Works Cited

BIG Picture Details:

  • alphabetical order (TIP: ignore "A" & "An" & "The" when alphabetizing)
  • 1 inch margins
  • 12 pt. Times, double spaced (NO skipped line; no blank line between entries)
  • hanging indent (1st line at 1 inch margin, 2+ lines indented 1/2 inch)
  • centered title (Works Cited or Annotated Bibliography) under heading (NO bold, underline, etc.)


Formating

  • Main Titles: Italicize "big titles” like a Book, Database, Web site, Magazine, Newspaper title (do not underline)
  • Tiles are Capitalized
  • Article title are in: “Quotation Marks”
  • Dates: Day Month (abbreviated) Year:10 Dec. 2001


ONE citation form that follows this chart:

MLA Core Elements (www.mla.org)

Author: Last, First; for 3+ Authors: list 1st author followed by the phrase: et al,

  • "Author" means person responsible for producing source, including editor or translator or director (incl. special title)

Title of source: first letters capitalized (except articles like a, an); since it is a part of the "larger" source (called a "container"), enclose within quotation marks.

  • Example: "Web Page." "Chapter in a Book." "Song" on an Album."
  • IF there is no "Smaller" part, then skip this section.

Title of container: container is where the source "lives." Is the source a part of a whole like the page on a Web site or a chapter in a book? The "whole" is the container. Put in italics.

  • Example: Web Site. Book Title. Film Title.

Other contributors: like editor; skip if not applicable

Version: edition (skip is not applicable)

Number: Volume and Issue number written as vol. 72, no. 6 (not 72.6)

Publisher: don't need city for books

Publication date: Order: Day Month (abbreviated) Year: 10 Dec. 2000; if no date is given, leave it out (no more n.d.)

Location: where do you find it? Provide: URL (web address), page number


Source:

Valenza, Joyce. “Shifting into 8th (On MLA’s New Edition).” School Library Journal, 18 Apr. 2016, http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2016/04/18/shifting-into-8th-on-mlas-new-edition/.

For the Polling the Nation Database:

"Title of Poll." Date of Poll. Polling the Nations, Infobase Learning, <http://LinkToYourQuestion>. Accessed 14 Feb. 2019.

Example:

"Sexual Harassment." 13 Dec. 2018. Polling the Nations, Infobase Learning, http://www.orspub.com/document.php?id=polls_04112019.out_533&type=hitlist&num=1. Accessed 14 Feb. 2019.