MLA Citation STEP 1: WORKS CITED PAGE WHY? The information provided on the Works Cited page determines how you will format the in-text citations. It is a huge help to you when preparing your in-text citations IF you have your Works Cited page completed. FORMATTING THE Formatting Rules: WORKS CITED PAGE In MLA format, the page on which you list all of your sources is labeled Cited”. “Works All entries are listed in Do group sources according to format (don’t alphabetical order. not group all websites together and all databases together). The line of each new entry is not indented; the second (and all other lines) are indented 1 first tab key (approximately 5 spaces). The entire page is double spaced. Do number your sources or use bullet points. not Examples: Christian F. The Powhatan Tribes. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990. Print. The Mighty Cheiftains. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1993. Print. Weslager, C. A. The Delaware Indians: A History.New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Print. CITING A WEBSITE Format for a Specific Page on a Website: Last Name, First name. of article”. Name of site. Name of Institution/organization affiliated “Title with the site, date of source creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. <full web address> Example: Toothman, Jessica and Aldous. Solar Cells Work.” How Stuff Works. Discovery Company, “How 2011. Web. 21 September 2011. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/solar-cell.htm> CITING A BOOK Format for a Book: Last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Print Example: Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1990. Print. CITING A DATABASE The databases in UDLibSearch provide a source citation in MLA at the end of each source. WHAT IS OF Medium of Publication is the format of the item/source that you used. “MEDIUM PUBLICATION”? If you the source on the internet, the medium of publication is “web.” If you found the actual book/magazine article on paper, it is “print.”
MLA Citation STEP 1: WORKS CITED PAGE WHY? The information provided on the Works Cited page determines how you will format the in-text citations. It is a huge help to you when preparing your in-text citations IF you have your Works Cited page completed. FORMATTING THE WORKS CITED PAGE Formatting Rules: In MLA format, the page on which you list all of your sources is labeled “Works Cited”. All entries are listed in alphabetical order. Do not group sources according to format (don’t group all websites together and all databases together). The first line of each new entry is not indented; the second (and all other lines) are indented 1 tab key (approximately 5 spaces). The entire page is double spaced. Do not number your sources or use bullet points. Examples: Christian F. The Powhatan Tribes. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990. Print. The Mighty Cheiftains. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1993. Print. Weslager, C. A. The Delaware Indians: A History.New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Print. CITING A WEBSITE Format for a Specific Page on a Website: Last Name, First name. “Title of article”. Name of site. Name of Institution/organization affiliated with the site, date of source creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. <full web address> Example: Toothman, Jessica and Aldous. “How Solar Cells Work.” How Stuff Works. Discovery Company, 2011. Web. 21 September 2011. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/solar-cell.htm> CITING A BOOK Format for a Book: Last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Print Example: Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1990. Print. CITING A DATABASE The databases in UDLibSearch provide a source citation in MLA at the end of each source. WHAT IS “MEDIUM OF PUBLICATION”? Medium of Publication is the format of the item/source that you used. If you the source on the internet, the medium of publication is “web.” If you found the actual book/magazine article on paper, it is “print.”
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