Go to the OWL at Purdue
  • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resourc
   e/747/06/
    
  • This link is also posted on my webpage.
     Why do we have to do this?
   • Including references to reliable resources makes 
    you look good! The reader can trust what you have 
    to say because you have referenced the experts.
   • If you don’t include in-text citation and/or a works 
    cited page, your work is considered plagiarized. 
    Not only can plagiarism get you in trouble in the 
    real world, but it will earn you a ZERO on your 
    assignment. In college, you could even be kicked 
    out of the class, department, or school. In your job, 
    you could be fired or lose credibility.
         Electronic Resources
   • Mainly, you will be citing pages on a website, but 
    sometimes you’ll cite the entire website if your 
    information comes from multiple pages of one 
    website.
   • Your works cited page source should look like 
    this (but double-spaced, Times New Roman):
    Author Last Name, First Name. “Article Title: Subtitle if Needed.” Website 
        Title. Organization or Sponsor, Day# Mon. Year last updated. 
    Web. Day# Mon. Year accessed by you. .
    Example:
    "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 
    Feb. 2009. .
                         Electronic Resources 
                                 A Closer Look…
               Every period, comma, quotation mark, etc. is intentional. Use the OWL at Purdue 
               guide to make sure you put each part in its proper place.
    Author Last Name, First Name. “Article Title: Subtitle if Needed.” Website 
               Title. Organization or Sponsor, Day# Mon. Year last updated.  Use the 
    Web. Day# Mon. Year accessed by you. .                                          European style 
                                                                                         of dating. # 
    Example:                                                                             Month 
                                                                                         (abbreviated) 
    "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web.  24  Year
    Feb. 2009. .
                                       MLA guidelines do         The “n.d.” here 
       This example starts with        not require the URL, 
       the article title because                                 indicates “no date,” 
                                       but leave it up to the    meaning that no date 
       no author was listed on         teacher’s discretion. 
       the website.                                              was given for the last 
                                       I would like you to       time the site was 
                                       include it!               updated.
                      Books
    • Your Works Cited entry should look like 
      this (but double-spaced, Times New 
      Roman):
     Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of 
          Publication. Medium of Publication. 
     Example:
     Wiesel, Elie. Night. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2000. Print.