To avoid plagiarism, you must acknowledge borrowed material in two places:
ü With a Works Cited List at the end of your essay
ü With in-text parenthetical citations within your essay
MAKING A WORKS CITED LIST USING MLA FORMAT
MLA
Style is used to cite sources for English, History, Art and Music assignments.
Your Works Cited list should appear on a separate page at the end of your
essay.
It must include all the sources you have quoted or paraphrased. This
list gives the reader the information necessary to find each source. Keep in
mind the following procedures:
ü The title for your list of citations is Works Cited/Consulted, centered at the top of the page.
ü Citations are put in alphabetical order according to the author’s last name. If the author is not given, begin with the title, but ignore ‘A’, ‘The’, or ‘An’ when alphabetizing entries.
ü They are not numbered.
ü All types of citations are listed together. Do not separate them according to source.
ü Double space citations.
ü Punctuation, order and indentation need to be exact.
ü Capitalize titles and proper names.
ü Indent the second and subsequent lines of each citation.
ü Italicize resource titles. Do not underline them.
Book with no author:
The Canadian Global Almanac. Toronto: Global Press. 2009. Print.
Book with one author:
Buckley, Joanne. Fit to Print: The Canadian Student’s Guide to Essay Writing.
Toronto: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 2003. Print.
Book with two authors:
Cartlidge, Cherese, and Charles Clark. The Central Asian States. California:
Greenhaven Press, 2006. Print.
Book with more than two authors:
Gilman, Sander, and others. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English
Language. London: Longman, 2009. Print.
Book prepared by an editor:
Lopate, Phillip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the
Classical Era to the Present. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 2006. Print.
Part of a book:
Fraser, Donald M. “Protecting Free Speech.” Pornography and Sexual Violence.
Ed. Gary E. McCuen. Hudson, Wisconsin: GEM Publications, 2008. Print.
Article, with author, from a print magazine:
Millard, Candace S. “Keepers of the Faith.” National Geographic July 2009: 110
-125. Print.
Article, with author, from a print newspaper:
Corbin, Martha. “What Every Student Should Know About Writing.” Toronto
Star 30 Nov. 2010: A4. Print.
Article, no author, from a print newspaper:
“Mad Cow Disease a Threat.” Toronto Sun 3 Feb. 2009: B13. Print.
Article, with author, from a print encyclopedia:
Likens, Gene E. “Acid Rain.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2008 ed. Print.
Article, no author, from a print encyclopedia:
“Calgary.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2005 ed. Print.
Magazine article from online database:
Bartlett, Tom. “Youth Detention Systems.” Canadian Housing Magazine Apr.
2009: 217. Discovering Collection. Web. 20 Sept. 2007.
< www.infotrac.galegroup.com>
Newspaper article, no author, from online database:
“Hacklers Protest Bomb.” Toronto Star 14 March 1998. Student Research
Centre. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://web.ebscohost.com>
Web site, with date posted:
Smith, Waldo. “Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.” Absolute Shakespeare, 23
March 2001. Web.14 April 2010. < http://absoluteshakespeare.com>
Blog
Marcus, Anthony. "Citing Sources in MLA Style." How to Search.
Alabama District Secondary School, 12 Jan. 2007. Web. 29 June. 2007. <http://anthonymarcus.edublogs.org/permalink06>
Online image
Finch, Jay. Saturn. 3 Nov. 1999. NASA: Solar System Exploration.
NASA. Web. 18 Nov. 2006. <http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile>
DVD:
Television Show:
“The Soup Nazi.” Seinfeld. Fox Broadcasting Company, 13 Feb. 2003.
Television.
Government Publication:
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Hunter’s Guide. Ottawa: Ministry
Of Natural Resources, 1982. Print.
Pamphlet:
Saving Our Youth. Just Say No Foundation, 1992. Pamphlet.
Stage Play:
Jones, Paul. The Drawer Boy. Dir. Gayle Hensley. TarragonTheatre, Toronto 6
April, 2001. Play.
Interview:
Barton, Jeremy. Personal Interview. 1 Dec. 2003.