1. Creating a Works Cited Page
Or How to Demonstrate Responsible Use of Information

2. What is a Works Cited Page Why do you need one
Key Ideas to Know
What is a Works Cited Page
Why do you need one
Overview of a Works Cited Page
Getting Started

3. What is a Works Cited Page?

4. What is a Works Cited Page?
List of all the sources of information you are using
List of where your citations – your quotes – come from.
Tells your reader to find the same information.
Always the LAST page of your writing

5. What is a Works Cited Page?
It includes the 
Author
Title
Editors, sometimes
The Name of the Publisher
The Date of Publication
Any volume or page numbers

6. Why do you need a Works Cited Page?

7. Why you need a Works Cited Page
To demonstrate you are a responsible student
To give credit to the people who are the experts
To help your audience/reader learn more, if they want
To complete the assignment – no Works Cited = 0

8. Overview of a Works Cited Page
Let’s look at a sample.

9. Overview of a Works Cited Page
Take a look at this sample.  What do you notice about the layout/format of the page?

10. Overview of a Works Cited Page
The entire document is double spaced.
Take a look at this sample.  What do you notice about the layout/format of the page?

11. Overview of a Works Cited Page
The entire document is double spaced.
Take a look at this sample.  What do you notice about the layout/format of the page?
The page has one inch (1") margins on all four sides.

12. Overview of a Works Cited Page
Count the number of citations you are able to see. How do you know?
Let's zoom in.
 What do you notice about the layout/format of the page, now?

13. Overview of a Works Cited Page
Let's zoom in.
 What do you notice about the layout/format of the page, now?
The sources are listed in alphabetical order.

14. Overview of a Works Cited Page
The sources are listed in alphabetical order.
Let's zoom in.
 What do you notice about the layout/format of the page, now?
1st line at margin, 2nd indented

15. Overview of a Works Cited Page
The sources are listed in alphabetical order.
Let's zoom in.
 What do you notice about the layout/format of the page, now?
1st line at margin, 2nd indented
Uses only Times New Roman font.

16. Getting Started
Get those Resource Worksheets!

17. Getting Started: Prepare Your Materials
Use Research Source Worksheets!
Determine what TYPE of source it is (a book, an online article, etc)
Determine citation formatted (what information will need to be included and in what order)
Hand-write out each citation, first. Make sure it’s correct. There are lots of little, funny punctuation rules to follow.
Arrange citations in alphabetical order. Use the first letter that appears in the citation.

18. Getting Started: the Typing
Use the Toolbar at the top to Set Up the page before you begin typing.

19. Getting Started: the Typing
Open a Word Document
Go to the Toolbar at the Top.
In the box marked “Font”, choose “Times New Roman” size “12”
Click “Paragraph” - “Spacing” set at “0” and “0” and “Double”
Click “Page Layout” – check set to “Left Justify”;
“Page Layout” - “Margins” – set to 1 inch (1”)

20. Getting Started: the Typing
7. Type “Works Cited” – NO UNDERLINE, NO ITALICS; Center it on the page 8. Start Typing your Citations in. 9. After the citations are entered, then fix the spacing on any citation that runs more than one line long. NOTE: simplify web addresses and remove hyperlinks

21. Congratulations! You’ve just completed your first Work Cited Page.
Only 4 more pages left.
They’ll be much easier, promise!