MLA Citations

Below you will see an example for the format of a Works Cited page.

Works Cited "Buffalo, New York Area, Great Lakes, Lake-Effect Snow Impacts: At Least 5 Dead, State of Emergency Declared - Weather.com." The Weather Channel. 19 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. <http://www.weather.com/news/commuter-conditions/buffalo-new-york-great-lakes-snow-20141119>. "Lake-Effect Snow Hammers South Buffalo, New York, Great Lakes - Weather.com." The Weather Channel. 19 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. <http://www.weather.com/news/lake-effect-snow-buffalo-new-york-great-lakes-photos-20141118>.

Here is the link for Citation Machine that we used in class. 

When you are on the website follow these instructions:

1. Choose MLA citation style
2. Choose "website"
3. Paste the URL from you article into the box provide
4. Click "search websites"
5. Most likely, the website will be found by Citation Machine. If the correct website is found choose "select"
6. A page will show you exactly what information they were able to collect. Click "continue to final step" at the bottom of the page.
7. Include any additional information you can find that Citation Machine could not find (for example-publication date or publisher)
8. Copy and Paste your new citation to a NEW page in your document "Mini Research Project __" document. 
9. Title the Page " Works Cited" as demonstrated in the example above. 

Next, you will need to include parenthetical citations. Simply put the last name of the author of your article OR your article title in parenthesis after your paraphrased information. This is will be demonstrated and checked in class.