How to Create a

Works Cited Page

Citing Books and Websites

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Karen Morgenstern © 2011
 Back in the old days,
a Works Cited page
was called a
“bibliography.”

Some teachers and parents might

still use that term.
What does the word

mean?
 Etymology (or history) of the word

from Greek
• bibliographia = the writing of books
• biblio = book
• graphos = (something) drawn or written

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Before the Internet, works in print
(books and magazines) were the main
sources of information used when
researching a topic.

One common definition

of a bibliography is a
list of print sources
used for research.
Now, many sources used for research
come from the Internet
…commonly referred to as “the web.”
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Book (“print”) sources and
Internet (“web”) sources are
used—a combination of “works.”
Each entry on a Works Cited page
is called a citation.

Let’s start
with book
citations…

When citing a book you’ve used

for research, you include 6 items
about it.
 Can you name them?

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 1 Author
(last name, first, middle*)

- followed by a period

Ross, Emily D.
*only if there is a middle name or initial listed

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2 Title of book
- in italics if typed
- underlined if written

- followed by a period .

- if there is a subtitle, separate main title

from the subtitle with a colon :

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 Subtitles look like this:

- often in smaller print than the main title

- look carefully on the book’s cover or title

page to make sure you get the whole title

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 Subtitle

This title would be

Baking with Chocolate: Great
Recipes for Special Occasions.
“Art Explorers” is the name of a series,
and isn’t listed in the title.

Subtitle

This title would be

Express Yourself!:
Activities and Adventures
in Expressionism.
3 City of publishing company*:

- usually on the title page, near the

name of the publishing company

*also known as “publisher”

- followed by
a colon

Boston:
The first page
of a book may
look like a title
page, but this
is a preview page.

There’s no author or
publishing company!
A title page may be a two-page spread.

Everything You’ve
Always
dedicated to Coach Barry Wanted to Know About
for inspiring me
Basketball…

Houghton Mifflin

New York

David Siegel
4 Name of publishing company*

- usually at the bottom of

the title page, along with the
city of publishing company

*also known as “publisher”

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 - followed by a
comma

Hyperion Books,
 Another place the publishing
company’s name may be found is
on the spine of the book.

Ross Baking with Chocolate Great Recipes for Special Occasions Hyperion Books
5 Date of publication,
or copyright date

- found on the verso page,

follows this symbol: ©
 - verso page is usually on the
Madeleine
reverse of the title page
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dedicated to m

s
Hyperion Book
- may be at the end of a book
rights reserved.
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©

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- may face the title page
 6 The word “Print”

- followed by a period

Print.
 Here are all the elements you need for
a book citation:

✔Author: Ross, Emily D.

✔Title: Baking with Chocolate: Great
Recipes for Special Occasions.
✔City of publishing company: Boston:
✔Publishing company: Hyperion Books,
✔Date of publication: 2008.
When you add the citation to a Works Cited
page, it will be formatted like this:

Ross, Emily D. Baking with Chocolate: Great

Recipes for Special Occasions. Boston:
Hyperion Books 2008. Print.
hanging indent (1/2”)
This citation and Works Cited method is
known as MLA Style, 7th edition. MLA stands
for Modern Language Association.

Students use this method of citing through

high school and sometimes in college.
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