Sample: Hanging Indent format help? Google Doc? Or Microsoft Word Doc? Check link on WR Library web page: Research Skills Formatting made easy for directions. Works Cited Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks, Inc. 2014. http://www.autismspeaks.org/. Accessed, 12 Dec. 2016. Autism Spectrum Disorders. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. National Institutes of Health, 6 Aug. 2015, http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/asd.cfm. Accessed 1 Dec 2016. Benaron, Lisa D. Autism. Connecticut: Greenwood, 2009. Fergus, Kathleen. Autism. Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. Editor, Brigham Narins. Vol. 1. 2 nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2015. pp. 6-8. 2 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. West Ranch High School. http:find.galegroup.com/. Accessed 20 Mar. 2016. Rodier, Patricai. Autism. The World Book Encyclopedia. 2011. Sternberg, Barbara S. Autism. The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Editors. Ellen Thackery and Madeline Harris. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2008. pp. 97-102. Important: DO NOT list sources if that are not used OR cited within your paper. Library Catalog Steps for Works Cited: 1. Type book title in search box, click title button 2. Open details 3. Copy ISBN # 4. Use ISBN # with a MLA program; Easybib or Bibme to format 5. Save MLA citation to your Works Cited page. Works Cited Page Checklist: Double space throughout. Entries are in alphabetical order by first word of the entry Do Not number entries If no author is listed, start entry with title ***Remembering to ignore: the, a, an at the start of a title when alphabetizing. First line of entry is aligned with the left margin All subsequent lines are indented ½ or 5 spaces or use hanging indent format One inch margins Typing guidelines: -2 spaces after periods (.) -1 space after commas (,) -1 space after colons (:)
Works Cited Examples (MLA) The Core Elements to look for: 1. Author. 2. Title of source. 3. Title of container, 4. Other contributors, 5. Version, 6. Number, 7. Publisher, 8. Publication date, 9. Location. Book by one author Make your documentation useful to readers Think about the sources you are documenting Select the information about the sources that is appropriate to the project you are creating Organize it logically and without complication. Author. (last name, first-period) Title. (italic -period) Publisher, (comma, Year. (period) Armento, Beverly J. Ecos de Pasado. Houghton Mifflin, 2002 Book by two Authors Author, (last name, first-comma) and Second Author. (normal order period) Title. (italic -period) Publisher, (comma) Year. (period) Tillich, Paul, and Robert C. Moore. The Research Process. Harvard University Press, 2000. Book by more than three authors First Named Author. (last name, first-period) et al. Title. (italic period). Publisher, (comma) Year. (period) Tillich, Paul, et al. Voting. University of Chicago Press, 2003. Book compiled by an Editor Book compiled by a Corporate author or group Editor, (last name, first comma) editor. Title. (italic -period) Publisher, (comma) Year. (period) Anderson, John, editor. The World of Energy. Knopf, 2002. Corporate Name. (period) Title. (italic -period) (comma) Year. Horizon Magazine. The Horizon Book of Ancient Greece. American Heritage Publishing, 2003. Encyclopedias, Multivolume Works, Anthologies Encyclopedia Author named (Author s name appears at the end of the article) Author. (last name, first period) Article Title. (periodquotation marks) Title of Encyclopedia. (italic -period). Year (period) White, Joseph. Ancient Egypt. World Book Encyclopedia. 2006.
Encyclopedia no author Article Title. (period-quotation marks) Title of Encyclopedia. (italic period) Year. (period) Spiders. Encyclopedia Americana. 2006. Multiple publishers: if the title page lists two or more different publishers, include the first only unless the two or more organizations named seem equally responsible for the work, cite each of them separating the names with a forward slash (/) A work in an anthology Author. (last name, first period) Title of Piece. (period quotation marks) Trans., Ed. or Comp. (Translated by, Edited by or Compiled by in normal order period). Title of anthology. ( italic period) Publisher, (comma) Year, (comma). pp. (pp period) Page numbers. (period). Allende, Isabel. Toad s Mouth. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie. Plume, 2002. pp. 83-88. A Multivolume work No author. When using two or more volumes, cite the total number of volumes. When using one volume, cite the volume # used. Editor, (last name, first comma) ed. Title. ( italic -period Vol. number period) Publisher, (comma) Year. (period) Magill, Frank., ed. Dictionary of World Biography: The 20 th Century, A-GI. Vol. 7. Fitzroy, Dearborn Publishers, Salem Press, 2009. OR more than one volume: Magill, Frank, ed. Dictionary of World Biography: The 20 th Century, A-GI. 9 vols. Fitzroy Publishers, Salem Press, 2009. A Multivolume work Author named When using two or more volumes, cite the total number of volumes. When using one volume, cite the volume # used. Author, (last name, first--period) Title of Piece. (period quotation marks) Title of work. (italic period) Edited by (name as appears on title page period) Publisher, (comma) Year. (period) Williams, Sue. Marian Anderson. Dictionary of World Biography: the 20 th Century A-GI. Vol. 7. Edited by Frank N. Magill. Salem Pres, 2009.
For a Magazine or Newspaper Abbreviate the names of all months except May June and July Give the volume and issue numbers If an edition is listed on the masthead, add a comma after the date and specify the edition (e.g. natl., ed., late ed.) Weekly Magazine Author named See below for Monthly example Author. (last name, first period) Article Title. (period quotation marks) Periodical Title (underlined) vol. 128, (volume & # comma) Day Month. (month abbreviated period) Year, (comma) pp. ( page #)(period) Print. Swanson, Don. My Life in Africa. People. vol. 115, 15 Sept. 2002, pp. 45-48. Monthly Magazine Author Not named See above for Weekly example Newspaper Article Article Title. (period quotation marks) Periodical Title (italic) Month Year: (month abbreviated comma): Pages. (period) The Odds of March. Life Dec. 2006, pp. 38. Author. (last name, first period) Article Title. (period quotation marks) Title (italic) Day Month Year, (month abbreviated comma) edition.: (comma) Page number +.(use + if article continues on another page period) Walsh, Molly. Tightened Security Offers Peace of Mind. New York Times 7 Aug. 2004, late edition., A3+. Electronic and Miscellaneous sources Note: If you cannot find some information, cite as much as you can, but you should always question the reliability of a source if too much information is missing. The location of an online work is commonly indicated by its URL or Web address. It is recommended to include the URL unless instructor ask you to omit. Entire Internet Site Author. if known (last name, first period) Title of Work. (quotation marks period) Title of Site. (italic period) Publisher or sponsor of site if known (period). Date site was last updated. (Day Month year period). Web site address. Accessed. (Date of access) (period) Ross, Don. Game Theory. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. Center for the Study of Language. Fall 2002. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game_theory/. Accessed 23 July 2013.
E-Mail Author. (last name, first period) Subject line from the E- mail message. (quotation marks period) Description of message that includes recipient. (e.g., Email to the author period) Date of sending. (Day Month Year period) Example: Baker, Virginia. Tips for finding sources. Email to Jane Doe. 5 Dec. 2008.
Works Cited MLA Handbook, 8 th edition, The Modern Language Association of America, 2016.