Works Cited for your Arguments

For your Short Arguments (Definition, Causal, and Rebuttal), and of course now for your Research Position Paper, your posts will have to include a Works Cited.

Not a Bibliography

Please understand this is different from a Bibliography, which identifies every source you consulted in your research. The Works Cited identifies only (this will sound so obvious!) works cited in a particular essay.

Add or Revise before Portfolio

If your short arguments (Definition Rewrite, Causal Rewrite, Rebuttal Rewrite) don’t already have Works Cited, you’re required to add them before the arguments move into your Portfolio.

Automated Works Cited

If you get your sources through the Rowan library databases, you can use Prof Search or RefWorks to produce automated Works Cited citations. A little experience with RefWorks will also accustom you to the mechanics of common citation types. But if you get stuck for a particular style, the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue offers a free online guide to citation.

Easier still than building your own citations with help from a manual are the automated Bibliography and Works Cited generators such as EasyBib, Citation Machine, and ETurabian.

A sample Works Cited in MLA citation style follows.

Works Cited MLA
(produced with EasyBib.com)

Ruiz, Rebecca. “Are You Eating Too Much Meat?” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 24 Mar. 2009. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

Rensberger, Boyce. “Teeth Show Fruit Was The Staple; No Exceptions Found.” Teeth Show Fruit Was The Staple. New York TImes, 15 May 1979. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

Bluejay, Michael. “Humans Are Natural Plant-eaters.” Vegetarian Guide. MichaelBluejay.com, Oct. 2014. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

“Meat.” Industry: Meat. Wikinvest, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

“Study: Vegan Diets Healthier for Planet, People than Meat Diets.” University of Chicago RSS. University of Chicago News Office, O8 July 2009. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

Fiala, Nathan. “How Meat Contributes to Global Warming.” Scientific American Global RSS. Scientific American, Feb. 2009. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

Works Cited APA
(produced with CitationMachine.net)

Ruiz, R. (2009, March 23). Are You Eating Too Much Meat? Retrieved April 27, 2015

Rensberger, B. (1979, May 15). Teeth Show Fruit Was The Staple; No Exceptions Found. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

Bluejay, M. (2014, October 1). Humans Are Natural Plant-Eaters. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

Meat. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015.

Fiala, N. (2009, February 1). How Meat Contributes to Global Warming. Retrieved April 27, 2015.