What is a Works Cited page and why do I need to do it?
A Works Cited page is simply a list of all the resources you used for your paper or project.
Even when you take information from a source and put it in your own words, you still need
to give credit to the original source. The Works Cited page lets your teacher see where you
got all of the information for your project. It is very important to keep track of all of your
information so that when it is time to do the Works Cited page, you have everything you
need. Failure to cite your work is plagiarism, so be careful!
The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper or project. It is its own, separate page.
The Works Cited page is double spaced and all of the entries have a hanging indent. That
means instead of indenting the first line of text, like you usually do when writing a
paragraph, you indent the second line, and any additional lines after that. At the top of the
page, write the words Works Cited, just like that! Capitalize both words and make sure you
spell them correctly! Don’t bold, underline, italicize the text, or use a bigger font.
Make sure to pay attention to the formatting and punctuation in the examples below. Don’t
leave out your commas, periods, or other punctuation. If something is italicized in the
example, make sure to italicize it on your Works Cited page! If you have any questions,
please ask!
You can use a website like easybib.com to help you with your Works Cited page, but it’s
always good to know how to do it on your own, in case you are ever in a situation where
you can’t use easybib and you need to do it yourself. Plus, you should ALWAYS check the
work of any website, to make sure it is 100% correct before you turn it in. The information
on the following pages shows you how to format a Works Cited entry for the most
commonly used resources. If you need to cite something you don’t see here, please ask!
I need to cite a book with one author!
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
I need to cite a book with more than one author!
First Listed Author’s Last Name, First Name and Second Author’s First Name Last Name.
Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
I need to cite a book with no author!
Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
I need to cite an article in a reference book!
“Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book. Edition. Year of Publication. Print.
I need to cite an article from a LMC database!
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Database. Day Month Year of
Publication. Database Publisher. Web. Day Month Year of Access.
More on back!
I need to cite an article from a scholarly journal!
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Volume
Number.Issue Number (Year of Publication): pages. Web. Day Month
Year of Access.
I need to cite an article from a magazine!
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Day Month Year of
Publication: pages. Print.
I need to cite an article from a newspaper!
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper [City, State
Abbreviation] Day Month Year of Publication: pages. Print.
I need to cite an article from a RELIABLE website!
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article or Section of Website.” Name of
Website. Publisher. Day Month Year of Publication. Web. Day Month Year of
Access.
I need to cite something I don’t see here!
You can try using easybib.com and following the steps for whatever you are trying to cite,
or you can ask Mrs. Panico for help!
Works Cited
Brody, Scott. “Lyme Disease.” Health Reference Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 1 October 2013.
"Cells Predict West Nile Virus Infection." Health Reference Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 1 October 2013.
“It’s Spring—Time to Prevent Lyme Disease.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 6 May 2013.
Web. 1 October 2013.
Kelly, Shannon. Lyme Disease. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent Books. Print.
Sfakianos, Jeffrey N. West Nile Virus. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. Print.
Shoquist, Jennifer, and Diane Stafford. "Shingles in Persons with HIV/AIDS." Health Reference Center. Facts
On File, Inc. Web. 1 October 2013.
Silverstein, Alvin and Virginia Silverstein. Chickenpox and Shingles. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers.
Print.
Veggeberg, Scott. Lyme Disease. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers. Print.
Yannielli, Len. "Lyme disease prevention." Health Reference Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 1 October 2013.