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Works Cited
Vocabulary
Source-n.
works-n./pl.
Cite-v.
works cited-n.
Intellectual property-n.
format-n./v
Objectives
-Learn how to give credit to others intellectual property in an organized way.
-Use examples to help you.
-Practice
The goal is to be able to cite various sources of media that may be used in a paper or presentation by
someone who is not the original creator. The task is to practice organizing the information included
in a cited source properly. Practice examples will include citing quotes or information from written
works (books, magazines, newspapers), images of artwork (paintings, drawings, photos), music
(songs/albums) and what to do if the information comes from the internet.
Web Sites for Works Cited. There are so many resources to help you cite sources!
1. Go to www.mla.org
2. What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
3. Now go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
4. What does OWL stand for and which University hosts the website?
Online Writing Lab and the University is Purdue
In the ribbon at the top, click on Research and Citation, then on left side tabs, click on MLA
Style, then click on MLA Overview and Work shop, then scroll down to Works Cited Page: Basic
Format and click on that. Read through the document and answer the questions below.
5. Where should the works cited page be in a research or presentation?
On a separate page at the end of a research paper. Should have one-inch margins, last
name, and page number header as the rest of the paper.
6. How should you list authors names in a works cited?
Alphabetically by last name first, middle names or middle initials follow the first name.
9. How do you know when to use italics for a title or quotations when citing a source?
For titles of larger works and quotation marks for shorter works.
10. How should you list sources with an unknown author?
Alphabetize works that do not have a known author. Use a shortened version of the title
in the parenthetical citations in a paper.
Practice!
Find an example of each of the following types of media sources and write the example you find in
the box provided under each.
Book Example:
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987.
Poem or Short Story Example:
Burns, Robert. Red, Red Rose. 100 Best-Loved Poems. Ed Philip
Smith. New York: Dover, 1995. 26. Print.