Works Cited

Vocabulary Source-n. Cite-v. Intellectual property-n.

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY 8

works-n./pl. works cited-n. format-n./v

Objectives -Learn how to give credit to others intellectual property in an organized way. -Use examples to help you. -Practice

The goal is to be able to cite various sources of media that may be used in a paper or presentation by someone who is not the original creator. The task is to practice organizing the information included in a cited source properly. Practice examples will include citing quotes or information from written works (books, magazines, newspapers), images of artwork (paintings, drawings, photos), music (songs/albums) and what to do if the information comes from the internet.

Web Sites for Works Cited. There are so many resources to help you cite sources!

www.mla.org (Modern Language Association http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/7474/05/ (Explanation of MLA style format www.easybib.com (online Works Cited maker)

Inform yourself 1. Go to www.mla.org 2. What does MLA stand for? Modern Language Association 3. Now go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resources/747/05/ 4. What does OWL stand for and which University hosts the website? Online Writing Lab Purdue In the ribbon at the top, click on Research and Citation, then on left side tabs, click on MLA Style, then click on MLA Overview and Work shop, then scroll down to Works Cited Page: Basic Format and click on that. Read through the document and answer the questions below. 5. Where should the works cited page be in a research or presentation? At the end 6. How should you list authors names in a works cited? Alphabetically, last name to first, and (if provided) middle initial following the first name

7. How do you know which sources to include in a works cited? If you get information from a book/magazine/website/document/etc. and use the info in your research paper then you must give credit and cite the item you got it from. 8. What information should be included in a cited entry? Who wrote it, the title, and the page number 9. How do you know when to use italics for a title or quotations when citing a source? Italics for larger works and quotations for smaller works 10. How should you list sources with an unknown author? Use a shortened version of the title in the parenthetical

11. Should you include page numbers in your Works Cited? Yes, only if needed. If you use a journal entry, but only use pages 16 to 20 then you would list it as 16-20 12. What should you title your Works Cited?

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Practice!
Find an example of each of the following types of media sources and write the example you find in the box provided under each. Book Example: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Poem or Short Story Example: Yeats, William Butler. The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Inside Literature. Ed. R.S. Gwynn and Steven J. Zani. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. 393. Print.

CD-song or album Example: Raynolds, Dan. "Demons." Rec. 2012. Night Visions. Imagine Dragons. Alex Da Kid, n.d. CD.

Magazine/Journal Article Example: Rothbart, Davy. How I Caught up with Dad. Mens Health Oct. 2008: 108-13. Print.

Newspaper Article Example: Bowman, L. (1990, March 7). Bills target Lake Erie mussels. The Pittsburgh Press, p. A4.

Video Example: Titanic. Dir. James Cameron. Perf. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 1997. Film.

An Entire Website Example: Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research Sources." VirtualSalt. 15 June 2008. Web. 20 Apr. 2009. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm>.

Subject line in email should read: Your last name then WC