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When you take someone else's idea from a source, such as an
article in a database, and write that idea into your paper to support your
thesis statement, that source must be listed on your Works Cited Page,
which comes at the end of your paper. In other words, the Works
Cited Page lists all the sources you have taken information from and used in
the body of your paper. These sources (a minimum of three) must be
CITED as parenthetical references or documentation within your text.
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The
Parenthetical Reference
A parenthetical reference, for
example (Robertson 67), is like...
1) A "Talking Arrow"
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2) A "Mini-Map"
...that directs a
reader of your paper to a specific source on your Works
Cited page.
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 1)
The Parenthetical Reference as "Talking
Arrow"
The parenthetical reference
(Robertson 67) in the text of your paper "points" toward the
Robertson book listed on your Works Cited page and "says"
this to a reader of your paper:
Mr. or Ms. Reader, to support
my thesis statement, I've taken an original idea from author
Robertson and used it in my paper. Robertson deserves credit for
the idea, not me. If you, Mr. or Ms. Reader, want to read
Robertson's original idea for yourself, you can find it in the book
by Robertson listed on my Works Cited page, where there's
enough information for you to find the book on your own. Within that
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2) The Parenthetical Reference as
"Mini-Map"
Think of (Robertson 67) as
a mini-map sitting within the text of your paper. It gives a
reader of your paper precise directions on how to find and
read Robertson's original idea. First, it shows the reader a highway
leading to the idea's source, Robertson, listed on your
Works Cited page. Then, it shows that reader the local road,
67, that leads precisely to the page in the source
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The Parenthetical Reference and the
Works Cited Page
Like Simon and Garfunkel in the recording
of the Bridge Over Troubled Water, they harmonize together--one can't
make it without the other.
That's how parenthetical references and
the Works Cited Page go together. One is dependent on the other.
If you cite a source in your paper in a parenthetical reference, that source
MUST be lised on your Works Cited Page. If you list a source on your
Works Cited Page, that source MUST be cited in a parenthetical reference
somewhere within your paper.
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PARENTHETICAL REFERENCE
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SOURCE
ON WORKS CITED PAGE
(Garfunkel) |
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Creating a
Perfect Works Cited Page
NoodleBib makes this relatively easy.
NoodleBib is
fill-in-the-blank software that greatly facilitates the creation
of perfect Works Cited pages. It is sometimes referred to as a Works
Cited page generator. You likely recall that it asks you to
provide information about each source you've used in your paper and
then formats this information according to precise MLA formatting
rules. Once you've entered all your cited works into NoodleBib, you
can generate a perfectly formatted Works Cited page, print it out,
and attach it at the end of your research paper.
Need a NoodleBib refresher? Try
this
TUTORIAL. |
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On your Working Bibliography, carefully
DELETE all sources from which you have NOT taken ideas used in your
paper. This will leave a list of sources from which you HAVE taken
ideas summarized, quoted or paraphrased in your paper. This will
leave you with a Works Cited page.
Once you've deleted all UNUSED sources from your
Working Bibliography, change the HEADING from Working Bibliography to
Works Cited Page.
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END OF PART 6
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