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Creating Works Cited page
1. Creating the Works Cited page Connect parenthetical citation to actual source
2. Basic Concept There is a 1:1 relationship between in-text/parenthetical citations and the Works Cited page: For every parenthetical citation in the essay there must be a corresponding works cited entry For every source listed on the Works Cited page, there must be a corresponding in-text/parenthetical citation
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4. do not put the Works Cited list on the last page of your essay – start the list on a new page!
9. Be consistent either underline titles or italicize titles – don’t underline and italicize – i.e. Gone with the Wind or Gone with the WindNewsweek or Newsweek
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11. Basic Entry Format Works Cited entries present their bibliographic information in three (3) basic chunks: Author information – (authors or sources of material) followed by Title information (name of book, magazine, journal, website, organization, etc.) followed by Publication information (place of publication, name of publisher, and year of publication)
12. Basic Entry Formats: Books Author, or Authors. Book Title. City of publication: Publisher. Date of publication. Twain, Mark. Pudd’nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins. London: Penguin Classics. 1986.
13. Basic Entry Formats: Work from an anthology or collection Last name, First name. “Title of Work,” Title of Collection or Anthology. Ed - Editor’s names. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Spudding Out,” Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture, 5th ed. Ed. Michael Petracca and Madeline Sorapure. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. 146-49.
14. Basic Entry Formats: Periodicals (i.e. Time, Newsweek, US News, Ladies Home Journal. People, etc): Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Day Month Year: page range Tumulty, Karen and David Von Drehle. “Ready to Rumble,” Time.17 March 2008: 28-32
15. Basic Entry Format: Article in Scholarly Journal or Magazine (i.e. Professional Journals, Scientific American, American Heritage, Atlantic Monthly, Harpers) Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Volume. Issue (Year): pages. Crook, Clive. “Sins of Emission,” TheAtlantic Monthly. 30.3 (2008): 32-34
16. Basic Entry Format: Article in a Newspaper National (NY Times, Washington Post, USA Today): Author(s). “Title of Article,” Name of Paper.Day Month Year: section Article in Newspaper – local: Author(s). “Title of Article,” News and Advance. (Lynchburg, VA ) Day Month Year: section
17. Web Sources Common requirements: Author(s) or Editors names Name of database, book, project title, or article Date of version, revision, or posting Publisher Information Date you accessed the site Web address – all of it!
18. Basic website Format Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site [electronic address].
19. Sample Page Works Cited Glazebrook, Olivia. “A bloodless horror. (The Omen)(Movie review).” Spectator (June 10, 2006): NA. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. VCCS System – used for scripted access. 25 Mar. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.vccs.deu:2048/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC - Gordon, Mary. “For One Catholic, ‘Passion’ Skews the Meaning of the Crucifixion. (Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk) (ESSAY) (Column).” The New York Time. (Feb. 28, 2004 pB7 col o1 (36 col): B7. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. VCCS System – used for scripted access. 19 Mar. 2008 Nicolosi, Barbara. “The Movie Industry Has Begun to Foster Respect for Religion.” Opposing Viewpoints: Popular Culture. Ed. John Woodward. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. VCCS System – used for scripted access. 19 Mar. 2008
20. Where to get help The instructor – office hours (imagine that) Student Success Center (terrific resource) Writing Arguments text– Chapter 17 Little, Brown Handbook – section on MLA – MCL Resources Research Citing Sources MLA ebook pg 408 Blackboard sites – (External Links tab) – Guide to Grammar and Writing Purdue OWL Research and Documentation of Line University of Wisconsin – Madison
