The Works Cited Page
       The Works Cited Page
       Tip: Work on your works cited page as you do your 
      research to make your in-text citations easier to format.
  The easiest way to do your in-text 
  citations, which appear in your essay 
  itself, is to do the works cited page 
  first.
  Why?
  When you do the in-text citations, 
  you will include the first bit of 
  information included in your works 
  cited page in the parentheses of your 
  in-text citation.
            Here’s an example.
            Here’s an example.
             Sumner, Thomas. "States Ranked On Climate Change 
    Works 
     Cited      Preparation." Science News, vol. 189, no. 2, 23 Jan. 
     entry   2016, pp.
                5. EBSCOhost, Accessed 12 Jan. 2016.
              “Report cards are out and some states are 
    In-text   better prepared
    citation
              for climate change threats than others” (Sumner 
              5).               The in-text citation uses 
                                The in-text citation uses 
                                 the first item from the 
                                 the first item from the 
                                   works cited entry!
                                   works cited entry!
          In-Text Citations
          In-Text Citations
    Include one every time you put information in your paper 
    that you found somewhere else, i.e. somewhere other than 
               your own brain.
         Two reasons for the in-
         Two reasons for the in-
                    text citation
                     text citation
      •   To show that you found the 
          information in your paper 
          elsewhere, i.e. to show that you are 
          not plagiarizing.
      •   To tell the reader where to look on 
          the works cited page for the 
          resource where you found that 
          information.