1. Internal Citations and Works Cited Page

2.  The Works Cited page is a list of all sources you have used in your paper.  Direct Quotes  Summaries  Paraphrases

3.  Gather all of the source sheets you have  Go to www.easybib.comwww.easybib.com  Choose a source type and enter all info from your source sheet that it asks for  If easybib asks for something you didn’t record, try to find it. Otherwise, leave that part blank  If there is something on your sheet easybib doesn’t ask for, then leave it out!

4.  Continue adding until you have added all of the sources you plan to use in the paper.  Do not use easybib for GALE, or Worldbook online or the OED—you already have those cited correctly!!!  When all sources have been entered, choose “export to Microsoft Word.”

5.  Easybib will open a new document and properly format it for you.  The Word document should have a hanging indent, 12 point font, Times New Roman, and be double-spaced.  Your sources should be listed ALPHABETICALLY by the first word of the citation.  You will need to manually insert any additional sources (GALE, Worldbook Online, OED) where they belong ALPHABETICALLY!!!! (edit format before cut and pasting, that way, everything matches!!

6.  We use INTERNAL CITATIONS to show when we have paraphrased, summarized or directly quoted a fact or idea from a source.  In general, an internal citation includes the author’s last name and page number that the information came from.  This information is enclosed in parenthesis at the end of the sentence where the fact/idea is located.

7.  MANY of your sources may not have an author or page numbers.  The general rule is to use whatever is listed first on the Works Cited entry. Your citations might look like this: (Golding 45). (“Happiness” 245). (“Evil”). (“Putting up with Bullies”). EACH CITATION MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT!!!

8.  Book with author and page numbers: The boy had a look about him that “proclaimed no evil” (Golding 21).  Entry in a printed encyclopedia: Whenever humans feel happy, there is a little bit of sadness, too (“Happiness” 245).  Online encyclopedia with no author: “There is no worse death than the death we die each day by not living” (“Death”).

9.  If you refer to the author before giving a direct quote, you do not have to list the author in the citation, just the page #-- According to William Golding, “Man is evil without civilization” (312).  When using a quote book or concordance, refer to the speaker in text, and then cite the quote book or website as your source: As William Shakespeare wrote in his famous play, Hamlet, “To be or not to be? That is the question” (Bartlett 299).

10.  PUNCTUATION!!!!  The citation goes at the END of the sentence that contains the information.  The citation should appear BEFORE the end punctuation of the sentence.  If the information INSIDE the citation is a title or subject heading, it needs to be properly punctuated as well. …“proclaimed no evil” (Golding 21). …a little bit of sadness, too (“Happiness” 245).

11.  Title page— MLA format does NOT require a title page. The first page of your FORMAL paper should have a heading in the upper LEFT that includes the following: Your name My name Advanced English 8 Date Example: Jose Smith Mrs. Ridgway Advanced English 8 March 3, 2011

12.  Double Spaced  Times New Roman  12 point font  Proper heading (see previous slide)  Title (centered below heading)  Page numbers with your last name in the upper right corner of every page EXCEPT the first page