Creating your "Works Cited" Page

MLA Citation Format

Book by One Author

Last Name, First Name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright Date.

Example:

Jameson, George P. Ellis Island. New York: Icon Press, 2006.

Online Database—Encyclopedia

Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Publication Date (Day Month Year). Name of online source. Date.

Example:

“Whale Oil.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 23 August 2006.

Internet Website without Author

“Title of Article”. Name of Website. Date site was updated. Date accessed.

Example:

“Flannery O’Connor”. Georgia College and State University. 7 July 2006. 31 August 2006.

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Your finished Works Cited should be alphabetized by the first word of the entry, and will look something like this:

Works Cited

Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002.

Volume 8, pp. 284-286.

Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. New York: DK Publishing, 2001, pp. 50-55.

"Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Volume 8, p.255.

McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 2003, p. 27.

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1. The works cited is always the last page of your essay or report.

2. Type the words “Works Cited” and center it on the page.

3. Entries should be listed alphabetically.

4. The second line of an entry should be indented 5 spaces. Skip a line after each entry.

Use this worksheet to write down all the information for your resources.

Works Cited

Book by One Author

Last Name, First Name. _____________________, ___________________.

Title. ______________________________________________________.

Place of publication: ___________________________________________.

Publisher, ___________________________________________________,

Copyright Date. _______________________________________________.

This is found on the “title” and “verso page” of a book.

Encyclopedia

Last Name, First Name. __________________, ____________________.

“Title of Article.” “___________________________________________.”

Name of Encyclopedia. ________________________________________.

Edition Year. _______________________________________________.

Volume #. Issue #: Page(s). ____________________________________.

Online Database—Encyclopedia

Last Name, First Name (if given). _______________, _________________.

“Title of Article.” “___________________________________________.”

Name of Encyclopedia. _________________________________________.

Publication Date (Day Month Year). ________________________________.

Name of online source. _________________________________________.

Date accessed by you (Day Month Year)_____________________________.

Internet Website without Author

“Title of Article”. “_____________________________________________”

Name of Website. _____________________________________________.

Date site was updated (Day Month Year). ____________________________.

Date accessed (Day Month Year).___________________________________.