![]() Which information should be included and how to list that information depends upon the source. ![]() The problem is that not all publication information should be listed for all sources. The eighth edition (2016) of the MLA Handbook has a number of changes about publication information including using URLs. EBSCO and Gale are not databases and should not be included as the name for a database. Some databases are supplied through subscription services such as EBSCO and Gale. Publication information consists of information such as volume, issue, date and/or year, publisher, city of publication, year of copyright, name of website, creator/owner of website, name of database, name of subscription service, URL (preferably a or doi when available for sources in databases), and date of access. “Implications of Piaget’s Theory in the in the Learning Environment.” Social Behavior. (See how the title of the journal is in italics.) Publication Information See that the period at the end comes before the end (closing) quotation mark. Important words are all words except for articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so), and one-syllable prepositions (of, at, on) unless any of these words begin the title. In MLA style, the first letter of important words in the title are capitalized even when they are not capitalized in the source itself. “Implications of Piaget’s Theory in the Learning Environment.” Important note about capitalization in titles: If the title is an article or a document or page in a website (a smaller publication which is published in a larger publication), the rule is that the title has to be in quotation marks. Note that there is a period following the title. Titles of long, published works are put in italics. If the source is a book, the title is listed in italics. Commonly, the source may be an article or document in a website. Generally, sources are either books or articles from magazines, books, or journals. See Sample Works Cited List with Various Sources-8th-ed for an example. Use three dashes, a period, and two spaces in place of the author: – – –. When there is more than one source from the same author, do not repeat the author’s name. If there is no person listed author, the listing starts with the title. which is the Latin abbreviation for and others: Carlyle, James, et al. If there are more than two authors named, use the first listed last name and et al. The second author is listed first name first. When there two authors, the first author is listed last name, first name followed by a comma and the word and. See how there is a comma after the last name. See that there is a period after the first name. Sections of a Works Cited listing are separated by periods. If there is a person named as an author, list last name, first name: The general format for listing a source is:Īuthor’s name (last name first). The PHSC library along with English faculty has created a list of examples of source in MLA style. See Related Pages on the right sidebar. See links to the Sample Works Cited pages in Related Pages on the right sidebar. ![]() If you are using Google docs, you may have to set the hanging indent with the pointers in the ruler to adjust the indentation. Then, highlight the list and click Paragraph/Special and scroll to Hanging indent. Click OK. Just left align and hit the Enter key at the end of each source. Type in your sources according to the MLA format for that source explained below and alphabetize them. The sources must be listed in a hanging indent with the first line of each source beginning at the left margin and any second and subsequent line is indented. There is a tool for creating a hanging indent in Word. You should take a look at the sample Works Cited pages in Related Pages on the right sidebar. The sources must be listed with a hanging indent which is where the first line starts at the left margin and any subsequent line of the source is indented. It is like on reversed paragraph. The Works Cited does not have a heading in the upper left since it is simply the last page of the paper. The Works Cited page must have the same margins, font, line spacing, and header as the rest of the paper. The page setup and formatting are required parts of the MLA Works Cited page. This may appear as Insert/Break/Page Break on some computers. The idea is not to use the Enter key to get to a new page. To get to a new page for the Works Cited, position your cursor at the end of your paper and click Insert/Page Break. How do I format a Works Cited page? General Rules It is called by different names such as Bibliography or List of Sources in different citation systems. The Works Cited page is the list of sources at the end of the paper.
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