How to Cite Sources & Create a Works Cited Page

URL: You have to write

out the entire address

Website: History

Article Title:
10 Things You
Didnt Know
About William
Shakespeare

Last updated: 2015

Publisher: A & E
Networks

**No Author Listed leave blank

Direct
Quote:
His wife and
their two
children who
lived to
adulthood,
Susanna and
Judith, are
thought to
have been
illiterate,
though
Susanna
could scrawl
her
signature.

1. Locate 3 credible websites about Shakespeare or the play Hamlet

When was the last time the sire was updated?
Does it look organized, grammatical correct, and can you find who manages the website?
Does it have mostly facts instead of opinions?
Does it link to other credible websites?
Stay away from personal websites, Wikipedia, answer.com sites, and blogs
2. Using direct quotes, Choose one fact to write down from each website
Ex. Shakespeares Hamlet is one of the most famous tragedies.

3. Then use citationmachine.net to create a source and use that completed source to create a Works Cited Page
a. Go to MLA format
b. then choose Website
c. Then copy and paste the exact web address into the autofill mode then click search websites
d. Your website should appear if you see it, then click select

e. Then click on continue to final step

f. Make sure all information looks correct AND that you have clicked YES under display URL then click
create citation
g. Copy and Paste your final source into a Google Document

Click on Copy &

Paste
Paste source into a
Google Doc

Setting-up Your Works Cited Page

1. Put Works Cited at the top centered
2. Place the sources in alphabetical order (if it starts with a number, it comes first)
3. Make sure you indent after the first line of each source. ( In order to indent you have to enter, enter,
backspace, backspace, tab)
4. Do not put any extra spacing between sources
5. Double-space your paper
6. It should look just like the example below

Works Cited
10 Things You Didnt Know About William Shakespeare." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 23
Nov. 2015. <http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-williamshakespeare>.
"Shakespeare Facts - 12. Shakespeare Wrote His First Play, Henry VI, Part One." Shakespeare Facts - 12.
Shakespeare Wrote His First Play, Henry VI, Part One. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.
<https://www.coursehero.com/file/8008159/Shakespeare-facts/>.
"Shakespeare Facts: Read Facts About William Shakespeare." No Sweat Shakespeare. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.
<http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-facts/>.