Building a Works Cited Page

Why must you cite your sources? Read the following page from the Yale College Writing Center.

http://writing.yalecollege.yale.edu/advice-students/using-sources

Watch the following video from Ohio University:

Discuss the following:

• What reason does Yale give for citing a source?
• Is it ok to paraphrase a source without citing it? Why or why not?
• Does citing a work make your work appear more credible or less? 
• How does citing works lead to further research? 

Read the following Entry on the Purdue OWL Web site.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

Assignment:

Create a document titled Works Cited in your MLA Folder. Create a works cited page with the following materials:

http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/TN-Jackson-Jackson-Walk-Apartments-Pricing.html

http://writing.yalecollege.yale.edu/advice-students/using-sources 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/education/dropout-nation/by-the-numbers-dropping-out-of-high-school/

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Use the instructions provided here: http://academictips.org/mla-format/mla-format-works-cited/


 Useful Links:

North Carolina State University has a citation builder that you may find helpful:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/citationbuilder/

Calvin College has a very good citation generator here:
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

EasyBib is one of the best tools for citing sources. Try it out here:
http://easybib.com

Model Writing Papers:
http://writing.yalecollege.yale.edu/advice-students/model-papers-disciplines