THE ULTIMATE SUPER AWESOME

“LEARNING TO WRITE A WORKS

CITED PAGE” POWERPOINT!

Corey DuboisJack Moynihan

Shawn ArmoganJonathan Campbell

The Works Cited Page

• Gives credit to sources you used ideas or quoted from.

• Has it’s own separate page• Located at the end of your

document.• Can be made before or

after completing the document

Some Pointers

• Align text to the left• Don’t indent the first line• Use a hanging indent– Paragraph dialog button

MLA Website Citation

Author Name(s) if available. “Title of Web Page.” Name of Website. Date of

Posting, Revision, Etc. Name of Sponsoring Institution and/or Organization

(if available), date of original posting or revision. Web. Date of Access.

Watkins, Zach. “Morality of Orcs.” The Grey Book: Online Journals of Middle

Earth. UNM Hobbit Society, University of New Mexico, 2007. Web. 8 July

2009.

MLA Web Citing (cont.)

• Web address or URLs are not required

• When pasting copied text from a webpage, remove formatting by clicking “keep text Only”

MLA Book Citation

Print Book Citation Format: Author‟s last name, first name (initial if known). Title of Book. City of Publication, state or country: publisher, year of publication. Print. Online Book Citation Format: Author‟s last name, first name (initial if known). Title of E-Book. City of Publication, state or country: publisher, year of publication. Name of database. Web. Access date (day month year).

Book Examples (Must be double spaced)

Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History      of the Future. New York: Pocket, 1993.

Spelling Is Important•Press F7 to run spell-check•If a word is correct and is marked misspelled, right click the word and click “add to dictionary or click “ignore all” to ignore all instances of the said word•Can be used to check grammar and spelling•Auto-Correct replaces frequently misspelled automatically without any action by you.

Assignment

The Klingon DictionaryWritten by Marc OkrandLanguage: English/KlingonISBN-13: 978-0671745592Paperback: 192 pagesDeveloper Star TrekPublisher: Pocket BooksDate Published: January 1, 1992Its a DictionaryGenre: Fiction