MLA Citations and Easy Bib

Now that you have researched some sources and learned how to format your paper, you need to know how to create your “Works Cited” page.

Objectives of the lesson

1. Identify the purpose of a Works Cited page.

2. Correctly Cite print and online sources.

Define and utilize a “Header” and a “Hanging Indent”

3. Utilize easybib.com to compile your resources.

What is a “Works Cited” page

Your Works Cited page is the last page of your research paper.

It is a separate page dedicated to citing your resources that you used for your paper.

It is titled: Works Cited It is in alphabetical order It is formatted with a hanging indent

(more on that later).

General Formatting of a MLA citation

Author’s last name, first name. Title of the book. Location of Publication: Publisher, year of publication.

Example:Pullman, Philip. The Golden

Compass. New York: Random House, 2005.

Where do I find this info?

You can usually locate the author’s name and title on the front cover of the book . . .

Author

Title

Where do I find this info?

There will always be a page sharing the publication information at the beginning of the book.

Before the story begins, I found the name of the publishing company, the year of publication and the location of publication on this page.

Some tricky questions that you should ask . . .

What if there is more than one copyright/publication date?

What if there are multiple locations of publication?

What if there is no author?

Formatting your Work Cited Page

As you know, your page should be double spaced, 12p. Size and Times New Roman. Also, the title, “Works Cited” should be centered at the top of your page. Also, you need to

use a special type of formatting called a Hanging Indent.

Hanging Indent

First, highlight your citations with your mouse.Go to • Format• Paragraph• There will be a

drop down box entitled “Special”.

• Choose “hanging” and click OK.

Hanging Indent . . .

From there, your Works Cited Page should look like this:

How to insert a “Header”

As you can see, MLA requires a Running Header. This is when you have your last name followed by the page number on each page (even the Works Cited page!).

This is how its done . . .

Regardless of the type of Microsoft Word you own, click on:• Format• Insert• Page Number• You will choose the

page number on the top right hand side.

Once you’ve done this, you have the option to type anything beside the page number.Take this opportunity to type your last name. Remember to capitalize the first letter and do not add any punctuation!

Take a deep breath. Let’s movie onto something that will make your life easier!

Log on to easybib.com

Welcome to EasyBib.

How it helps . . .

Type in the name of the book you wish to cite.Click “select” on the book that you have in your hands (check the year and publisher to be sure)

EasyBib

Click “Create Citation”

Surprise! Look below!

What’s Next?

Now you have some neat options. You can clickSave for Later. You can click Sharing (this allows you to email your teacher or another the citation) or Export of Print (you can automatically export this citation to your research paper.

Review Objectives . . .

1. What is a Works Cited Page?2. How do you format a proper MLA

citation?3. What is a Header?4. What is a Hanging Indent?5. How can Easy Bib help me when I

am doing research?