5.14: Citing Your Sources - the Works Cited Page
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Writers cite sources in their work to not only acknowledge the origin of the information and ideas but also to make it easier for the reader to find those sources and read them themselves. This is the job of a Works Cited page. This separate page at the end of your essay lists all the sources used in the paper in alphabetical order and includes all information that could help the reader locate the original source itself.
What information to include, however, depends on what type of text the writer has used. Here is the basic list of information to include (in the order in which they appear):
- Author.
- Title of Source.
- Title of Container,
- Other Contributors,
- Version,
- Number,
- Publisher,
- Publication Date,
- Location.
All of this information does not apply to every source, however. The most common information you’ll need to include and the format for the sources in this class is as follows \({ }^{6}\) :
Author Title Publication
- Article in a Magazine/Newspaper (Online): One Author
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine/Newspaper, Date on web, Pages (if any), URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Khazan, Olga. "Forgetting and Remembering Your First Language." The Atlantic, 24 July 2014, www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/07/learning-forgetting-and-remember ing-your-firstlanguage/374906/. Accessed 2 Apr. 2015
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2. Article in a Journal (Online): One Author
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Volume, Issue, Date, Pages (if any), URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Gleckman, Jason. "Shakespeare as Poet or Playwright? The Player’s Speech in Hamlet." Early Modern Literary Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, Jan. 2006, purl.oclc.org/emls/11-3/glechaml.htm. Accessed 31 Mar. 2015
3. Video (Online): One Author
Author’s Last Name, First Name (if any). "Title of Work." Title of Site, Date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Davison, Devita. "How Urban Agriculture is Transforming Detroit." TED, April 2017, https://www.ted.com/talks/devita davison how urban agriculture is transforming de troit. Accessed 3 May 2021.
4. Article/Video with Two Authors
1st Author’s Last Name, First Name, and 2nd Author’s First and Last Names. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine/Newspaper, Date on web, Pages (if any), URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Deaton, Jeremy, and Gloria Oladipo. "Mapping the Disparities that Bred an Unequal Pandemic." Bloomberg, 30 September 2020, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-30/mapping-the-disparities-of-chic ago-s-unequal-pandemic. Accessed 2 April 2021.
5. Article/Video with Three or More Authors
1st Author’s Last Name, First Name, at al. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine/Newspaper, Date on web, Pages (if any), URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Chakrabarti, Vishaan, et al. "3 Ways We Can Redesign Cities for Equity and Inclusion." TED, May 2020, https://www.ted.com/talks/vishaan chakrabarti 3 ways we can redesign cities for e quity and inclusion. Accessed 3 May 2020.
Note:
- Capitalize all content words in a title.
- Pay attention to punctuation! Study the examples.
- On the Research Paper Source List, authors are listed in alphabetical order by last name, just like they need to be listed on the Works Cited page. In the body of the essay, however, the names should be flipped and the comma removed.
- A Works Cited page should be a separate page from the rest of the essay. To create a separate page on a PC, hit ctrl + enter; on a Mac, hit command + enter
A. Formatting
As the above examples show, the formatting for a Works Cited page is the inverse of a typical paragraph: each entry has a hanging indent. Watch this video to learn how to format your Works Cited page.
B. Extra Help: Resources
It can be confusing and difficult to understand where to look for the information required in a Works Cited page: where do you find the author? The date? The "container"? See the PDF below from the Pasco-Hernando State College Academic Success Center for help. In specific, check out pgs. 17, 19, 21: MLA Works Cited Style Guide
Let’s be honest: there are very few times outside of a timed writing setting when you’ll be required to compile your own Works Cited page by scratch. There are several methods that can help you in the process.
- Websites like EasyBib and CitationMachine will put all of the information in the correct order. However, a little knowledge of the required elements is helpful in double-checking the accuracy of these websites’ citations.
- For academic journal articles: if you’re using a database like EBSCOHost, the database will create a citation for you. See the end of this video for how to find citation information in almost any format, including MLA.
- The Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University is one of the foremost and most complete free guides to citing and citation. If you have any questions, you’ll most likely be able to find the answer there.
The following is a sample Works Cited page, including formatting, from the OWL Purdue website.
Works Cited
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." The New York Times, 22 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/earth/22ander.html?_r=0. Accessed 12 May 2016.
Ebert, Roger. Review of An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com, 1 June 2006, http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-inconvenient-truth-2006. Accessed 15 June 2016.
Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 27-36.
An Inconvenient Truth. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, performances by Al Gore and Billy West, Paramount, 2006.
Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. Springer, 2005.
Milken, Michael, et al. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, 2006, p. 63.
Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review, vol. 96, no. 2, 2006, pp. 31-34.
PRACTICE 1: Formatting Works Cited Entries
Format the following source information that was copied from easybib.com and EBSCOHost. Remember to make the hanging indent and put the sources in alphabetical order.
McDonough, William. "How Cities Could Save Us." Scientific American, vol. 317, no. 1, July 2017, pp. 44-48. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0717-44.
Poon, Linda and Marie Patino. "A History of Protests Against Police Brutality." Bloomberg CityLab, 9 June 2020.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-09/a-history-of-protests-against-police-brutalit y?srnd=citylab. Accessed 3 May 2021.
Kerry, Vanessa. "Global Healthcare Revolutionary." TED. 12 July 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hYlgWflOa4. Accessed 3 May 2021.
Rotman, David. "Making AI into Jobs. (Cover Story)." MIT Technology Review, vol. 121, no. 4, July 2018, pp. 10-17. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.proxy.cc.uic.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=130151292. Accessed 3 May 2021.
Lee, Kelley. "Globalisation: What Is It and How Does It Affect Health?" Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 180, no. 4, Aug. 2004, pp. 156-158., doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05855.x.
Pistono, Federico. "Robots Will Steal Your Job, but That’s OK." TED. 8 Dec 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYlfeZcXA9U. Accessed 3 May 2021.
PRACTICE 2: Compiling Works Cited Entries
Compile citation information for the three sources in your research paper. List them below using appropriate MLA format.
Your sources:
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