MLA Works Cited 8th Edition

Summary

This video provides a comprehensive guide on creating a Works Cited page using MLA 8 citation style. It explains the importance of citing sources to give credibility to your research and allows readers to locate sources for their own work. Key topics include the MLA 8 format, the nine core elements of citation, and how to structure citations for books, journal articles, and websites. The video also highlights the importance of including proper in-text citations and using available resources like the University Writing Center and online reference sites to help with MLA formatting.

Takeaways

• 😀 Citation is essential for giving credibility to your research and allowing readers to locate sources.
• 😀 Always include in-text citations and a Works Cited page for all borrowed material—whether quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
• 😀 The Works Cited page must list every source used in your paper, including details like the author, title, publisher, and publication date.
• 😀 MLA 8 citation format uses nine core elements, providing an 'order of operations' for structuring citations.
• 😀 The Works Cited page title should be centered at the top, and the entries must be in alphabetical order by the first letter of each entry.
• 😀 Citations should use a hanging indent, where the second and subsequent lines of a citation are indented half an inch.
• 😀 When citing books, start with the author's last name, followed by the first name, title in italics, and publisher with the year of publication.
• 😀 Journal articles are cited with the author’s name first, the article title in quotation marks, and the journal name in italics, followed by publication details.
• 😀 For websites, the citation includes the author's name, the title of the webpage in quotation marks, the name of the website in italics, the publisher, the date of publication, and the full URL.
• 😀 The University Writing Center offers resources for understanding MLA formatting, as well as guides for forming thesis statements, writing conclusions, and using other citation styles like APA and Chicago.

The video is abnormal, and we are working hard to fix it.
Please replace the link and try again.