Creating a Works Cited Page

By Miss McElhatten

What?

A Works Cited page is a listing of all the bibliographies (sources) that you used in composing a written piece of work.

Why?

• To give credit to the author of your research

• To allow your reader to look up further details about your research

When?

• Every time you use research to help support a piece of writing

How?

• Maintain bibliographies for each of the sources you use to complete your research.

• Alphabetize your bibliographies.• Type your bibliographies in the form of a list.• Use a hanging indent for each

bibliography.

Hanging Indent

• A hanging indent is when the second line of a bibliography is indented. Look at the example below

Georges, Henry. How to Fix a Motorcycle. New York: Princeton Publishing Co, 1990.

Works Cited Type the words Works

Cited, centered at

the top of the page.

Remember to capitalize W

and C.

Alberts, Jennifer. Cats. Atlanta: Southern Printing Press, Inc., 2003.

Banks, Bethany. The World of Mammals. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

Smith, Jeffrey. Domesticated Pets. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

Zelensky, James. How to Train Your Cat. Columbus: Books Are Us Printing, 1995.

Remember to alphabetize each bibliographies

Remember to use a hanging indent

Works Cited

Alberts, Jennifer. Cats. Atlanta: Southern Printing Press, Inc., 2003.

Banks, Bethany. The World of Mammals. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

Smith, Jeffrey. Domesticated Pets. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

Zelensky, James. How to Train Your Cat. Columbus: Books Are Us Printing, 1995.

Pop-Quiz TimeWhat is a Works Cited Page?

A page listing all bibliographies

Where do you place the words Works Cited on the page?

Centered at the top of the page

How do you organize each bibliography?Alphabetical—according to the first word in each bib.

What type of indent do you use?

Hanging Indent

Pop-Quiz Cont.

Examine the next slide. What is wrong with the Words Cited page?

WORKS cited

1. Alberts, Jennifer. Cats. Atlanta: Southern Printing Press, Inc., 2003.

2. Zelensky, James. How to Train Your Cat. Columbus: Books Are Us Printing, 1995.

3. Smith, Jeffrey. Domesticated Pets. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

4. Banks, Bethany. The World of Mammals. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

Works Cited should not be underlined.

Only the W and C should be capitalized.

Each bibliography should NOT be numbered.

3. Each bibliography needs to be alphabetized.

Each bibliography needs to use a hanging indent.

Works Cited

Alberts, Jennifer. Cats. Atlanta: Southern Printing Press, Inc., 2003.

Banks, Bethany. The World of Mammals. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

Smith, Jeffrey. Domesticated Pets. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Press, 1997.

Zelensky, James. How to Train Your Cat. Columbus: Books Are Us Printing, 1995.