V. Creating a Works Cited Page

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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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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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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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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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• OK so what does it look like?

• 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, 1985. 33-59. Rpt.
  in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed.
  Paula Kepos. Vol. 37. Detroit The Gale
  Group, 1991. 198-200.
• Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow
  Wall-paper. The YellowW Other Stories. New
  York Modern Library, 2000. Print.

All text is double-spaced, and there are no line
spaces between entries.
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More Rules for Works Cited

• The authors 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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Works Cited Entry for a Book
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, 1998. Print.
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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 Gilmans time (qtd. in
Roth).
Works Cited Entry
Roth, Marty. Gilmans Arabesque Wallpaper.
Mosaic 34.4 (2001) 145-163. Literature
Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Web. 27 June
2006.
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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.

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Works Cited Entry for a Web Site
In-text Citation
Deborah Thomas notes that in Charlotte Gilmans
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.
Works Cited Entry
Thomas, Deborah. The Changing Role of Womanhood
From True Woman to New Woman in Charlotte
Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper.
American Literature Research and Analysis Web
Site. Florida Gulf Coast University.
September 1997. Web. 26 June 2006.
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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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Due by End of Period Today

• Your works cited with
• Primary source youve chosen
• The three sources weve provided (see Works Cited
  Page on my website to copy and paste entries).
• The two additional sources youve found. Only
  One can be a website.
• Using Wikipedia is an automatic zero!!
• Print your works cited page when completed. Put
  your last name and page number in the header.
• Then begin to take notes or choose Poem for
  Wednesdays writing assignment from
  Poetryoutloud.org

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• OK so what does it look like?

• 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, 1985. 33-59. Rpt.
  in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed.
  Paula Kepos. Vol. 37. Detroit The Gale
  Group, 1991. 198-200.
• Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow
  Wall-paper. The YellowW Other Stories. New
  York Modern Library, 2000. Print.

All text is double-spaced, and there are no line
spaces between entries.
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For More Information

• Visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab for more
  information about formatting various Works Cited
  entries in MLA format at
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/resea
  rch/r_mla.html.

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• Now I need to learn how to use the information
  from my sources in my paper.
• How can I use quotations and avoid plagiarism?