Inquiry, Phase 4:
Creating
Works Consulted
th
MLA, 7 ed.
A SLIC Presentation
B. Dillon, Teacher - Librarian
April 2012
Graphic used with permission of OSLA
Remember…
• Record EVERY source you use.
– suggestion:
use School Library Record of Source forms
• Identify the source on ALL notes.
• Identify EVERY source you use in a list called
– Works Consulted (if you are NOT using parenthetical
citations)
– or Works Cited (if you ARE using parenthetical citations)
Tools to Help You
• MLA website
– http://www.mlahandbook.org
– Login to school account
• email
• password
PocockSchoolLibrary@gmail.com
PPSchoolLibrary
• OSLIS Citation Maker
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http://www.oslis.org/resources.cm
direct link to Citation Maker: MLA Secondary
follow the directions
cut and paste your citation into Works Consulted
Example:
Encyclopedia Article
Record of Sources:
author:
title, article:
title, encyclopedia:
copyright date:
pages:
location:
library:
J. L. Granatstein
Sauvé, Jeanne Mathilde
World Book
2005
volume 17 page 164
encyclopedia shelves
Pocock School Library
Works Consulted Entry:
Granatstein, J. L.
“Sauvé, Jeanne Mathilde.” World Book.
2005 ed. Print.
Notes
• Use the School Library’s Record of Source:
Print form
– on handout shelves
– on Phase 2 colour paper (buff – yellowish)
• Read the explanatory notes on the back of the form.
– need author of ARTICLE
• look at beginning / end of article
• some encyclopedia articles are signed, some are not
– need title of ARTICLE and of ENCYCLOPEDIA
– place / publisher NOT needed for major encyclopedias (includes
all encyclopedias found in School Library)
• The citation does NOT necessarily include all of
the information from the Record of Source.
– e.g. Dewey number, library (useful if you need to find source
again)
Example:
Book
Record of Sources:
author:
title:
place of publication;
publisher
date:
Dewey number:
library:
Barbara Greenwood
Jeanne Sauvé
Markham Ontario
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd.
1989
345.71 SAU GRE
School Library
Works Consulted Entry:
Greenwood, Barbara. Jeanne Sauvé. Markham ON: Fitzhenry and
Whiteside, Ltd., 1989. Print.
Notes
• Use the author’s name and book title as found
on the TITLE PAGE, not the book cover.
• The publisher’s name and the place of
publication are usually at the bottom of the title
page. If not, then check the verso (the back of
the title page.)
– PUBLICATION, not PRINTING
• Check the verso for the copyright date.
• The place of publication is always a CITY.
– if city is not well - known publishing centre, then add
province / state
– for British / European titles, ask Teacher - Librarian for
help
• If the book is part of a series, then put the series
title, in plain type, at the end of the citation, followed
by a period.
Example:
Online Encyclopedia
Record of Sources:
author:
article title:
encyclopedia title:
pubisher:
source date:
access date:
URL:
no author
Sauvé, Jeanne - Mathilde
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Historica Foundation of Canada
2006
November 6, 2006
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca
Works Consulted Entry:
“Sauvé, Jeanne - Mathilde.” The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Historica Foundation of Canada, 2006. Web. 6 Nov. 2006.
Example:
Website
Record of Sources:
author:
no author
article / page title:
Jeanne Sauvé, A Woman of Firsts
site title:
CBC Digital Archives
source date:
July 29, 2009
access date:
October 24, 2011
URL:
http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/federal_politics/topics/1593/
Works Consulted Entry:
“Jeanne Sauvé, A Woman of Firsts.” CBC Digital Archives. Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, 29 July 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.
Notes
• For online sources, you need two dates: a
source date, and an access (use) date.
– source date might be called copyright, last updated,
posted, published…
• In the Works Consulted, the date is always
abbreviated (e.g. Oct. Instead of October).
– May, June, and July are not abbreviated
• In the Works Consulted, the date is always
inverted (e.g. 24. Oct. 2011 instead of Oct. 24,
2011).
• The format type can be either Web or PDF,
depending on what type of source you used.
Notes
• Remember, there are no publishing standards on
the web, which means there is no consistency
from website to website with regard to what
information is provided or where it can be
found.
Dillon 1
Works Consulted
Granatstein, J. L. “Sauvé, Jeanne Mathilde.” World Book. 2005 ed.
Print.
Greenwood, Barbara. Jeanne Sauvé. Markham ON: Fitzhenry and
Whiteside, Ltd., 1989. Print.
“Jeanne Sauvé, A Woman of Firsts.” CBC Digital Archives. Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, 29 July 2009. Web. 24. Oct. 2011.
“Sauvé, Jeanne - Mathilde.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica
Foundation of Canada, 2006. Web. 7 Nov. 2006.
Notes:
Page Setup
• Use Arial, Courier, or Times New Roman, 12
point, for the entire page.
• Use the “insert page number” function to add a
page number and header.
– begin pagination with page 1 of your document
– header includes LAST NAME
– 1 spaces between last name and page number
• Double – space the ENTIRE page.
– remove extra spaces before and after each paragraph
• IF you have NO parenthetical references in your
paper, then your list of sources is called Works
Consulted.
– Works Consulted is centred, not underlined, not bolded,
same font / size as rest of page
• Begin each citation at the left margin; indent
subsequent lines.
• Arrange the citations in alphabetical order.
Notes:
Citations
• No publisher? Use N.p.
• No source date? Use n.d.
• Multiple authors?
– invert the name of the first author (e.g. Dillon, Brenda),
but put the rest in natural order (e.g. Brenda Dillon)
– 2 – 3 authors, list them all
– 4 or more authors, list first one, then use et al. in
place of rest of names (short for “et alia”, means “and
others”)