How to: Works Cited

Double Space

Step 1:Create a document

Title “Works Cited,” center it.

Click “Paragraph”

To Change to “hanging indent:”

Make your pop-up box look like this one.

Step 2:Use a web resource to help with MLA formatting.

At knightcite you have to plug in the information . . . Only fill in what you can.

For instance, many sources do not include authors’ names. If they aren’t there, don’t fill in the box.

Click on “Entire Website” first, if that’s what you’re citing – most likely, it is.

Leave this as is – you don’t need to include the URL anymore!

KNIGHTCITE:

Website titleExample:Bio.com

Webpage title

Scrolled to the bottom of the page . . .

Date updated Publisher/Sponsor

Step 3:Plug in what you have . . .

Your citation!

At easybib, you just need the URL and all the work is done for you.

Copy and Paste the URL (Control + C / Control + V)

Try to find the stuff easybib couldn’t . . .

What’s this?

Plug in what you can and click “create citation”

Highlight and copy . . .

Copy and Paste to Works Cited document.

Convert to same font used in the essay

Finished product should look something like this . . .

Entries in ABC order . . .

This is a sample paragraph with in-text citations . . .

c

c

c

c

In-Text Citations

The first thing in the works cited entry is what goes in parentheses in your paper.

c

c

c

Blah blah blah blah blah (citation).

Blah blah, “Blab blab blab blab” (citation).

Formatting in-text citations:

Also, notice how often citations are used in that paragraph. Four times!

Rule of thumb: if people wouldn’t know it if they hadn’t researched it, it needs to be cited.