1. V. Creating a Works Cited Page
It is not an easy task to create a correctly formatted Works Cited page. Pat will give herself a lot of time to do it!
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2. Table of Contents MLA Format 3-5 Example of a Works Cited Page 6
General Rules for Works Cited Entries 7
Works Cited Entry: Book 8
Works Cited Entry: Periodical 9
Works Cited Entry: Gale Literary Criticism Series 10
General Rules for Web Sources 11
Works Cited Entry: Web site
Additional Research Sources/Information
Pat’s Next Step: Using Quotations Unit VI
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3. What is MLA format?
My professor says I need to use MLA format when creating a Works Cited page.
What is that?
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4. MLA Format MLA stands for Modern Language Association.
MLA format, developed by the Modern Language Association, provides the style (page layout of the essay, header, quotations, Works Cited, etc.) most instructors in the humanities require for papers.
However, there are other formats such as APA (American Psychological Association) or the Chicago Manual of Style. Each format has its own set of rules. For papers in literature you must use MLA format.
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5. Rules for MLA Format The bibliography is called “Works Cited.”
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.
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6. OK: so what does it look like?
Centered Title
Works Cited Berman, Jeffrey. “The Unrestful Cure: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’.” The Talking Cure: Literary Representations of Psychoanalysis. By Jeffrey Berman. New York: New York University Press, Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Paula Kepos. Vol. 37. Detroit: The Gale Group, Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Wall-paper.” The YellowW Other Stories. New York: Modern Library, Print.
“Hanging” Indent
Indented too many spaces??
All text is double-spaced, and there are no line spaces between entries.
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7. More Rules for Works Cited
The author’s last name is usually first in a Works Cited entry, followed by the source title(s) and publication information.
Place the titles of articles, short stories, book chapters, poems, and songs in quotation marks.
Italicize the titles of books, plays, journals, magazines, newspapers, and films.
Capitalize each word in titles, except articles, short prepositions, or conjunctions.
Include publication medium (Print or Web) in each citation.
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8. Works Cited Entry for a Book
Wow! Look at the connection!
In-text Citation
Elaine Showalter would disagree with the interpretation of the demonized baby that poses a threat to the mother, “in particular the weight gain that was considered an essential part of the cure was a kind of pseudo-pregnancy” (247).
Works Cited Entry
Works Cited
Showalter, Elaine. A Literature of Their Own. Princeton: Princeton University Press, Print.
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9. Works Cited Entry for a Periodical Article from a Database
In-text Citation
Jonathan Crewe claims that “the exasperating effect of pattern wallpaper on invalids was a medical commonplace of Gilman’s time” (qtd. in Roth).
Works Cited Entry
Roth, Marty. “Gilman’s Arabesque Wallpaper.” Mosaic 34.4 (2001)
Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Web June 2006.
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10. Works Cited Entries for the Gale Literary Criticism Series
Follow the examples below to cite material from the Gale Literary Criticism Series. The first example shows how to cite material originally published in an article; the second illustrates how to cite material reprinted from books:
Treichler, Paula A. “Escaping the Sentence: Diagnosis and Discourse in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature (1984): Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Paula Kepos. Vol Detroit: The Gale Group, Print.
Hedges, Elaine R. “Afterword.” The Yellow Wallpaper. By Charlotte Perkins Gilman New York: The Feminist Press, Rpt. in Twentieth- Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 9. Detroit: The Gale Group, Print.
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11. Rules for Web Sources in Works Cited
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.
Deleted rule about URL. Insert new rule (include URL if it the site/page might be hard to find?)
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12. Works Cited Entry for a Web Site
In-text Citation
Deborah Thomas notes that in Charlotte Gilman’s view, “women were constricted to the set parameters that men determined. . .[and] conditioned to accept these boundaries and remain in place, in the private sphere.”
Indented too much?
Works Cited Entry
Thomas, Deborah. “The Changing Role of Womanhood: From True Woman to
New Woman in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’.” American Literature Research and Analysis Web Site. Florida Gulf Coast University. September Web. 26 June 2006.
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13. Additional Research Sources
Lecture or Speech
Chapter in a Book
Newspapers
Interview
Television or Film
Hmm… what if I am using something else as a research source? Yes, something like this…
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14. For More Information
Visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab for more information about formatting various Works Cited entries in MLA format at
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15. 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?
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