Research Paper
#6
The Works Cited Page
Works Cited Page
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Using the information from your bib
cards, record the publishing information
about the sources you used. Use the
works cited info, which follows:
1. Your list should be compiled
alphabetically
2. If a work has no author, alphabetize it by
the title of the work.
3. Begin the Works Cited list on a new page.
MLA format
 You are using the MLA (Modern
Language Association of America)
format for your paper.
 If you have a source that doesn’t fit
the following examples, ask me and
we will check the MLA Handbook for
the correct format to use.
Works Cited Examples
Book with a single author:
Penrose, Roland. Picasso. London:
Phaidon Press Ltd., 1991.
Book with two authors:
Robb, David M., and J.J. Garrison. Art in the
Western World. New York: Harper & Row,
1963.
Works Cited Examples
Book with Three or More Authors:
Wold, Milo, et al. An Introduction to Music
and Art in the Western World.
Dubuque: Brown and Benchmark, 1996.
Magazine Article:
Hughes, Robert. “The Artist: Pablo
Picasso.” Time 8 Jun. 1998: 72-77.
Works Cited Examples
Newspaper Article:
Bradley, Jeff. “Picasso’s Genius as a
Graphic Artist on Display at New Metro
State Center.” Denver Post 10 Jun.
1998: F1
Encyclopedia Article
McCully, Marilyn. “Picasso.” The New
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia.
15th ed. 1998.
Works Cited Examples
Internet Article
“Picasso and Cubism.” Des. Denise Hall.
7 Nov. 1996. University of Texas. 15
July 1998
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~ifeh750/
index.html.
Works Cited Info
Reverse only the last name of the
first author if more than one
author is listed.
If there is no author listed, list the
editor of the work. If no editor,
begin with the title.
Works Cited Info
Title information follows the author
information and lists the title of the
article, essay, or other part of the book
first if needed, then the title of the book.
Publication information follows the
author and title information. This
section lists the editor’s name, edition
number, edition number, volume
number, and series name. Always list
the city of publication, publisher’s name,
and publication date.
Citing Online Sources
Note: If you can’t find all the
information needed for a particular
source, provide as much as is
available.
See the following frames for a list
of what you need for online
sources citations.
Online Source Info
1. Author, editor, compiler
2. Title of article, poem, or short
work (in quotation marks)
3. Title of book (underlined)
4. Editor, compiler, or translator of
the text (if not mentioned earlier)
5. Publication info for any print
version of the text
Online Source Info
6. Title of periodical, database,
professional or personal site
(underlined)
7. Editor or director of the periodical or
database.
8. Version number of the source, of for a
journal, the volume number, issue
number, or other identifying number
Online Source Info
9. Date of electronic publication, of the
last update, or of the posting.
10. Total number of pages (if they are
numbered)
11. Name of the institution or
organization sponsoring or associated
with the Internet site.
Online Source Info
12. Date when you accessed the
source
13. Electronic address of the source
(in angle brackets)
Reference
“Research Paper Writing.” Grammar
and Composition Handbook
(Grade 10). New York: Glencoe
McGraw-Hill, 2002.