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22.3: How to Set Up Your Works Cited Page

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    For more information about MLA format, visit butlercc.libguides.com/mla

    • Capitalize the main words in the document title. If there is a colon in the title (a subtitle), capitalize the main words after the colon.
    • Alphabetize your Works Cited list by the first word of the citation, usually the author's last name. If there is no author, alphabetize by the first main word in the title (ignore A, An, or The).
    • Double space all of the citations on your Works Cited page.
    • Indent the second & following lines of the citation 0.5 inches.
    • Page Numbers: If an article is several continuous pages long, use inclusive page numbers (e.g., 21-23). If the article is several pages long but the pages are not continuous, use the first page number followed by a + sign (e.g., 14+).
    • Abbreviating Months: When you include the month in the publication date or date of access, abbreviate to the first three letters (e.g., Dec.). September is abbreviated as Sept. May, June, & July do not need abbreviations.

    Example Works Cited Page

     

    Works Cited

    Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex. Translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier, Knopf, 2009.

    Dolesh, Richard J. “Parks Saving the Monarch.” Parks & Recreation, vol. 51, no. 4, Apr. 2016, pp. 52-57. EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier,

           http://search.ebscohost.com.butlerli...=true&db=aph&A N=108390820&site=ehost-live.

    “Global Cotton Production Volume from 1990 to 2016 (in 1,000 Bales)*.” National Cotton Council, 2016. Statista,

           http://www.statista.com/statistics/2...de-since-1990/.

    Haffner, Craig, and Donna E. Lusitana, executive producers. The Presidents: 1865- 1885. The History Channel, 2005. Films on Demand,

           http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlayli...465&xtid=43177.

    Jeandron, Carol, and Gail Robinson. Creating a Climate for Service Learning Success. American Association of Community Colleges, 2010.

    Kaczynski, David. “My Brother, the Unabomber.” Psychology Today, vol. 49, no. 1, Jan./Feb. 2016, pp. 68-76.

    Norville, Valerie. “The Role of Women in Global Security.” World Peace, edited by Margaret Haerens, Greenhaven Press, 2015, pp. 116-130.

    Padian, Kevin. “Origin of Dinosaurs.” Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, edited by Philip J. Currie and Kevin Padian, Elsevier Science & Technology, 1997. Credo

           Reference, http://search.credoreference.com/con...entry/estdino/ origin_of_dinosaurs/0.

    See this page for an annotated example MLA paper from the Purdue OWL. See this video for more help formatting a Works Cited page in MLA 9 from Roberts Library.

    Exercise 22.3: How to Set Up Your Works Cited Page

    In this exercise, create a Works Cited list based on the sources below using the information in this chapter. 

    Sources:

    1. Peirson-Smith, Anne, and Ben Peirson-Smith. “Fashion Archive Fervour: The Critical Role of Fashion Archives in Preserving, Curating, and Narrating Fashion.” Archives & Records, vol. 41, no. 3, Winter 2020, pp. 274–98. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/23257962.2020.1813556.
    2. The Fashion Archive. “Jean Paul Gaultier & 90s Supermodels.” YouTube, uploaded by The Fashion Archive, 10 March 2022, https://youtu.be/mhr-V-UUlVw
    3. Sandlin, Miyo, and Joseph Anderson. “Fashion for All Using Augmented Reality to Explore Digital Archives.” Online Searcher, vol. 45, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 9–10. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohostcom.butlerli...site=ehostlive.
    4. @fasharchsu. “Things at the Fashion Archives & Muesum that just make sense #museummoment #fashion #tiktok #helenbentley.” TikTok, 24 Feb., https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdmAngHB/
    5. White, Renee Minus. “‘Incomparable Women of Style’ Photo Exhibit at FIT.” New York Amsterdam News, vol. 102, no. 43, 27 Oct. 2011, p. 21. EBSCOhost, https://searchebscohostcom.butlerlib...ite=ehost-live.
    6. Hijab-Wearing Model Struts Her Stuff. Not Available. EBSCOhost, discovery.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=ac74776d-1a6b-3a60-b7bc-bc84b4a8c666. Accessed 29 Mar. 2022.
    7. “Fashion Institute of Technology.” Wikipedia, 26 March 2022, https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashio..._of_Technology. Accessed 29 2022.
    8. Reynolds, Marcellas. Supreme Models. Abrams. 2019

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