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I-Search Paper

Works Cited

+General Guidelines

Follow MLA format (not APA)

Center the title Works Cited (NOT in quotation marks, italics, or underlined)

Double space the whole page

Begin each entry flush with left margin. If the entry runs more than one line, indent additional lines one tab

List each entry alphabetically by author’s last name. If there is no author, use the first word of the title (disregard A, An, The). Note that titles are underlined not italicized.

In online entries, if certain details are not available, go on to the next item in the entry.

+A Note on Dates

Dates are written in the following format:

5 Feb. 2012

Note the day is first, three letter abbreviation for month followed by a period, then the year. No comma

+Personal Interview

If you conducted the interview through e-mail use this format:

Jones, Mark. “Re: Career Interview.” E-mail to the author. 24

Nov. 2012.

If you conducted the interview over the phone or in person, use this format:

Jones, Mark. Personal interview. 24 Nov. 2012.

+Sample Works Cited

Eliot, George. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. Buffalo: Broadview Press, 2004. Print.James, Henry. The Turn of the Screw. Ed. Peter G. Beidler. Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism. New York: Bedford Books, 1995. Print.The Scarlet Letter. Dir. Roland Joffé. Perf. Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall. 1995. Buena Vista HomeEntertainment, 1996. DVD.Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Books 1992. Print.Twain, Mark. The Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Prentice Hall, 1895. Online Literature Network. Web. 23 April 2007.