What is a Works Cited Page ?

Question

how is it difference from bibliography and what is the purpose of it can someone tell me how to do it.

Answer 1

It looks basically like a "footnote" page with the phrase "Works Cited" at top.

See link for example.

http://webster.commnet.edu/MLA/sample.sh...

Basic format for a Works Cited page:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resour...

Last page of a research paper to give credit of sources used.

Answer 2

Its pretty much the same thing. The purpose of it is for your teacher to know what sources you used and how to find them. If you go on www.easybib.com and click where it says click here to select a source!

Answer 3

cite your sources

Answer 4

Works cited

Like if I gave you an asnwer off a site, I'd put it in my 'source' thing on here, because I didn't come up with the answer, lets say wikipedia did. So I give credit to wikipedia for it. It's not my article, I cannot say it is.

Answer 5

works cited is a special format u use to cite what ever material u use. Its different for texts books, interenet,ect.  When creating your Works Cited Page, remember to:

Begin the Works Cited on a new page, but number consecutively (i.e., if the last page of your essay is page 3, the Works Cited is page 4)

Alphabetize each entry by first letter

Underline all titles of books, magazines, films, etc.

Put quotation marks around the titles of poems, short stories, and articles

Indent the 2nd line, the 3rd line, and all subsequent lines of each citation

Double-space all entries...the examples which follow are single-spaced only to save space on this handout

Correct citation

Type of citation



Gorman, Elizabeth. Prairie Women. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.

Book (One author)



Caper, Charles and Lawrence T. Teamos. How to Camp. Philadelphia:    Doubleday, 1986.

Book (Two authors)



Ellis, Doris et.al. History of Japan. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1989.

Book (Three or more authors)



Vanderkirk, Pamela, ed. Ten Short Plays. Los Angeles: Nowell Book Co., 1982.

Book (One editor)



Lockhard, David J. and Charles Heimler, eds. The Oregon Trail. New York: Bonanza Books, 1992.

Book (Two editors)



Carlson, David et.al., eds. Encyclopedia of Animal Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.

Book (Three or more editors)



Allende, Isabel. "Toad's Mouth." Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume, 1992. 83-88.

Book (Single work from an anthology)



American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. Ed. Charles B. Clayman. New York: Random, 1989. Book by Corporate Author

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-Told Tales. Ed. George Parsons Lathrop. Boston: Houghton, 1883. 1 Mar. 2002.

Keats, John. Poetical Works. 1884. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. May 1998. 5 May 2003  Book Online

Book Online (Part of Scholarly Project)



Roberts, Sheila. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World Literature Written in English. 24(1984): 232-38. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399-402.

Gale Literary Criticism (previously published scholarly article in a collection)

         <>.http://www.avl.lib.al.us>.   Poem Online  

Crane, Stephen. "The Open Boat."  Literature Resource Center. Alabama Virtual Library. 12 March 2004.

         <>.http://www.avl.lib.al.us>.   Short Story Online  

Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.

          New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002.   Short Story in an Anthology  

Dunn, Samuel. "Re: Any Ideas for My Country Project." E-mail to Tom Jones. 26 Feb. 2003.

E-mail **



Barnridge, Thomas H. "Baseball." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001.

Encyclopedia (Signed article)*



"Egypt." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 2002.

Encyclopedia (Unsigned article) *



Ito, Philip J. "Papaya," World Book Encyclopedia, 1998 ed. The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia, CD-ROM version of The World Book Encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia (CD-ROM) *



"Egypt." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar. 1997. Encyclopedia Britannica. 29 Feb. 2000 <>.http://www.search.eb.com/>.

Encyclopedia (Internet) *



The Empire Strikes Back. Dir. George Lucas. Perf. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. Twentieth Century Fox, 1980.

Film



United States Office of Management and Budget. Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1999. Washington: GPO, 1999.    

Government Publication



Whitehurst, Daniel, former mayor of Fresno. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2003.

Interview (Personal)



Smith, John. "Beowulf: Archetypal Hero."  English 102 Class. Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL.  28 March

            2003.  Lecture

Lin, Michael. "Compressing Online Graphics." Online posting. 27 April 1999.  MacWeb. 28 Feb. 2003 <>.http://www.graphica.com/digitizing/intor...

Listserv Posting



Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report. Oct. 1999: 34.

Magazine



Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report 18 Oct. 1999: 3. Alabama Virtual Library. Vestavia Hills  High School Library, Vestavia Hills, AL.  28 Feb. 2003. <>.http://www.avl.lib.al.us>.

Magazine, Online News Subscription Service  (Alabama Virtual Library)



Elliott, Michael.  "The Biggest Fish of Them All."  Time.  8 March 2003. 11 March 2003.  <>.http://www.time.com/time>.  

Online Magazine

(Magazine web site)



Barrow, Matthew. "Skipping School? Plan On Walking." Sacramento Bee. 13 Oct. 1999, California final ed.: A1+.

Newspaper Article, (Signed)



"Gorilla attacks Martian." National Enquirer 16 Mar. 1999: A-14.

Newspaper Article, (Unsigned)



Bradley, Donald. "I