Mr. Hill
A “Works Cited” or bibliography is the list of works (resources) that you used to research your paper or project. A Works Cited page is created for 2 reasons: 1) to give proper credit to your sources and 2) to allow your reader to locate your sources. Your major objectives when creating a citation are to be accurate and complete.
The sources on your “Works Cited” page must be listed alphabetically by the last name or first word of the entry. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you pay attention to the formatting and punctuation of each entry. Also, notice that the second line (and each subsequent line) is indented five spaces.
Common Print Resources
Book by One Author
Last Name, First Name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright Date. Print.
Example:
Jameson, George P. Ellis Island. New York: Icon Press, 2006. Print.
Book by Two Authors
Last Name, First Name and First Name Last Name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher,
Copyright Date. Print.
Example:
Smith, Henry G. and Betty Harmon. Freedom Rides. Chicago: Broad
Shoulder Press, 2006. Print.
Encyclopedia (NOTE: The author is usually listed at the end of the article. If an author is not listed, begin the entry with the title of the article.)
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Edition Year. Print.
Example:
Franz, Charlene. “Goat.” World Book. 2006 ed. Print.
Newspaper Article
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Newspaper Name Date: page(s). Print.
Example:
Blake, Terry. “Attack in Bagdad: Two Marines Dead.” The Plain Dealer 20 July 2006:
A1. Print.
Common Non-Print Resources (Electronic/Computer)
Online Database
Author. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Date: Page(s). Name of Database.Web.
Date of Access
Example:
Farley, Christopher John, and James Willwerth. "Happy Teen Walking." Time 19 Jan. 1998: 50.
Gale Group Databases. Web. 8 May 2012.
Online Encyclopedia
“Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Year. Name of online source.Web. Date of Access.
Example:
“Whale Oil.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Web.
23 August 2012.
* If you use Encyclopedia Britannica, the entry for each article can be found at the bottom of the webpage. If you don’t see it, ask for help locating it.
Internet Website
(Note: it is sometimes very difficult to find all of the information you need to make a proper citation for a website. Try to find as much information as possible.)
Author (if given). “Title of Web Page.” Title of Website. Date last updated. Name of
Organization that sponsors the site. Web. Date accessed.
Example:
Walker, Gary. "The Effects of Radiation."Hiroshima Atom Bomb. 15 Mar. 2000. Los Alamos Research Facility. Web. 14
Oct. 2012.
Using the templates from above, create a Works Cited Page, or Bibliography, using the following sources below. Make sure that it is in alphabetical order and that you indent the 2nd and 3rd lines of each individual citation. You can use the bottom of this page to complete it.
Book
Author: Edward Cornish
Title: Futuring: The Exploration of the Future
City of Publication: Bethesda, Maryland
Publisher: World Future Society
Date: 2004
Encyclopedia Article
Author: Jerry Stubben
Article Title: Native Americans and Government Policy
Encyclopedia Title: Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia
Editor: James Ciment
City of Publication: Armonk, New York
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Date: 2006
Volume: 5
Pages: 1190-1203
Number of volumes in set: 8
Newspaper Article
Author: James ‘ONeill
Article Title: Richland is Given Award for Quality Management
Newspaper Title: Dallas Morning News
Date: April 20, 2006
Pages: 6B
Magazine Article from an Electronic Database
Author: Anne McGrath
Article Title: A New Read on Teen Literacy
Magazine Title: U.S. News & World Report
Date: February 28, 2005
Pages: 68-70
Database: Academic Search Premiere
Website
Title of Page: Children’s Alliance: Child Obesity
Title of Site: Children’s Alliance
Date of access: use today’s date
URL (Web address):
In-text Citations
Mr. Hill
Using the words of others can be tricky business. You typically only want to use a direct quotation in the following situations: if you’re using that statement as a piece of evidence for your own argument, if you’re establishing another’s position, or if another person has said something better and more clearly than you can.
The main problem with using quotationshappens when writers assume that the meaning of the quotation is obvious. Writers who make this mistake believe that their job is done when they’ve chosen a quotation and inserted it into their text. Quotations need to be taken from their original context and integrated fully into their new textual surroundings.Every quotation needs to have your own words appear in the same sentence. Here are some easy to use templates* for doing this type of introduction:
Templates for Introducing Quotations
X states, “______.”
As the world-famous scholar X explains it, “______.”
As claimed by X, “______.”
In her article ______, X suggests that “______.”
In X’s perspective, “______.”
X concurs when she notes, “______.”
You may have noticed that when the word “that” is used, the comma frequently becomes unnecessary. This is because the word “that” integrates the quotation with the main clause of your sentence (instead of creating an independent and dependent clause).
Now that you’ve successfully used the quotation in your sentence, it’s time toexplain what that quotations means—either in a general sense or in the context of your argument. Here are some templates for explaining quotations:
Templates for Explaining Quotations
In other words, X asserts ______.
In arguing this claim, X argues that ______.
X is insisting that ______.
What X really means is that ______.
The basis of X’s argument is that ______.
MLA Citation Examples
Original passage from page 248 of Ashley Montagu’s book,The American Way of Life:
To be human is to weep. The human species is the only one in the whole world of animate nature that sheds tears. The trained inability of any human being to weep is a lessening of his capacity to be human – a defect that usually goes deeper than the mere inability to cry. And this, among other things, is what American parents – with the best intentions in the world – have achieved for the American male. It is very sad. If we feel like it, let us all have a good cry – and clear our minds of those cobwebs of confusion, which have for so long prevented us from understanding the ineluctable necessity of crying.
Now look at the various ways you can use the opinion expressed in the passage.
Montagu claims that American men have a diminished capacity to be human because they have been trained by their culture not to cry (248).
In his bookThe American Way of Life, Ashley Montagu writes, “The trained inability of any human being to weep is a lessening of his capacity to be human – a defect which usually goes deeper than the mere inability to cry” (248).
According to Montagu, “To be human is to weep” (248).
“If we feel like it,” writes Montagu, “let us have a good cry – and clear our minds of those cobwebs of confusion which have for so long prevented us from understanding the intellectual necessity of crying” (248).
One distinguished anthropologist calls the American male’s reluctance to cry “a lessening of his capacity to be human” (Montagu 248).
Montagu finds it “very sad” that American men have a “trained inability” to shed tears (248).
When my grandfather died, all the members of my family – men and women alike – wept openly. We have never been ashamed to cry. As Montagu writes, “to be human is to weep” (248). I am sure we are more human, and in better mental and physical health, because we are able to express our feelings without artificial restraints.
Montagu argues that it is both unnatural and harmful for American males not to cry:
To be human is to weep. The human species is the only one in the whole world of animate nature that sheds tears. The trained inability of any human being to weep is a lessening of his capacity to be human – a defect that usually goes deeper than the mere inability to cry…. It is very sad. (248)
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT MY IN TEXT CITATION SHOULD LOOK LIKE?
Situation / Format / ExampleAuthor’s last name & page # are known / (Author’s last name page #). / FDR stated that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” (Hill 210).
Author’s last name and title of the web article / (Author’s last name “Title of the web article in quotations”) / Drake once exclaimed that “we started from the bottom now we’re here” (Hill “Rappers: Rags to Richies Story”)
Author’s last name is mentioned in sentence / (Page # or “Title of the Web Article in quotations”). / In his essay entitled The Psychology of FDR’s New Deal, Drew Hill contended that “FDR ushered in a calming effect on the hearts and minds of Americans suffering from the GD” (210).
No author / (Title of book/”article”/ page # if listed). / Americans were infused with optimism and strength because “FDR ushered in a calming effect on the hearts and minds of Americans suffering from the GD” (“The Psychology of FDR’s New Deal”)
Work has two or three authors / (Author’s Last Name and Other Author’s Last Name page # or “Title of the Web Article”) / FDR stated that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” (Hill & Cilento 210).
1. Create 1 in-text citation from the textbook.
2. Create 1 in-text citation from the article provided by Mr. Hill.