This document provides instructions for creating a Works Cited page using MLA format. It explains that there must be a one-to-one correspondence between parenthetical citations in the essay and entries in the Works Cited page. The Works Cited page should begin on a new page after the essay, use a centered title, and list entries alphabetically by author's last name. Basic entry formats are provided for different source types including books, articles from anthologies or journals, newspaper articles, websites, and more. Help resources for creating Works Cited pages are also listed.

1. Creating the Works Cited pageConnect parenthetical citation to actual source

2. Basic ConceptThere is a 1:1 relationship between in-text/parenthetical citations and the Works Cited page:For every parenthetical citation in the essay there must be a corresponding works cited entryFor every source listed on the Works Cited page, there must be a corresponding in-text/parenthetical citation

3. Setting up the Works Cited page: Basic RulesBegin the Works Cited list on a NEW page

4. do not put the Works Cited list on the last page of your essay – start the list on a new page!

5. title the page – Works Cited

6. center the title at the top of the page

7. Double space all entries

8. Do not double space between entriesBasic Rules - continuedList items alphabetically by the author’s last name(use a comma to separate the last name from the first and middle names)James Fennimore Cooper = Cooper, James Fennimoreif the work cited was written by two or more person, alphabetize by the last name of the first author listed on the title page or cover.Basic Rules: continuedUnderlineoritalicize titles of LARGER WORKS (Books, Magazines, Journals, etc)

9. Be consistent either underline titles or italicize titles – don’t underline and italicize – i.e. Gone with the Wind or Gone with the WindNewsweek or Newsweek

10. Basic Rules: still moreUse quotation “marks” to indicate titles of shorter works (poems, articles, stories, essays etc) that are contained within a larger volume of work – i.e. an anthology or collection, articles in a magazine, newspaper, or journal.Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Spudding Out,” Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture.

11. Basic Entry FormatWorks Cited entries present their bibliographic information in three (3) basic chunks:Author information – (authors or sources of material) followed byTitle information (name of book, magazine, journal, website, organization, etc.) followed byPublication information (place of publication, name of publisher, and year of publication)

12. Basic Entry Formats: BooksAuthor, or Authors. Book Title. City of publication: Publisher. Date of publication.Twain, Mark. Pudd’nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins. London: Penguin Classics. 1986.

13. Basic Entry Formats: Work from an anthology or collectionLast name, First name. “Title of Work,” Title of Collection or Anthology. Ed - Editor’s names. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. PagesEhrenreich, Barbara. “Spudding Out,” Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture, 5th ed. Ed. Michael Petracca and Madeline Sorapure. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. 146-49.

14. Basic Entry Formats: Periodicals(i.e. Time, Newsweek, US News, Ladies Home Journal. People, etc):Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Day Month Year: page rangeTumulty, Karen and David Von Drehle. “Ready to Rumble,” Time.17 March 2008: 28-32

15. Basic Entry Format: Article in Scholarly Journal or Magazine (i.e. Professional Journals, Scientific American, American Heritage, Atlantic Monthly, Harpers)Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Volume. Issue (Year): pages.Crook, Clive. “Sins of Emission,” TheAtlantic Monthly. 30.3 (2008): 32-34

16. Basic Entry Format: Article in a Newspaper National (NY Times, Washington Post, USA Today):Author(s). “Title of Article,” Name of Paper.Day Month Year: sectionArticle in Newspaper – local:Author(s). “Title of Article,” News and Advance. (Lynchburg, VA ) Day Month Year: section

17. Web SourcesCommon requirements:Author(s) or Editors namesName of database, book, project title, or articleDate of version, revision, or postingPublisher InformationDate you accessed the siteWeb address – all of it!