fresno. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2003. Interview (Personal)
Smith, John. "Beowulf: Archetypal Hero." English 102 Class. Vestavia Hills High School, Lecture Vestavia Hills, AL. 28 March 2003.
Lin, Michael. "Compressing Online Graphics." Online posting. 27 April 1999. MacWeb. Listserv Posting 28 Feb. 2003
Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report. Oct. 1999: 34. Magazine Magazine, Online News Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report 18 Oct. 1999: 3. Subscription Service Alabama Virtual Library. Vestavia Hills High School Library, Vestavia Hills, (Alabama Virtual AL. 28 Feb. 2003.
Elliott, Michael. "The Biggest Fish of Them All." Time. 8 March 2003. 11 March 2003. Online Magazine
Barrow, Matthew. "Skipping School? Plan On Walking." Sacramento Bee. 13 Oct. 1999, Newspaper Article, California final ed.: A1+. (Signed)
Newspaper Article, "Gorilla attacks Martian." National Enquirer 16 Mar. 1999: A-14. (Unsigned)
Newspaper Article, Bradley, Donald. "Is There a Right Way?" Kansas City Star 23 May 1999: 2-4. SIRS Online News Researcher. Alabama Virtual Library.. 28 Feb. 2003.
"Charles Frazier." Contemporary Authors Online. 2001. Galegroup.com. Alabama Gale Literary Criticism Virtural Library. 28 February 2003
McCarron, Bill. "Images of War and Peace: Parallelism and Antithesis in the Beginning and Ending of Cold Mountain." The Mississippi Quarterly. 52.2 (1999): 273. Gale Literary Criticism Galegroup.com. Alabama Virtual Library. 25 February 2003. Online (Signed)
Achenbach, Joel. "America's river." Washington Post. 5 May 2002. 20 July 2003 Newspaper Article
Your Health. New York: Modern Woman, 1996. Pamphlet
Television or Radio "Karma Chameleon." Northern Exposure. CBS. KCRA, Sacramento. 29 Feb. 2000. (Live)
Smith, Greg. "Rhesus Monkeys in the Zoo." No date. Online image. Monkey Picture Published Photograph Gallery. 3 May 2003.
"Candy Cotton at the Fair." Birmingham, AL. Personal photograph taken by Quincy Personal Photograph Adams. 5 March 2004.
Adams, Mindy. "Critical Eye for the Fantasy Guy." 4 January 2004. Online PowerPoint. Power Point Online Studyguide.org. 7 March 2004.
Civil War Diary. Videotape. New World Entertainment, 1990. Videotape Springsteen, Bruce. "Dancing in the Dark." Born in the USA. Columbia, 1984. Music Music Video video. Dr. Brian De Palma. VH1. 10 May 2002.
"Cabinet Nominations," Chapter 20. Powers of the President. Laser videodisc. Pioneer Communications of America, Inc. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Video Laserdisc 1995.
"Castles in Medieval Times." yourchildlearns.com. 2000. Owl and Mouse Educational Web Page that is part of Software. 9 March 2003.
Schrock, Kathleen. "Digital Gadgets." Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. 20 February 2002. Discovery Channel. 11 March 2003.
The Cinderella Project. Ed. Michael N. Salda. Vers. 1.1.Dec. 1997. De Grummond Web page from a Children's Lit. Research Collection, University of Southern Mississippi. 9 March university (scholarly 2003. online project)
"Langston Hughes Poetry Circles." February 2003. National Council of Teachers of Web page (Professional English. 10 March 2003.
There are also websites that help you create a correct MLA citation as long as you have the relevant information:
Easy Bib http://www.easybib.com/
Son of Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/index2.php