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The Works Cited Page
You’ve done the
research; now
it’s time to
present your
sources!
Know these quirks about the
works cited page:
The works cited page is the last page of the
essay.
Include MLA-style page numbering—your last
name and the page number at the top right.
The list of entries is alphabetized.
The entire page is double spaced [with no
extra spacing between the entries].
For each entry, all lines after the first are
indented five spaces.
Punctuation and capitalization require your
careful attention.
Many professors carefully
scrutinize the works cited
page, looking for errors.
Ah, ha! You
missed the
period after the
date accessed!
Minus five —
no, ten —
points!
So you have to scrutinize
your own work just as
carefully!
Ah, ha! I missed
the period after the
date accessed! I’d
better fix that if I
don’t want to lose
ten points!
An entry for a book will have
this information:
The name(s) of the author(s)
The Title of the Book [in italics]
The city of publication
The publisher
The year of publication
The publication medium
Author’s last name, first name. Title of Book.
City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
Here is an example of a book
by one author:
Houlihan, Patrick F. The Animal World of
the Pharaohs. New York: Thames and
Hudson Inc., 2009. Print.
An entry for a book with two or three
authors looks like this:
Oakes, Lorna, and Lucia Gahlin. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to
the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the
Pharaohs. New York: Anness Publishing Inc., 2010. Print.
An entry for a book with more than
three authors looks like this:
Freed, Rita, et al. Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen.
Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2007. Print.
An entry for an online
newspaper article will have
this information:
The name(s) of the author(s)
“The Title of the Article” [in quotation
marks]
The Title of the Newspaper [in italics]
The original date of publication
The publication medium
The date accessed
Here is an example of an
article by one author:
Kennedy, Randy. “King Tut’s Chariot
Arrives in Times Square.” New York
Times 2 Aug. 2010. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
Here is an example of an
article without an author:
“King Tutankhamen Overview.” New
York Times 27 May 2006. Web. 14 Oct.
2014.
An entry for a database article
will have this information:
The name(s) of the author(s)
“The Title of the Article” [in quotation
marks]
The Title of the Original Source [in italics]
Date of publication
Volume/Issue/Pagination [if you have it;
n. pag. if you don’t.]
Database name
The publication medium
The date accessed
Here is an example of an
article by two authors:
Forbes, Melissa, and Emily Docker. “Life
for Women During Old Kingdom
Egypt.” Egyptology Today Oct. 2007:
107-108. Newsbank. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
Note how to handle sources with
volume and/or issue numbers:
Lockhard, Dawn. “You Can Take It with
Volume
Year
You: Mummification of Household
Pets.” Journal of Egyptology 28.5 (2009):
Issue 14
38-41. Lexis-Nexis Academic. Web.
Oct. 2014.
For your database sources,
go to this address for works
cited page information:
http://valenciacollege.edu/library/
mla-apa-chicago-guides/mladocumentation-electronic.cfm
Find your database on the left and then
click for examples of correctly
formatted entries. Format your entry
using the model.
Once you have correct entries,
be sure of the following:
The page is titled Works Cited. Do not underline
or use quotation marks around the title of the works
cited page.
Each entry is alphabetized by the first item of
the entry—typically the author’s last name or the
first major word of the title.
The page is double spaced with no extra
spacing between entries.
Each entry is correctly indented.
Punctuation and capitalization are correct
within each entry.
The works cited page draft is a
100-point assignment.
You must have 8 sources: 2
books, 2 online newspaper
articiles, and 4 database
articles.
You lose 2 points for every
error I mark, no matter how
small. Each missing entry
costs 20 points.
The works cited page
is due next Tuesday.
The End.