WHAT IS A WORKS-CITED LIST?
A works-cited page lists all of the resources that you used to write your paper:
EVEN THE ONES YOU READ AND DID NOT USE QUOTES FROM.
The sources are listed alphabetically by author’s last name (usually) or by title if there is no author named. Theworks-cited list is always the last page of the assignment.
WHAT IS MLA STYLE?
When you have a research assignment, a project or an essay to write, you will often be asked for secondary sources. ‘MLA’ is a form of writing and citing sources in formal research reports, projects and essays. It is a way to show what sources you have viewed and used within your research, project or essay. While there are many ways to cite sources, MLA is the widely accepted version for English and Literature courses.
Just like a Title Page appears on the first page, the “Works Cited” is the very last page of your essay, (on a separate page), and has the title “Works Cited”
Your works Cited must appear on a separate page and look like this:
*Note: Alphabetical Order
*Note: Proper punctuation
is as important as the entry itself!!!
*Note: Entries are NOT numbered
*Note:
Every line after the first is indented!!
Be sure to follow all of the rules of creating a works cited.
This include using proper punctuation; alphabetical order of each entry; proper indentation, and NO numbering of entries
Check these links for more information or clarification:
http://www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
The very basic structure of an entry for a book looks like this:
Author last name, Author first name. Title of work. City of publishing: Publishincg Company, Year of publishing.
The very basic structure of an entry for a website must include:
· Author and/or editor names (if available).
· Article name in quotation marks (if applicable).
· Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
· Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
· Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.
· Take note of any page numbers (if available).
· Date you accessed the material.
· URL (if required, or for your own personal reference).
Here are some more examples:
Websites
“Title of article.” Title of page. Title of website. Date last updated. Medium. Date accessed by you.
Book:
Turner, Fred. Great Rabbits of the Twentieth Century. New York: Big Ears Press, 1997.
Periodicals
Wolkomir, Richard. "Charting the Terrain of Touch" Newsweek. 17 June 2000:
38-40.
Encyclopedia articles
"Money." Compton's Precyclopedia. 1977 ed. (56). Print.
On-line database (ex. Electric Library):
Anderson, J. "Keats in Harlem." New Republic 204.14 (8 Apr. 1991): n. pag.
Online. Electric Library Canada. 29 December 2000.
Video:
"The One Where Chandler Can't Cry." Friends: The Complete Sixth Season. Writ. Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. Dir. Kevin Bright. Warner Brothers, 2004. DVD.