Research Notes Part 1 Works Cited

Research Notes Part 1 Works Cited

SOURCE An item (book, website, database, interview, etc.) that supplies information

WORKS CITED An alphabetical list of works used in a research paper to document information from sources.

Purpose of Works Cited -To display the sources that were used for a project so others can locate the information -To give credit to the original author of the work

Works Cited uses MLA (Modern Language Association) style. In MLA s most recent edition, now, there is one standard, universal format that researchers can use to create their citations.

List of sources used on a Works Cited page: Books (fiction/ nonfiction) Encyclopedia Articles Dictionary Entries Magazine Articles Database Articles Webpages

STEPS 1. The documentation of your sources will be built from the information you collect. You will need to find information using the following questions: WHO is the author of your source? WHAT is the title of your source? HOW was the source published? WHERE did you find the source? WHEN was the source published?

STEPS 2. After you gather your information from your sources, you will BUILD a Works Cited entry for each of your sources. Each source is displayed in a special format. To build a Works Cited citation, you will need to follow the format for containers.

CONTAINERS the elements that hold the source Example: If a television episode is watched on Netflix, Netflix is the container. Both the title of the source and its container are included.

CORE ELEMENTS 1. Author. Period *** 2. Title of source. Period *** 3. Title of container, Comma *** 4. Other contributors, Comma 5. Version, Comma 6. Number, Comma 7. Publisher, Comma *** 8. Publication date, Comma *** 9. Location. Period ***

#1, #2, and #9 end with period- even if there is no Location, always end with a period!

1. Author. Start with the author s last name, follow it with a comma, and add the rest of the author s name exactly as it appears on the source. Immediately following the author s name is a period. Examples: Sparks, Nicholas. Seuss, Dr.

2. Title of source. Include all words in the title and any subtitles as well. Titles of works are placed in italics (underlined when handwriting). If the title is part of a larger work, such as a short story in an anthology, or a chapter in an edited book, place the title in quotation marks and the title of the larger work in italics.

The same rule applies to other forms as well. Title of article & Name of magazine/newspaper/journal Article on website & Title of Website Episodes of TV shows & Name of TV series Song titles & Album names If a subtitle is given, place a colon (:) in between the title and the subtitle. Example: Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World.

3. Title of container, Titles do not always stand alone. They are often found in a larger whole, or a container. Examples of containers: A chapter is placed in a container, which is the book it sits in A song is placed in a container, which is the album it is on An online article sits in a container, which is the website

When a source has a container, place the title of the work (#2) in quotation marks and add a period directly afterwards. For the container (#3), place it in italics and add a comma.

4. Other contributors, Often, other people may be credited in the source as contributors Precede each name with a description of the role Examples: edited by, narrated by, translated by 5. Version, Sources can be released in different versions, or forms. For example, a book can have various versions such as a first edition or a second edition. For books, the version can often be found on the front cover. If it is a numbered edition, type out the numeral and use the abbreviation ed. 6. Number, The source you are documenting may be part of a numbered sequence. Example: a text too long to be printed in one book may be issued in different volumes. Journal issues are usually numbered, and some journals use both volume and issue numbers.

7. Publisher, The publisher is the company that is responsible for making the work To locate the publisher: BOOK: bottom of the title page WEBSITE: often next to the copyright symbol at the bottom of the page

NOTE: When the name of a website matches the name of the publisher, omit the publisher from the citation. You do not need to repeat it twice!

8. Publication date, The publication date is the date that the source was released MLA format for dates: Day Month Year All months except for May, June and July are abbreviated (ex. Oct.) Example: Today s date would be

9. Location. Include the exact location of where you found your information so that the reader can locate it themselves. When including web site addresses in a citation, omit the http:// or https:// of the citation. For online works, include the date of access in the following format, AFTER the web address: Accessed Day Month Year End with a period.

For the freshmen research project, we will be focusing on the following sources: Nonfiction book Webpage Gale Online article (database)

EXAMPLES OF EACH SOURCE BOOK Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999.

WEBPAGE White, Lori. The Newest Fad in People Helping People: Little Free Pantries. Upworthy, Cloud Tiger Media, 3 Aug. 2016, www.upworthy.com/the-newest-fad-inpeople- helping-people-little-freepantries?g=2&c=hpstream. Accessed 28 Sept. 2017.

GALE ONLINE DATABASE ARTICLE Egan, Timothy. "What if Hitler Had Invaded Britain?" New York Times, 29 July 2017, p. A24(L). General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=itof&sw =w&u=manh78797&v=2.1&it=r&id=ga LE%7CA499483048&asid=7e16f94249 349a3284ce24633fe17474. Accessed 18 Sept. 2017.

Sometimes elements #3-9 will repeat again. Example: if the article came from a library database, then additional information will be needed. The title of the database will be found in the location, which will come AFTER the publication date and BEFORE the URL. The title of the database is in italics.

Setting up a Works Cited page Works Cited lists are typically found at the very end of a project. Citations are listed in alphabetical order by the first word in the citation, which is typically the last name of the author. When there is no author listed for a source, place it in alphabetical order by the title. Omit words such as A, An, and The If the title begins with a number, write the number out in word form

How to create a Works Cited page Works Cited (centered on page, no italics or ) 1. 12 pt font, Times New Roman 2. Entries in alphabetical order 3. Double space all entries 4. Hanging indentation if entry goes beyond 1 line LIKE THIS!

EXAMPLE 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. 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. Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. Springer, 2005. Revkin, Andrew C. Clinton on Climate Change. The New York Times, 17 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/1194817109438/clinton-on-climatechange.html. Accessed 29 July 2016. Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge UP, 2003.