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How to: Works Cited

How to: Works Cited. Step 1: Create a document. Double Space. Title “Works Cited,” center it. Click “Paragraph”. To Change to “hanging indent:”. Make your pop-up box look like this one. Step 2: Use a web resource to help with MLA formatting.

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How to: Works Cited

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  1. How to: Works Cited

  2. Step 1: Create a document Double Space Title “Works Cited,”center it.

  3. Click “Paragraph” To Change to “hanging indent:” Make your pop-up box look like this one.

  4. Step 2: Use a web resource to help with MLA formatting. At knightcite you have to plug in the information . . . Only fill in what you can. For instance, many sources do not include authors’ names. If they aren’t there, don’t fill in the box. KNIGHTCITE: Leave this as is – you don’t need to include the URL anymore! Click on “Entire Website” first, if that’s what you’re citing – most likely, it is.

  5. Website title Example: Bio.com Webpage title

  6. Scrolled to the bottom of the page . . . Publisher/Sponsor Date updated

  7. Step 3: Plug in what you have . . .

  8. Your citation!

  9. At easybib, you just need the URL and all the work is done for you.

  10. Copy and Paste the URL (Control + C / Control + V)

  11. Try to find the stuff easybib couldn’t . . .

  12. What’s this?

  13. Plug in what you can and click “create citation”

  14. Highlight and copy . . .

  15. Convert to same font used in the essay Copy and Paste to Works Cited document.

  16. Entries in ABC order . . . Finished product should look something like this . . .

  17. This is a sample paragraph with in-text citations . . . In-Text Citations c c c c

  18. The first thing in the works cited entry is what goes in parentheses in your paper. c c c

  19. Formatting in-text citations: Blah blahblahblahblah (citation). Blah blah, “Blab blabblabblab” (citation).

  20. Also, notice how often citations are used in that paragraph. Four times! Rule of thumb: if people wouldn’t know it if they hadn’t researched it, it needs to be cited.

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