This document provides instructions for creating a Works Cited page, including formatting guidelines for different source types like reviews and websites. Key details include placing sources in alphabetical order, using italics for titles of larger works and websites, including the director's name for film reviews, and noting the publication date, author/sponsor, and retrieval date for online sources.

1. Creating a Works
Cited Page
Essay 1

2. Sample Works Cited Page

3. Berardinelli, James. “The English Patient.” Rev. of
The English Patient, dir. by Anthony
Minghella. Reelviews. James Berardinelli,
1996. Web. 12 Jan. 2012.
In Detail . . .

4. Berardinelli, James.
Note: Reverse, with the last name first. Remember to
use a comma to separate the last from first name. Add a
period.
Note: Remember to place the sources in alphabetical
order on your Works Cited List.
Author’s Name

5. “The English Patient.”
Note: This is one of the very few times that you will use
BOTH italics and quotations marks in a title! The name
of the movie should be italics. The name of the article is
the name of the movie. Another example:
“English Patient Tries Your Patience.”
Title of Article

6. Rev. of The English Patient, dir. by Anthony Minghella.
This section of the Works Cited entry indicates that you
have cited information from a review of a particular movie.
Typically, we also include information about the director of
the film. Why? The main reason is because there may be
two films with the same title.
Review and Director

7. Reelviews. James Berardinelli, 1996. Web. 12 Jan. 2012.
Place the name of the website in italics.
Follow with the name of the person or the group that sponsors
the page.
Add a comma and then, if you can find the year the
information was first put up on the website, include that year.
Include Web to indicate that you found the source online.
Finally, include the date that you found the information.
Website Information