R ESEARCH P APER G UIDELINES Works cited page Purpose: to inform your reader (aka – teacher) what your sources were and where they came from Goal: to provide a clear, well-documented source Think – if I had to track down this article from scratch, could I do it with the information I am providing? Structure: very, very simple Alphabetical order by the first letter of the citation No bullet-points, numbers, arrows, or any other line indicators Reverse indentations (first line is all the way to the left and every other line is indented. No line breaks – sources should continue to the end of each line Double-spaced

R ESEARCH P APER G UIDELINES W ORKS C ITED E XAMPLE Yourlastname 1 Works Cited Ali, Lorraine. "Do I Look Like Public Enemy Number One?" Mirror on America Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture. By Joan T. Mims and Elizabeth M. Nollen. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Print. Cruickshank, Douglas. “Crazy for Dysfunction.” Mirror on America Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture. By Joan T. Mims and Elizabeth M. Nollen. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Print.

Use the file on My Website to start your works cited page (due today by the way) 1) Log on to the REV website 2) Load the file Works Cited--Research Paper 2010.rtfWorks Cited--Research Paper 2010.rtf 3) Save it to “My Documents” so you can get it anywhere here on campus. 4) DO NOT send it to your . 5) If you want to access it from the web save it to “My files” on the school web page (you must log in to the web page to do this). 6) Delete the sources we did not use for this class. Save. 7) Change the header to your name. Read the directions for this one if you don’t know how. Save 8) For each of your GALE articles copy the source citation from the bottom of your articles. You don’t need to copy the web address (URL). 9) Make sure your entries look like the example, reverse indentation, alphabetical order, etc. And yes, save it again. 10) Use easybib.com for any non-GALE sources. 11) Go to Print Preview and double check everything then… 12) Print.

Use the file on My Website to start your works cited page (due today by the way) 1) Log on to the REV website and find Mr. Rice’s English 11 page. 2) Load the file Works Cited--Research Paper 2010.rtfWorks Cited--Research Paper 2010.rtf 3) Save it to “My Documents” so you can get it anywhere here on campus. 4) DO NOT send it to your . 5) If you want to access it from the web save it to “My files” on the school web page (you must log in to the web page to do this). 6) Delete the sources we did not use for this class. Save. 7) Change the header to your name. Read the directions for this one if you don’t know how. Save it again. 8) For each of your GALE articles copy the source citation from the bottom of your articles. You don’t need to copy the web address (URL). 9) Make sure your entries look like the example, reverse indentation, alphabetical order, etc. And yes, save it again. 10) Use easybib.com for any non-GALE sources. 11) Go to Print Preview and double check everything then… 12) Print.