Create Citations
Create Citations
Use Google's Citations tool to create MLA entries for each of your sources.
Embedded Files
Open the Citations Tool
Open the Citations Tool
Tools -> "Citations
Websites
Websites
Books
Books
Create & Format the Works Cited Page
Create & Format the Works Cited Page
Start a new page at the end of your document by adding a page break: ctrl + enter
Press the Insert works cited button on the Google Citations tool
Paste in your citations from other sources alphabetically (database articles, citations from Destiny Discover, etc.)
Ignore articles like "A," "An," and "The"
Highlight the entries only (not the Works Cited title) to create hanging indents:
Select Format -> Align & indent -> Indentation options
Select Hanging from the Special indent drop-down list and set to .5
Left and Right should be set to 0
Highlight the entire page, then update:
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12
Spacing: Double-space
Hanging Indent Settings
Overview: Watch how to add database citations and format your Works Cited page
Create In-Text Citations
Create In-Text Citations
Use in-text citations:
When you are quoting a source word for word
When you are summarizing information from a source
When you are paraphrasing a source by putting another writer’s ideas into your own words
In-Text Citations Using Google's Citations Tool
In-Text Citations Using Google's Citations Tool
Click "Cite" while hovering over a source
In-Text Citations for Other Sources
In-Text Citations for Other Sources
General Rule:
The in-text citation is made up of the very beginning of the Works Cited entry for that source.
In-Text Citation Rules
In-Text Citation Rules
All Sources
All Sources
*Only include age numbers when page numbers are available (books, PDF files, eBooks, etc.)
One Author
Format: (Author's Last Name Page Number)
Example: (Hunt 358)
Two Authors
Format: (Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number)
Example: (Case and Daristotle 57)
Three or More Authors
Format: (Author's Last Name et al. Page Number)
Example: (Case et al. 57)
Unknown Author
Use the first few from the beginning of the Works Cited entry. This is usually the title of the source or a corporate author.
Follow the formatting of the title. [For example, if the title in the Works Cited list is in italics, italicize the words from the title in the in-text citation, and if the title in the Works Cited list is in "quotation marks," put quotation marks around the words from the title in the in-text citation.]
Format: (Title Page Number)
Examples:
(Cell Biology 12)
("Nursing" 12)
Multiple Sources at Once
To cite more than one source at a time, separate the in-text citations with a semi-colon.
Format: (Author's Last Name Page Number; Author's Last Name Page Number).
Examples:
(Smith 42; Bennett 71).
(It Takes Two; Brock 43).
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