Creating aCreating a WORKS CITED PAGEWORKS CITED PAGE

Using MLA Style 7th Edition Format

Begin on a separate page and number Begin on a separate page and number

consecutively consecutively At the centre top of your page type:At the centre top of your page type:

Works CitedWorks Cited

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Arrange your items in Arrange your items in ALPHABETICALALPHABETICAL order by author.order by author.

If there is no author begin with the title.If there is no author begin with the title. Remember to include “a”, “an” or “the” Remember to include “a”, “an” or “the”

in the title, but ignore for the purpose of in the title, but ignore for the purpose of alphabetization.alphabetization.

Works Cited

A Waterdown Warrior Makes All Other Athletes Look Like

‘Wannabe’s “’.” The Hamilton Spectator. October 5, 2008,

C 4. Print.

Barton, Philip. Life in the Big City. New York: Harcourt, Feb. 2009.

2008. Print.

Dean, Joseph. Why You Need Post-Secondary Education.

Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Print.

McGraw, Mary. WDHS: Best School Ever! Waterdown

District High School Online, Feb. 2009. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.

< www.margieweb.edu.ca >.

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Did you see the error?

Works Cited

Barton, Paul. Don’t Park in Staff Parking!. New York: Harcourt,

2009. Print.

Dean, Joseph. Why You Need Post-Secondary Education.

Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Print.

McGraw, Mary. WDHS: Best School Ever!. Waterdown District High School

Online, Feb. 2009. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.

< www.hwdsbweb.edu.ca >.

“A Waterdown Warrior Makes All Other Athletes Look Like

‘Wannabe’s’.” The Hamilton Spectator. 5 Oct. 2008: C 4. Print.

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Let’s see how observant you are:

If an entry is longer than one line across the page, where do you begin the carry over lines?

Indent 5 spaces Indent 5 spaces (hit Tab key once)(hit Tab key once)

If a title appears in quotation marks, where does the period go - inside or

outside the quotation marks?

like this “ .”

or

like this “ ”. ?

The answer is

“INSIDE.”

Do you number each entry?

No.

Note the punctuation:Note the punctuation:1. Between the authors 1. Between the authors surname and firsurname and fir

PUNCTUATIONPUNCTUATION

1. Between the author’s surname 1. Between the author’s surname andand f first name ,irst name ,

2. After the author’s name .2. After the author’s name .3. After a 3. After a major titlemajor title . .4. After city of publication :4. After city of publication :5. At end of entry .5. At end of entry .

P.S. Italicize the main title

DATE

For date of publication, always use the most recent edition.

Therefore, if a book is published in 1997, 2000, and 2008, use 2008 in your bibliography.

PLACE

For place of publication, always use the first one listed.

Therefore, if the book was printed in Toronto, New York and Waterdown…..use Toronto.

When listing the author(s), you must include all of them in the

order in which they appear.

But...

The first author is listed by surname first, then first name:

Brown, Bart

The next two are written in normal order:

Brown, Bart, David Duchene and Elton Fraser .

With 4 or more authors, you list the first one in the usual way:

Bourne, Jason

and then use the handy little Latin phrase “et al.” , which means ‘and all

the others.” for the remaining 3+ authors.

Bourne, Jason, et al. Identity and Supremacy . . . ETC.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF OTHER EXAMPLES OF CITATIONSCITATIONS

INTERNET:

Include as much information as possible:

Surname, first name. “Title of page.” Title of

project, database, or professional site. Name

of Organization sponsoring the web site, Date of

posting. Web. Date you viewed the site .

<URL>.

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Works Cited

Thomas, Robert. “Symbolism in ‘The Road Not

Taken’.” Poets Alive. University of California, Aug.

2006. Web. 10 Sept. 2009. <

www.poetsalive.edu.Ucal.html>.

MAGAZINES

Steacy, Anne. “Losing the Race Against Drug

Dealers.” Maclean’s 18 Aug. 2008: 45-48.

Print.

NEWSPAPERS

“Students Face Tight Housing Market.” The

Globe and Mail 22 Oct. 2006:C5. Print.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

“Canadian Football League.” The Illustrated History

of Football Encyclopedia. Ed. Jerome

Green. 2 vols. New York: MacMillan, 1999. Print.

Southam, Brian. “Austen, Jane.” Encyclopedia

Britannica: Macropaedia. 1986 ed. Print.

VIDEO

Julie and Julia. Dir. Nora Ephron. Perf.

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams. Columbia

Home Video, 2009. Film.

INTERVIEW

Wiseman, Adele. Personal interview. 19

Oct. 2009.

THE ENDThank you for your attention.

Remember to always consult the WDHS MLA Style Guide and ask for

assistance if you need it.