MLA Worksheet: Practice Works Cited Page

Part One: Works-Cited Page Entries

Use any of the links below to create entries for an MLA Works-Cited page using the following sources.

CalvinCollege:

Easy Bibliographies

1.A book by Robert Akins called Greeks and Romans. It was published by Random House in Philadelphia in 1987.

2.A book by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard called Ancient Civilizations. It was published in Philadelphia by Gold House in 1989.

3.An article called “Writing Utensils” in the 5th edition (published in 1985) of the Encyclopedia of the Mediterranean.

4.An Internet article by Joan Ingram called “The Secrets of the Greeks.” No publishing date is provided, but it was viewed on 2/2/04 and the URL is

6.A documentary called The Beauty of Greek Architecture. Directed by Alexander Morrow and produced/distributed by Westing Forge in 2001.

7.An article/chapter by Joshua Smith, Ph. D. called “Those Insufferable Greeks” on page 201-247 of the book/collection called Infamous World Empires. The collection was edited by James Wygonik and published by Colonial Press of Denver in 1983.

8.The definition of “Epic Hero” taken from the American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd edition, 1999.

9.A newspaper article by John Xavier called “The Amazing Greek Islands.” The article was published in the Washington Post on 9/2/05 and started on page D1.

10.An article on pages 24-31 of the magazine 20th Century Travel by Karen Pankratz called “Destination: Athens.” It was published on March 3rd, 2002.

11.An Internet article with no author called “Famous Greek Battles.” It was published on June 14, 1999, viewed on January 12, 2004, and the URL is

12.A personal interview with Greg Shepherd about Greek History on July 17, 2005.

13.An Encarta CD-ROM article called “The Persian Threat.” No author listed. Publishing date is May 3, 1998 and it was viewed on October 17, 2004.

SAVE THE DOCUMENT INTO MRS. ROBERTSON’S DROP BOX!

-FILE: SAVE AS

-CHAGE THE NAME TO “STUDENT_APPS$ONDASD”

-FIND MRS. ROBERTSON’S DROP BOX

-CHANGE THE FILE NAME TO YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME

-SAVE IN FILE NAMED “MEDIA SPECIALIST INFORMATION”

Part Two: The MLA Works-Cited Page

Using Microsoft Word, create a complete MLA Works-Cited Page using the following sources. Be sure to follow all format guidelines, including double-spacing and alphabetical order.

Interview in person with Robert Akins, November 10, 2003.

Website article by Dr. Joshua Smith entitled The Many Uses of Pencils. It was published March 22, 2000 and viewed August 3, 2002. The URL is

Pens vs. Pencils, written by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard. Published by Gold House in Philadelphia in 1989.

The Beauty of Mechanical Pencils, by Alexander Morrow. Published by Westing Forge in Denver, CO in 2001.

Short video called The Ink of Mystery, directed by Bernard Howard and starring Kurt Sherman. Distributed by Public Video in November of 2000.

Encyclopedia of Style article, “Writing Utensils,” by John Gruber. Published in 1985. 5th edition.

SEE THE SAMPLE “WORKS CITED” ON THE NEXT PAGE. YOUR WORKS CITED SHOULD LOOK JUST LIKE IT!!!!

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 <

Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36.

An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore. Lawrence Bender, 2006.

Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005.

Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63.

Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34.

---. "Global Warming Economics." Science 9 Nov. 2001: 1283-84. 24 May 2007.

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.