THE SIMPLE METHOD TO BUILD A WORKS CITED

THE SIMPLE METHOD TO BUILD A WORKS CITED PAGE

GET OUT YOUR “CITATIONS” NOTES AND CHECK YOUR CITATION FOR YOUR FIRST SOURCE THAT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE � Author (last name, first name) if several authors: alphabetize and write in a series in alphabetical order with the first name as Last name, first name If a long list of authors (more than four), use the first name (last name, first name) followed by et al. � “Article title” in quotation marks & capitalized (if you have this). Period INSIDE the quotation marks. � Title of the Website. � Publisher name, publishing date. write n. p. if no publisher name is available write n. d. if no date is available � Medium of publication: use Web. � Date you assessed the material in MLA format

NOW OPEN A WORD DOCUMENT AND FOLLOW THE STEPS CAREFULLY � Type the author name: Example: Thomas, Chris. End with a period.

� Add the article title in quotation marks. Example: Thomas, Chris. “Send in the Drones: A Drone Pilot Shares Insights About Costs and Outcomes. ” End with a period INSIDE the quotation marks.

� Add the title of the website in ITALICS � Example: Thomas, Chris. “Send in the Drones: A Drone Pilot Shares Insights About Costs and Outcomes. ” Science News. If you have page numbers (Inspire/Ebsco): Science News 21 March 2015: 30. End with a period.

� Add the publisher information, add a comma, followed by the date in MLA format. � Example: Thomas, Chris. “Send in the Drones: A Drone Pilot Shares Insights About Costs and Outcomes. ” Science News. Association of Science, 21 March 2015. End with a period.

� Add the medium of publication. Example: Thomas, Chris. “Send in the Drones: A Drone Pilot Shares Insights About Costs and Outcomes. ” Science News. Association of Science, 21 March 2015. Web. End with a period.

Add the date accessed. Example: Thomas, Chris. “Send in the Drones: A Drone Pilot Shares Insights About Costs and Outcomes. ” Science News. Association of Science, 21 March 2015. Web. 7 April 2015. � Example 2: Smith, Chris. “Dialogue of the Year. " Controversies in the Media. Demand Media, 2014. Web. 24 February 2009. End with a period.

NOW THE FUN BEGINS! � Create citations for ALL 5 sources and alphabetize them by author’s last name. Alphabetize works with no known author by their title. � Double space all citations, but do not create extra spaces between entries (set the spacing to 2. 0 – do not manually create spaces using the “Enter” key).

TO CREATE THE WORKS CITED HTTPS: //OWL. ENGLISH. PURDUE. EDU/OWL/RESOURCE/747/05/ � Word document Works Cited centered at top � Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0. 5 inches to create a hanging indent. (see example) � Do not put URLs in your Works Cited. � Capitalize each work in the titles of articles and websites, but do not capitalize articles (a, an, the), prepositions or conjunctions unless it is the first work of the title. Ex: Gone with the Wind, The Art of War, There is Nothing Left to Lose

HANGING INDENT � Highlight all source info (not the Works Cited title) � Right click and select PARAGRAPH � Click on “Special” and change it to Hanging and click on “OK” You’re done! Good Job! ***type your name at the top of page (no heading) ***SAVE THIS DOCUMENT IN YOUR H: drive &