Creating a Works Cited List in MLA Format

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Creating a Works Cited List in MLA Format
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Avoiding Plagiarism

• Giving proper credit to your information sources
  is critical. By following the rules and
  guidelines, you can avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism
  occurs when you use someone elses writing
  without citing your source.
• With a little work, we will learn together how to
  avoid this academic issue.

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Avoiding Plagiarism

• These helpful websites for learning more about
  creating citations for research writing are the
  following
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
  Perdue Online Writing Lab
• http//www.easybib.com EasyBib
• http//gmarlowe.weebly.com/research-paper-help-pag
  e.html The Research Paper Help Page on our class
  site

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NC Wise Owl

• The state of North Carolina offers NC Wise Owl
  for public school students.
• You can easily find information for your project
  in a short amount of time.
• This public website offers many different ways to
  easily research a person, place, event, or work
  of literature.

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NC WiseOwl Easy, reliable, free student research
website
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NC WiseOwl
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NC WiseOwl
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NC WiseOwl PW wiseowl
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NC WiseOwl Search by poet
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NC WiseOwl Search by title
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NC WiseOwl Search by title
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NC WiseOwl M-W Encyclopedia
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NC WiseOwl Online Encyclopedia
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Using Online Citation Makers
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Works Cited For websites, you can copy and paste
the URL into the blue box. Then, check all red
text for missing information. Go back to find any
misses pieces and complete your citation before
you click create.
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Works Cited
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Works Cited
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Works Cited

• "BashO." Merriam-Webster's Encyclo-pedia of
  Literature. 2012. Literary Reference Center Plus.
  Web. 14 Oct. 2012. Web.
• Wood, Michael. The Life of Shakespeare. New York
  Basic Books, 2003. Print.

You are required to have three sources, with at
least one print source.
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Due Tuesday, October 30th.Lab days 10/18 and
10/25. Afterschool help available Mon to Thurs.
245 to 315.