Creating a Works Cited Page Adapted from: Bergen Community College ©

Do Now Check 1. What to indent? A: Indent the lines after the first line. 2. What is this indent called? A: Hanging Indent 3. What order should all works in a Works Cited page be? A: Alphabetical Order 4. What should the title of my page be? A: Works Cited 5. What is the “medium” of my sources? A: Web (for all online sources) 2

3 How do I create a Works Cited page using MLA format?

OK, so what does it look like? Hanging Indent Centered Title Everything is double-spaced, and there are no extra line spaces between entries. Alphabetical Entries

5 Works Cited for a Website (Author not listed) 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 “Research on the Effects of Media Violence.” Media Awareness Network Web. 12 Dec In-text Citation Works Cited Entry EVERY in-text citation must line up EXACTLY with the start of a Works Cited entry (author or title).

Your Source for nearly all Works Cited Entries: GB 42 Look over the list & see if you can predict the 2 types we saw most often in our research 6

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8 The 2 most common? Circle these! ….com.edu.org.gov

Works Cited Format (.com,.org,.edu) 9 1. Author.  Notice the punctuation marks after each item! 2. “Title of Short Work.” 3. Title of Website. 4. Sponsor/Publisher of Website, (Often after a ©) 5. Date of Publication or Last Update. (n.d. if there is no date) 6. Medium. 7. Retrieval date. (Day Month Year) Beck, Susan. “Evaluation Criteria.” The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Or,Why it’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. New Mexico State University, 3 April Web. 13 December 2012.

Works Cited Format (.gov) 10 1.Country. 2.Government Agency. 3.Sub-Agency. 4.Title. 5. Author (if given). 6. Sponsor or Publisher, 7. Date of Publication or Last Update. 8. Medium of Publication. 9. Retrieval date (day month year). United States. National Science and Technology Council. Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Scientific Assessment of theEffects of Global Change on the United States. Natl. Science and Technology Council, May Web. 11 Sept Science and Technology Council, May Web. 11 Sept

Works Cited work time! Turn to Page 52 of your Grammar Book. You will create 1 entry for each source. Figure out if your sources are.com/edu/org (1 st type) or.gov (2 nd type). Circle the 2 entries you must complete Fill them in. Don’t forget to add punctuation between each item! As soon as you’re done, you may begin to type your Works Cited page. It should be on the same file as your paper but on a new page. USE THE CHECKLIST ON GB 52! 11

Priorities for Today 1.Complete your Works Cited page. 2.Ask your teacher any content questions you have (especially about MEL-Con components you’re not sure are great). 3.Make any necessary edits & improvements to your paper. 4.Review your assignment sheet Format section to make sure you won’t lose points. 5.Review your assignment sheet Rubric to make sure you’ll reach your grade goal. 6.If all else is done, submit on turnitin.com! 12