Works Cited or Bibliography MLA Format How to Cite Sources: Website

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1 How to Cite Sources: Website Directions: Find the information listed below and write it in order on the lines provided. Make sure you include the punctuation as it is shown [Look in brackets for details.] It should look like the example below when you are finished. Indent all lines, except for the 1 st line. If you cannot find some information ask for help, if something isn t listed on the website just skip it. 1. Author s last name, [Put a comma after the last name] 2. Author s first name. [If no middle initial, put a period after the first name] 3. Author s middle Initial. [Put a period after middle initial] 4. Title of article. [Put title of article in quotes. Put a period after title of article.] 5. Title of website. [Italicize title. Put a period after title.] 6. Producer/publisher of the website, [Put a comma after name of publisher.] 7. Date created. [Day Month Year. Put a period after date.] 8. Web. [Put a period after Web.] 9. Date when accessed. [Day Month Year. Put a period after date.] 10. <URL>. [Put website address inside angle brackets < >. Put a period after closing bracket.] Author s last name, Author s first name. Author s middle initial. Title of article. Title of website. Producer/publisher of website. Date created. Web. Date when accessed. <URL>. About Astronauts. Astronaut Biographies. NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 6 May Web. 21 Oct < Electronic Electronic Electronic Electronic Electronic Electronic Electronic Electronic

2 How to Cite Sources: Online Encyclopedia Directions: Find the information listed below for your encyclopedia article and write it in order on the lines provided. Make sure you include the punctuation as it is shown. It should look like the example below when you are finished. Indent all lines, except for the 1 st line. If you cannot find some information ask for help, or if you know it is definitely missing just skip it. 1. Author s (of article) last name, [Put a comma after the last name] 2. Author s (of article) first name. [Put a period after the first name] 3. Author s (of article) middle name. [Put a period after the middle initial] 4. Title of article. [Put title of article in quotes. Put a period after title.] 5. Title of Online Encyclopedia. [Italicize title. Put a period after title.] 6. Copyright date of encyclopedia. [Put a period after the year.] 7. Producer/publisher of online encyclopedia. [Put a period after.] 8. Date when accessed [Day Month Year] 9. <url>. [Put website address inside angle brackets < >. Put a period after closing bracket.] Author (of article) last name, First name. Middle Initial. Title of article. Title of Online Encyclopedia. Copyright date of encyclopedia. Producer/publisher of online encyclopedia. Date when accessed <url>. New York: Geography. America the Beautiful Grolier Online. 12 November 2008 <

3 How to Cite Sources: Magazine or Newspaper Article from a Library s Online Database Directions: Find the information listed below and write it in order on the lines provided. Make sure you include the punctuation as it is shown. It should look like the example below when you are finished. Indent all lines, except for the 1 st line. If you cannot find some information ask for help, or if you know it is definitely missing just skip it. 1. Author of the article s last name, [Put a comma after the last name,] 2. Author of the article s first name. [If no middle initial, put a period after the first name.] 3. Author of the article s middle initial. [Put a period after the middle initial.] 4. Title or headline of article. [Put title of article in quotes. Put a period after title.] 5. Title of Online magazine or newspaper [Italicize the title] 6. Date of magazine or newspaper: [Day Month Year Put a colon after the year:] 7. Page numbers of article if given. [Put a period after the page numbers.] 8. Name of the Database. [Italicize the name. Put a period after the database name.] 9. Publisher of Database. [Put a period after the publisher.] 10. Name of the Library, City, State of Library. [Put a comma after the library, a comma after the city, and a period after the state. 11. Date when accessed from site. [Day Month Year. Put a period after the date.] 12. <url>. [Put website address inside angle brackets < >. Put a period after closing bracket.] Author of the article s last name, First name. Middle initial. Title or headline of article. Title of Online magazine or newspaper Date of magazine or newspaper: page numbers. Database name. Publisher of Database. Library name, City, State. Date when accessed from site. <url>. Buckwalter, Janet. Chocolate: the happy food (or, take your medicine). Appleseeds Feb. 2006: 25. Kids InfoBits. Gale. Nassau Elementary School Library, Poughkeepsie, NY. 8 Jan < Candy Bars. World Watch May/June 2008: 1. Kids Search. EBSCOhost. Nassau Elementary School Library, Poughkeepsie, NY. 8 Jan <

4 How to Cite Sources: Book Directions: Find the citation information for your books and write it in the proper order on the lines provided. The information is usually located on the title page and the back of the title page. Make sure you include the punctuation as it is shown. It should look like the example below when you are finished. Indent all lines, except for the 1 st line. If you cannot find some information ask for help, or if you know it is definitely missing just skip it. 1. Author s last name, [Put a comma after the last name] 2. Author s first name. [If no middle initial, put a period after the first name] 3. Author s middle initial. [Put a period after the middle initial] 4. Title of book. [Italicize the title. Put a period after the title.] 5. Edition. [Put a period after the edition.] 6. Place of publication: [City, State. Put a colon: after the state.] 7. Publisher, [Put a comma after the publisher,] 8. Year of publication. [Put a period after the year.] 9. Print. [Put a period after the word print.] Author s last name, First name. Middle initial. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Examples: Davis, Kenneth C. Rosa Parks. New York: Harper Collins, Print. Siegel, Beatrice. The Year They Walked: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. New York: Four Winds Press, Print.

5 How to Cite Sources: Encyclopedia Directions: Find the information listed below and write it in order on the lines provided. Make sure you include the punctuation as it is shown. It should look like the example below when you are finished. Indent all lines, except for the 1 st line. If you cannot find some information ask for help, or if you know it is definitely missing just leave it out. 1. Author of the article s last name, [Put a comma after the last name] 2. Author of the article s first name. [In no middle initial, put a period after the first name] 3. Author of the article s middle initial. [Put a period after the middle initial] 4. Title of article. [Put title of article in quotes. Put a period after title.] 5. Title of Encyclopedia. [Italicize title of encyclopedia. Put a period after title. 6. Year of publication ed. [Put a period after the ed.] 7. Print. [Put a period after the word Print.] Examples: Author of article s last name, First name. Middle initial. Title of article. Title of Encyclopedia. Date of publication ed. (Author is unknown) Pioneer life in America. The World Book Encyclopedia ed. Print. (Author s Name is located on the last page of the topic) Hutchins, Ross E. Spiders. The New Book of Knowledge ed. Print.