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Works Cited – MLA 7 Format
DEFINITION
A Works Cited page is a list of sources that you have incorporated within your paper by using the ideas, information, and
quotes of others. It is not a list of all the works that you found that addressed your topic. The word “bibliography,” which
means a list of the sources consulted and cited in a paper, has been replaced with the term “works cited” in the MLA
format.
HOW TO SET UP YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE
A Works Cited page should be set up in a very specific format.
 The Works Cited page should be alphabetized using the first letter of each entry.
 If you already have all of your sources listed on source cards or note cards, just remove the cards for any source
that you do not plan to use in your paper or project.
 Arrange the remaining cards in alphabetical order by the first significant word on the bibliography or source
card. (Disregard an, a, and the when they appear as the first word).
 The alphabetical list of your sources begins with a title centered one inch from the top of the page. After the title,
double-space once and begin your list of entries following the forms given below.
 Each entry begins at the left margin, and any additional lines are indented five spaces or a standard tab key.
 The list should be double-spaced within each entry and double-spaced between each additional entry.
When a publication or database does not indicate the publisher, the place or date of publication, or the pagination, use the
following symbols:
n.p.
No place of publication given
n. d.
No date of publication given
n.p.
No publisher given
N. pag. No pagination given (pages are not numbered)
Note: Before a colon, n.p. indicates no place given; after the colon, it indicates no publisher given.
Special Notes:
• Titles of sources (books, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.) are now italicized, not underlined.
• If an article is not printed on consecutive pages write only the first page number and a plus sign, leaving no space (for
example, if it skips from page 6 to 10, use “6+”).
• Give both volume and issue numbers in journal citations.
• Give the medium of publication as “Web,” “Print,” “CD,” “DVD,” “Radio,” “Television,” “Performance,” “E-mail,” or
other appropriate medium.
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Online Help
If you use an article from one of the school’s online databases, you may use the MLA citation found at the end of
each article.
With your teacher’s permission, you may use an online citation generator to create your works cited entries. BCPS
now has a license allowing its students to register for and use an EasyBib account (www.easybib.com). See your
teacher or the library media specialist for details.
Note: EasyBib and other citation generators may not perfectly cite your sources according to MLA format;
therefore, it may be wise to consult the charts below for verification.
Books
Source
One author
MLA Format with Example (in bold type)
Last Name of Author, First Name. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Print.
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. New York: A. A. Levine, 2007. Print.
Additional
source by
same author
Three hyphens. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
---. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. New York: A. A. Levine, 2005. Print.
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Two or three
authors
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Last Name of Author, First Name (1st author), First Name Last Name (2nd author), and
First Name Last Name (3rd author). Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
Crisfield, Deborah W., and Mark Gola. Winning Soccer for Girls. New York: Facts on File, 2002. Print.
More than
three authors
Last Name, First Name (1st author), et. al. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Kieran, John, et al. The Story of the Olympics. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 2007. Print.
Corporate
author (when
the author is a
corporation, a
government
agency, or
another
organization)
Name of the Organization. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Time-Life Books. Pride and Prosperity: The 80s. Richmond, VA: Time Life Inc., 2009. Print.
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. Protecting Your
Children Against Serious Diseases. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Food and Drug
Administration, 2002. Print.
Book with an
editor (no
author)
Last Name of Editor, First Name, ed. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
Bloom, Harold, ed. Langston Hughes. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989. Print.
Book with
two editors
Editor Last Name, First Name and Editor First Name Last Name, eds. Title of Book [italicized]. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
Clark, Anne Rogers, and Andrew H. Brace, eds. International Encyclopedia of Dogs. New York: Howell
Reference
book --Article in an
encyclopedia,
dictionary or
well-known
reference
book
Reference
book --Article in a
lesser known
encyclopedia,
dictionary or
other
reference
work.
Book House, 2007. Print.
Last Name, First Name of Author of Article [if given]. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book [italicized].
Edition [if stated]. Year of Publication. Print.
“Culture.” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. 2003. Print.
Williamson, Thomas, Jr. “Japan.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2007 ed. Print.
Last Name, First Name of Author of Article [if given]. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book [italicized].
Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name [if given]. Edition [if stated]. Vol. Number [if given]. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
“Baseball.” The Complete Encyclopedia of Sports. 3rd ed. Vol. 4. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2001. Print.
Shelton, Pamela. “Shania Twain.” Contemporary Musicians. Ed. Leigh Ann DeRemer. Vol. 42. Detroit:
Thomson Gale, 2003. Print.
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Work
included in an
anthology or
collection
(poem, play,
etc.)
Article in a
reference
work or
nonfiction
book (where
each article
has a different
author)
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Last Name, First Name of Author of Work. “Title of Work.” Title of Book [italicized]. Ed. Editor’s First Name
Last Name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Print.
Gantos, Jack. “The Follower.” Guys Write for Guys Read. Ed. Jon Scieszka. NewYork: Viking, 2005. 7983. Print.
Last Name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Book [italicized]. Ed. Editor’s
First Name Last Name (if given). Vol. Number (if given). City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Rodgers, Joann Ellison. “Addiction: A Whole New View.” Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial
Issues in Health and Society. Ed. Eileen L. Daniel. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group,
2006. Print.
Scott, Blair. “What is Wrong with the Pledge of Allegiance?” Pro/Con: Education. Vol. 16. Danbury, CT:
Primary
document
reprinted in a
book
Grolier, 2004. Print.
Last Name, First Name of Author of Document. “Title of Document.” Title of Original Source of
Document [italicized]. Year Original Document First Appeared [if given]. Title of Book in Which
Document Is Being Reprinted [italicized]. By/Ed. First Name Last Name of Author/Editor of Book. City
of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Print.
Tarbell, Ida. “History of the Standard Oil Company.” McClure’s Magazine. October 1904. A
Documentary History of the American People. By Avery Craven, Walter Johnson, and F.
Roger Dunn. New York: Blaisdell Publishing, 1965. 596-601. Print.
Brochure or
pamphlet
Last Name, First Name of Author [if given]. Title [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
CultureGrams: Russia (Russian Federation). Ann Arbor: Proquest Information and Learning, 2006. Print.
Oskar Schindler. Washington, D. C.: United States Holocaust Museum, n. d. Print.
Periodicals
Notes: Abbreviate all months except May, June, and July. If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first
page number and add a plus sign. For newspapers that are not nationally known or that do not include the city of publication in
their titles, include the city in brackets but do not italicize it.
Source
MLA Format with Example
Magazine
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author [if given]. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine [italicized]. Day
article with one
author or no
Month Year of Magazine: Page Numbers. Print.
author given
“Inter-National Football League.” Sports Illustrated for Kids. Sept. 2010. 48-49. Print.
Magazine
McGuigan, Cathleen. “Why Should We Care?” Newsweek 12 May 2003: 56. Print.
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author, and First Name Last Name of Author. “Title of Article.” Title of
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Magazine [italicized]. Day Month Year: Page Numbers. Print.
Tumulty, Karen, and James Carney. “Bush’s Fuzzy Science.” Time 10 Sept. 2001: 35. Print.
Editorial in a
Magazine
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. “Title of Editorial.” Editorial. Title of Magazine [italicized].
Day Month Year: Page Numbers. Print.
Newspaper
article
Kniffel, Leo. “Who Wants to Be the First to Go to Jail?” Editorial. Newsweek Aug. 2002: 46. Print.
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper italicized [City in
brackets and not italicized - and only if not a part of newspaper title] Day Month Year, edition (if
given): Section Page. Print.
Linskey, Annie. “Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Medicaid Fraud.” Baltimore Sun 24 Mar. 2010: News 3.
Print.
“Top Americans in Tour de France.” USA Today 23 July 2003: C1. Print.
Miscellaneous Sources
Source
Television or
radio broadcast
MLA Format with Example (in bold type)
“Title of Episode or Segment.” Title of Program [italicized]. Title of Series (if given). Name of
Network. Call Letters, City of Local Station (if given). Broadcast Date. Medium of Reception.
“A Conversation with Amy Tan.” Oprah Winfrey. NBC. WBAL, Baltimore. 3 Jan. 2009. Television.
“Johannesburg Earth Summit.” Narr. Joanne Silberner. Weekend Edition Sunday. Natl. Public
Radio. WNPR, Baltimore, 25 Jan. 2008. Radio.
Film or video
recording (DVD,
videocassette,
etc.)
Title of Video [italicized]. Director First Name Last Name. Distributor. Year of Release. Medium.
Alexander Solzenitshyn: One Word of Truth. Dir. Peter Lisam. Films for Humanities, 2003. Film.
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. 1946. Republic, 2001. DVD.
Museum display
or work of visual
art on display
Last Name, First Name of Author or Artist (if given). Title of the Display or Art Work [italicized]. Date of the
item (if known). Medium of Composition [if known]. Institution Where the Item Display or Work of
Art is Located, City in Which the Display or Work of Art is Located.
Bearden, Romare. The Train. 1974. Photogravure and aquatint. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Electric Map. N. d. Electronic display. Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center, Gettysburg,
PA.
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Class lecture,
public address,
speech or other
oral presentation
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Last Name, First Name of Speaker. “Title of the Lecture, Speech, or Presentation.” Sponsoring Organization
(if known), City. Date. Descriptive label.
Note: If there is no known title for the presentation, substitute an appropriate description without using
quotation marks.
Stevenson, Charles. “The Civil War Re-enactment Debate: Do Overzealous Groups Rewrite History?”
American History Fellows Conference. Palmer House Hotel, Chicago. 29 Dec. 2005. Keynote
speech.
Schneider, Willow. Teacher Presentation on the Causes of the Civil War. Perry Hall Middle School,
Baltimore. 2 May 2008. Lecture.
Personal
interview, either
in person or via
telephone
Last Name, First Name of Person Interviewed. Kind of Interview [Personal interview or Telephone
Interview]. Day Month Year of Interview.
Rami, Pathik. Personal interview. 1 June 2003.
Carson, Ben. Telephone interview. 10 Oct. 2011.
E-mail messages
or e-mail
interviews
Last Name, First Name of the message’s author. “Subject Line of the Email.” Message to [First Name Last
Name of person to whom the message was sent]. Day Month Year email message was sent. E-mail.
Brewer, Heather. “Re: My Inspiration.” Message to Ellen Wilson. 1 Dec. 2011. E-mail.
Advertisement
Name of Product, Company, or Institution being advertised. Advertisement. Publication information.
Medium of Publication.
Air Canada. Advertisement. CNN. 15 May 2008. Television.
Head and Shoulders. Advertisement. Newsweek 17 Mar. 2008: 2. Print.
Unpublished
letter or memo
Last Name, First Name of the Writer. Description of the message that includes the recipient. Day Month
Year of the message. Medium of publication. [use TS for typed script; use MS for handwritten item ]
Hahn, Mary Downing. Letter to Janene Brager. 10 Nov. 2010. TS.
Digital file
(stored on a
computer and not
published
elsewhere)
Last Name, First Name of Author. “Title of the Document or File.” Year file was produced. Type of digital
Cartoon or comic
strip
Last Name, First Name of Artist. Cartoon or Comic Strip. Publication information. Medium of publication.
file.
Samuelson, Ellen. “Historical Fiction.” 2010. Microsoft Word file.
Karaski, Paul. Cartoon. New Yorker 14 Apr. 2008: 49. Print.
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Internet – Public Access (If you are using an online database via the Internet, refer to the next section for formats.)
Source
MLA Format with Example (in bold type)
Note: For extremely long or complicated web addresses, provide the address of the site’s home page.
Professional or
Last Name, First Name of Author [if given]. “Title of Web Page” [or, if there is no title, use a description
personal site
such as Home page]. Title of Overall Web Site [italicized]. Name of Publisher or Sponsor of the Site
(This means a
free,“regular”
[if given], Day Month Year of Publication [if not given, use n. d.)] Web. Day Month Year of Access.
Internet website
that is accessed
<URL of home page or shortened web address>.
through a search
tool like Google,
found using
netTrekker or
Denault, Leigh T. “About the Globe Theater.” Shakespeare’s Globe. The Shakespeare Trust. n.d.
Webpath
Express on
Web. 9 July 2010. < http:// www.shakespeares-globe.org/abouttheglobe>.
Destiny, or
visited directly
“Club Drugs (GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol).” NIDA InfoFacts. National Institute on Drug
through a web
address)
Abuse, 6 May 2009. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/Clubdrugs.html>.
“William Shakespeare.” Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. 2010. Web. 15 Oct. 2010. < http://
www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/122>.
Blog ,Wiki,
Facebook posting
or other online
discussion
posting
Last Name, First Name of author of posted comment. Online posting. “Title of Web Page.” Title of Overall
Web Site [italicized]. Name of Publisher or Sponsor of the Site [if given]. Day Month Year of
Publication [if not given, use n. d.)] Web. Day Month Year of Access. <URL of actual page, home
page, or shortened web address>.
Ellison, Nemiah. Online posting. “Your Turn.” The Innovative Educator. ASCD. 4 Nov. 2011. Web.
6 Nov. 2011. <http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com>
Tweets (from
Twitter accounts)
Last Name, First Name of Twitter user (followed by his/her Twitter user name in parentheses). “Entire
tweet.” Day Month Year posting, time of posting [using the tweeter’s time zone.]. Tweet.
Brokaw, Tom (tombrokaw). “SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this campaign.”
22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 p.m. Tweet.
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Online Databases Accessed Via the Internet (fee-based subscription databases)
Note: Most fee-based databases provide MLA citations at the end of each article; however, most also caution the user that they might
be incorrect! Check with your teacher before using citations exactly as provided by the database.
Online Database
containing its
own published
articles, videos,
etc., such as:
America the
Beautiful,
American
History,
BrainPop,
CultureGrams,
Defined STEM,
NBCLearn,
SIRS Decades,
SIRS Pro/Con,
Visual
Thesaurus, and
World Book
Last name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Database [italicized].
Database Publisher, Year of Publication. Web. Day Month Year information was found.
“Energy Sources.” BrainPop. BrainPop, 2012. Web. 10 April 2012.
Gouttierre, Thomas E. "Afghanistan." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 18 Oct. 2011.
ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Election 2012." ProQuest LLC. 2012: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 01
Nov 2012.
“The Japanese Internment: World War II (Overview).” American History. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web.
10 Mar. 2012.
"World War II Stories Come to Life in New Book of Memories." NBC Nightly News. Corr. Brian
Williams. NBC Universal Media, 6 Feb. 2011. NBC Learn. Web. 12 Oct. 2012.
Online Database
containing
articles and
items from
other
publications***
***This type of entry includes articles found in Destiny Quest, Gale Science in Context, Gale Student
Resources in Context, Gale Virtual Reference Library, History Reference Center, Literature
Resource Center, MasterFILE Premier, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Opposing Viewpoints
Resource Center, ProQuest Education Journals, Safari Montage, Science Reference Center, SIRS
Discoverer, SIRS Knowledge Source, SIRS Researcher.
Last name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Original Source (Book,
Magazine, Newspaper, etc.)[in italics] if given. City of Publication: Publisher. Year of Publication
(if book). Vol. no. Issue no. Day Month Year of Article or Year in Parentheses: Page Numbers (if
given). Name of Database[in italics]. Database Publisher. Web. Day Month Year information was
found.
“Author Notes: Suzanne Collins.” Titlepeek: The Hunger Games. Destiny Quest. Follett Software
Company, 2012. Web. 23 April 2011.
Boutelle, Marsha. "Uniforms: Are They a Good Fit?" Education Digest 73.6 (2008): 34. MasterFILE
Premier. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2010.
“City Planning.” Gale Encyclopedia of the Economy. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit:
Gale Group, 2009. N. pag. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 Sept. 2010.
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“Mildred D(elois) Taylor.” Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource
Center. Web. 31 Aug. 2010.
Furedi, Frank. “The Environmental Movement Has Created Green Consumerism.” Opposing
Viewpoints: Consumerism. Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. N. pag.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 13 Apr. 2010.
"Global Warming." Current Issues: Macmillian Social Science Library. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale
Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 24 Oct. 2010.
McDonald, Patrick R. “Homeland Security Raises Concerns.” Los Angeles Times 12 Mar. 2003: B1.
SIRS Researcher. Web. 20 June 2010.
Shenon, Philip and Mark Mazzetti. “Records Confirm C. I. A. Chief Warned Rice on Al Qaeda.” The
New York Times 2 Oct. 2006: A18. Gale Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 April 2010.
Timmerman, John H. "The Squatter's Circle in The Grapes of Wrath.” Studies in American Fiction 17:2
(Autumn 1989): 203-211. Literature Resource Center. Web. 4 Aug. 2010.
Primary source
document
published in a
database
“Document or Essay Title (Date of Document).” Name of Database [italicized]. Database Publisher, Year
of Publication. Web. Day Month Year of Access.
“Abraham Lincoln: House Divided Speech (1858).” American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 10 Oct.
2010.
Image, map,
audio, video,
statistics,
timeline
“Title of Item.” Medium. Name of Database [italicized]. Web. Day Month Year of Access.
“Homes in New Orleans Destroyed by Floodwater from Hurricane Katrina.” Photograph. Gale Science
in Context. 11 Oct. 2010.
The following page is an example of a completed Works Cited page:
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Works Cited
"Alabama to Enforce Toughest Immigration Law in the Nation." NBC Nightly News. Corr. Kerry
Sanders. NBC Universal Media, 29 Sept. 2011. NBC Learn. Web. 1 Nov. 2011.
“Author Notes: Edwidge Danticat.” Titlepeek: Behind the Mountains. Destiny Quest. Follett
Software Company, 2011. Web. 23 Apr. 2011.
Becker, Cynthia S. Immigration and Illegal Aliens: Burden or Blessing? Detroit: Thomson Gale,
2005. Print.
Benton-Cohen, Katherine. "The Rude Birth of Immigration Reform." Wilson Quarterly 34.3 (2010):
16. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.
Camarota, Steven A. and Karen Jensenius. A Shifting Tide: Recent Trends in the Illegal
Immigrant Population. Center for Immigration Studies, July 2009. Web. 27 Sept.
2011. <http://www.cis.org/ IllegalImmigration-ShiftingTide>.
“Immigration.” BrainPop. BrainPop, 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2011.
"The Immigration Act of 1965." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 1 Nov. 2011.
“Immigration to the U. S.” American History for Children. Narr. Irene Beddard. Schlessinger
Media, 1996. Safari Montage. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.
"Introduction to Immigration Reform: The Ongoing Debate." Immigration and Multiculturalism:
Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne
Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 319. Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 24
Oct. 2011.
Karaim, Reed. “America’s Border Fence” CQ Researcher 19 Sep. 2008: 747-54. Print.
Kavanaugh, John F. “Amnesty?” America 198:8 (10 Mar. 2008): 8. SIRS Knowledge Source.
Web. 25 Sept. 2011.
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Levin, Yuval. "Fixing Immigration." Commentary 123.5 (2007): 49. MasterFILE Premier.
EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.
MacDonald, Heather. “Sanctuary Policies Should Be Abolished.” Opposing Viewpoints:
Illegal Immigration. Ed. Margeret Haerens. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. 169-76.
Print.
Martin, Philip L., IV. "Immigration." World Book Student. World Book, 2012. Web. 1 Nov. 2011.
New American Leaders (NewAmericanLP). “Immigration affects both (un) documented immigrants
alike, and neither candidate is fully trusted by these groups.” 24 Oct. 2011, 3:15 p.m. Tweet.
Pitts, Wayne J. “Illegal Aliens.” Immigration in U. S. History. Ed. Carl L. Bankston. Vol. I.
Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006. Print.
“Pros and Cons of the Dream Act.” US Immigration. US Immigration, Inc. 5 May 2011. Web. 21
Oct. 2011. <http://www.usimmigration.com/pros-cons-dream-act.html>
Schieffer, Bob. Online posting. “Immigration Debate Heats Up.” Bob’s Blog. CBS News. 10 Oct.
2011. <http://www.cbsnews.com>
Yuh, Ji-Yeon. “Asian Americans.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2011 ed. Print.
Note: This Works Cited page example above contains a total of 19 entries for the purpose of providing many examples of entries and a
complete list correctly alphabetized. Keep in mind that most secondary school research assignments do not require the use of this
many sources for a single research project. Check with your teacher as to the total amount of sources that are required for your
research project.