A Works Cited page shows your readers where you found the information included in your paper. If a reader would like to look at your articles for their own research, then they’ll need specific information that will help them locate the actual article, book, or other research that you’ve used.
To do this, you must provide information in a particular sequence that anyone familiar with Works Cited pages can follow. Rather than explain it all here, please go to these links for different resources:
- General formatting guidelines
- Formatting for books
- Formatting for periodicals (print)
- Formatting for electronic sources (you’ll have to scroll down for different types of sources)
- Formatting for other sources (films, interviews, etc.)
When should I write my Works Cited?
I usually gather all of my information for my Works Cited page in a document while I’m conducting research. I’ll cut and paste the necessary information into a table in a document. Usually, I’ll format my Works Cited page at some point when I just need to do something other than write my paper. I’ll sit down for 30 – 45 minutes and just crank out the formatting for the page. If you’ve never done it correctly before, then it’s going to take more time than that, but once you get it down, it’s easy. Don’t wait until the last minute!
