V. Creating a Works Cited Page Using Sources Bergen Community College © 2005

Bergen Community College © 2005 Table of Contents MLA Format 3-4 General Rules for Works Cited Pages 5-6 General Rules for Works Cited Entries 7 General Rules for Web Sources 8 Works Cited Entry: Book 9 Works Cited Entry: Periodical 10 Works Cited Entry: Web Site 11 Additional Research Sources/Information 12-14 Next Step: Using Quotations 15 Bergen Community College © 2005

Bergen Community College © 2005 My instructor says I need to use MLA format when creating a Works Cited page. What is that? Bergen Community College © 2005

Bergen Community College © 2005 MLA Format MLA stands for Modern Language Association. MLA format, developed by the Modern Language Association, provides the style most instructors in the humanities require for papers. There are other formats that can be used, such as APA (American Psychological Association) or the Chicago Manual of Style. Each format has its own set of rules. Bergen Community College © 2005

General Rules for Works Cited Pages in MLA Format Double space everything on a Works Cited page. Center the title Works Cited (no bold, italics, or underlining) and place it at the top of the page. Use a “hanging indent” after the first line of each entry. Bergen Community College © 2005

Bergen Community College © 2005 OK: so what does it look like? Centered Title “Hanging” Indent I can’t edit this page because of the way it was created. Everything is double-spaced, and there are no line spaces between entries. Bergen Community College © 2005

General Rules for Works Cited Entries The author is usually first in a Works Cited entry, followed by the source’s title(s) and publication information. Place the titles of smaller works (articles, short stories, book chapters, poems, songs) in quotation marks. Italicize the titles of larger works (books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and films). Capitalize the first letter of each word in titles (except articles, short prepositions, or conjunctions). Bergen Community College © 2005

More Rules for a Works Cited Page Include publication medium (Print or Web) in each citation. All Web sources need two dates: the date that the Web page was last updated and the date the information was accessed from the Internet. Bergen Community College © 2005

Works Cited Entry for a Book Wow! Look at the connection! In-text Citation The ideal context for identity formation is “a supportive and respectful family” (Levine 169). Works Cited Entry Works Cited Levine, Madeleine, Ph.D. See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children from Media Violence. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. Print. Bergen Community College © 2005

Works Cited Entry for a Periodical In-text Citation A graphic example is the series of school shootings that have occurred in recent years—the most recent occurred on March 21, 2005, at Red Lake High School on an Indian reservation in Minnesota, where a seventeen-year-old male, who had just killed his grandparents, shot and killed five students, a teacher and a security guard, wounded many others and then turned the gun on himself (Wilgoren A-1). Works Cited Entry Works Cited Wilgoren, Jodi. “Shooting Rampage by Student Leaves 10 Dead on Reservation.” New York Times 22 Mar. 2005, sec. 1: A-1+. Print. Bergen Community College © 2005

Works Cited Entry for a Web Site In-text Citation Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Johnson spent seventeen years recording the viewing habits of children in 707 families in Upstate New York and found that the ones “who watched one to three hours of television each day . . . were 60% more likely to be involved in assaults and fights as those who watched less TV” (“Research”). Works Cited Entry Works Cited “Research on the Effects of Media Violence.” Media Awareness Network. 2005. Web. 12 Mar. 2005 Bergen Community College © 2005

Bergen Community College © 2005 Hmm… what if I am using something else as a research source? Bergen Community College © 2005

Additional Research Sources Lecture or Speech Chapter in a Book CD-ROM Email Interview Television or Film Advertisement Bergen Community College © 2005

Bergen Community College © 2005 For More Information Visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab for more information about formatting various Works Cited entries in MLA format. (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/ research/r_mla.html) Bergen Community College © 2005

How can I use quotations and avoid plagiarism? Now I need to learn how to use the information from my sources in my paper. How can I use quotations and avoid plagiarism? Bergen Community College © 2005