Works Cited
1) Works
are listed alphabetically by the author’s last name.
2) Work
is formatted with a hanging indent.
3) Works
Cited and Bibliography pages are double spaced.
4) Anything
that imports as underlined needs the underline removed and the underlined
material converted into italics.
5) A
Bibliography is a list of all texts consulted during the process of research. A
Works Cited is a list of all works quoted in the essay. Each entry in a
Bibliography or Works Cited is called a “citation.”
6) If
you found it on the web, cite it like a website. If you can’t find an author,
begin with the title of the page. If you can’t find a date of posting/update,
use n.d.. If you can’t find a publisher, use n.p.. If the site is on the
general web, include the link.
7) When
in doubt, visit the CCC Library Research Page at: http://depts.clackamas.edu/library/ResearchGuides.aspx.
About two-thirds of the way down the page, they link to “MLA Decoder” and “MLA
Examples.” Those are the documents I use to double-check your Works Cited
pages.
So, does this mean that we call our citations "Bibliography" now? Or still "Works Cited"? Or do we need both?
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ReplyDeleteReread step 5. I'm looking for a Works Cited page.
ReplyDeleteBut what about what we talked about in class about just paraphrasing information? Like statistics. They are not direct quotations.
ReplyDeleteWhen you use a statistic, you need to cite it, even if you don't quote the text directly. The citation helps your reader check your facts.
ReplyDeleteOkay, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI know we talked about this in class, but I can't remember what you said. How do I cite lyrics to a song? Would I just cite the song like we did the Lobachevsky song?
ReplyDeleteWe have talked about it in class. The info you need is listed in the "War! What is it good for?" post back in March.
ReplyDeleteWhen you quote song lyrics, you should mark line breaks with slashes. Example: "Oh, say can you see / by the dawn's early light..." (Key).
What about Citations that being with a number? Beginning or end of the works cited page?
ReplyDeleteNumbers are alphabetized before letters. So 1776 would come before "Alpha," and 13 would come before 1776.
DeleteHow to i parenthetically cite two different Nat geo articles that have the same author?
ReplyDeleteOn your W.C. page, they would be listed on alphabetical order by the first word in the title. In your parenthetical, you would list the author's last name, the first meaningful word in the title, and the page number: (Kline "The First" 42).
DeleteIf I cite the Constitution more than once, do I need a parenthetical citation each time?
ReplyDelete(Murrin et al., A-whatever) a dozen times seems unnecessary.
Each quotation needs a citation. (Author's last name page number).
DeleteWould the US Constitution be considered a "very well-known reference" work for the CCC citations?
ReplyDeleteThe Virginia and Massachusetts constitution pages do not provide either author or publisher, and I'm not sure whether to use the date it was first written or the date of the last amendment.
How do I cite these?
My guess is you're finding these online, so you'd cite them as a website. There wouldn't be an author. The publisher is likely the state itself, or the Secretary of State for that state. You can usually find that info at the bottom of the page, or by finding the "home" page of the document you're citing. You would use the date of posting / updating, which might be as simple as the year of copyright on the bottom of the page.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't find any info, send me the links via e-mail and I'll look 'em over.