MLA Bibliographic Formats - PRINT Resources

STEP #6: Works Cited List

You need to include a= Works Cited page at the end of your research paper. The list should include only the sources that you cited parenthetically within the body of your paper. (Or, a Bibliography may be required, which simply lists all of the resources you consulted in your research, without citing parentheticall= y. Check with your teacher for the assignment requirements.)=

METHOD: G= ather all of your source cards. Read through your research paper and use a highlighter to mark each source card = for works you have cited parenthetically within the text. The highlighted cards will be the = only sources you include in your Works Cited list. Place the cards in alphabetical or= der according to the first word in the citation. Most often the first word will = be an author’s last name or the title of the source. Titles that begin with A, An, or T= he should be alphabetized by the next word.

WORKS CITED C= HECKLIST:

√ List sources = in ABC order based on the first letter in each entry, ignoring the, an, and a as first words.

√ Abbreviate al= l months except May, June, and July. P= roper date format: 22 Mar. 2008

√ Double space.=

√ Indent the se= cond and subsequent lines by 5 spaces. (tab)

√ Check for cor= rect punctuation, underlining and quotation marks.

√ Center the ti= tle “Works Cited” at the top.

RESOURCES FOR CREATING PROPER CITATIONS:

*Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research P= apers. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003. Print.

*Sahuaro Library Webp= age: http://edwe= b.tusd.k12.az.us/Sahuaro/Library/citing.htm (Links to Noodle Tools, EasyBib, Guide to Parenthetical Citations, and Guid= e to MLA Bibliographic Format)

SAMPLE MLA (Modern Language Association) WORKS CITED ENTRIES: <= span style=3D'font-size:8.0pt'>Be sure to double space the 2^nd and subsequent lines of the citation entry.&nb= sp; Proper spacing has been omitted in the following samples to save spa= ce. As shown, the 2nd and subsequent l= ines of each citation should be indented.

BOOKS (Take information from the title pa= ge and reverse side of the title page of the book. You may use the short form of a publisher’s name, omitting terms like Co., Inc., and Press. Use the most recent copyright date.)

One Author

Schuman, Michael A. Halle Berry: Beauty is Not Just Physical. Berkeley Heights, NJ: En= slow, 2006. Print.

Two or Three Authors

Lyons, Sara, and John Patrick. Painting Your Dreams. = Boston: Houghton = Mifflin, 1996. Print.

Smith, Maria, Joseph = Garcia, and Roger Livingston. Iceland. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner, 2005. Print.=

Four or More Authors (Cite only the first author, followed by “= ;et al.”)

Decker, William A., e= t al. Volcanoes. = New York: W. H. Freeman, 2008. Print.<= o:p>

Editors, One or More

Martin, Benjamin, ed.= Crop Circles. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone, 2006. Print.

Radford, Sylvia, and = John Cooper, eds. Biofuels. Pleasantville, NY: Gareth Stevens, 2008. Print.

Unknown Author

Everyman’s World Atlas. New York: <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Oxford University, 2001. Print.

General Encyclopedia (List t= he author of the article first, if there is one. List the edition number, if a= ny.)

“Arizona.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15^th ed. 1997. Print.=

Multivolume Reference Work<= /i> (For example, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of American History)<= /p>
Davis, Robert. “Copyright Law.” The Technology Resource Encyclopedia. Ed. Mary Davis. 6^th ed. 6 vols. New York:

            Random House, 2007. Print.<= /span>

Work in an Anthology (An ant= hology is a collection of articles by many authors, like the Opposing Viewpoints Series. Include the page numbers on which the selection appears.)<= /o:p>

Rodriguez, Martin. &#= 8220;The World is Facing an Energy Crisis.” Energy Alternatives. Ed. Laura K. Egendorf.

            Detroit: Greenhave= n, 2006. 85-92. Print.

Multivolume Work (If you= r paper cites only one volume, give that volume number before the city and publisher and give the total number of volumes after the date – 2^nd example.)

Conners, Christine, e= d. Tennis Fundamentals. 2 vols. New York: Random= , 2002. Print.

Conners, Christine, e= d. Tennis Fundamentals. Vol. 1. New York: Random= , 2002. 2 vols. Print.

Two or More Works By the Same Auth= or (When l= isting two or more works by the same author, list titles in alphabetical order. Use three hyphens followed by a pe= riod to replace the author’s name after the first entry.)
Updike, John. In the Beauty of the = Lilies. New York: Knopf, 1996. Print.

---. Toward the End of Time. New York: Knopf, 1997. Print.

PERIODICALS

Article in a Monthly Magazine (Use= + to indicate articles that do not appear on consecutive pages.)

Zephlir, Maurice L. “Moving Beyond Our Boundaries.” Atlantic Monthly Mar. 2000: 55+. Print.

Articles in a Weekly Magazine

Saddlestone, Catherin= e. “Travels in the Interior Region.” New Yorker 14 Jan. 2007: 35-36. Print.

Article in a Daily Newspaper (Incl= ude the section letter or number when noting the pages at the end.)

Baker, Sally. “= Watch for Road Construction.” Arizona Daily Star 22 June 2005: B4. Prin= t.

Cox, Jacob. “St= udents Excel on Tests.” Los Angeles Times 10 May 2003, sec. 1: 2+. Pr= int.

Editorial in a Newspaper

“Health Insuran= ce Needed by All.” Editorial. Ne= w York Times 14 Aug. 2007: C6+. Print.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES Many online resources provide ready-made citations. Check for availability. Although M= LA 7^th ed. does not require website URLs, Sahuaro policy is for URLs to be include= d on all online resources except<= /i> subscription databases.

Personal or Professional Website (Not= all of the information called for may be available, so cite what you can! Begin wi= th the author of the website, if possible. Continue with the title of the page (in quotes), title of the site or larger work (in itali= cs), publisher or sponsor of the site, date of publication or last upda= te, medium (Web), date of access, and the URL.(if needed). <= /o:p>

Sparks, Stephen. Poetry Exchange. 4 Mar. 2004. Web.= 6 Mar. 2004 <http://www.poetexch.com>.

Electronic Text Center. University of Virginia. 17 Mar. 2003. Web. 10 June 2004 <http://etext.virginia.edu>.

Page Within a Site or Larger Work<= /span>, i.e. Wikipedia (List the author first, if possible.)

Hughes, Rebecca. “Johnny Depp.” Wikipedi= a: the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 29 Aug. 2005. =

            Web.15 March 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/johnnydepp>.

Online Subscription Database (Fir= st, check to see if citations are provided. If not, give the information requir= ed for the source type, followed by the name of the service, the publisher, the library, the date of access, and the URL of the service.)=

Rowling, Jay. “= Going Green.” Environment 6 July 2007: 10-11. MAS Ultra School Edition. EBSCOHost.

Sahuaro High School Lib. Web. 4 Dec. 2007.

Online Magazine, Newspaper or Book – direct from publisher’s site (Fol= low the same format for print resource, but add the date of access and the URL.=

Schuman, Michael A. Halle Berry: Beauty is Not Just Physical. Berkeley Heights, NJ: En= slow, 2006. Web. 1 July 2007

<http://www.bios.com>.