Creating a Works Cited page is a requirement for most research projects.  A Works Cited page provides a listing of all resources that were used to create your paper, PowerPoint presentation, collage, speech, or any other kind of product.

Today is a practice exercise in becoming more familiar with the process and creation of a Works Cited page. 

Select a  topic from these listed below.

John Brown and Harpers Ferry

Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War

Whiskey Rebellion of 1794

Catherine the Great of Russia

Dutch East India Company

Opium Wars

Leonardo da Vinci

Invention of the Helicopter in 1909

Hubble Space Telescope

Invention of the Wireless telegraph in 1897

Richard Wagner

Oberammergau's Passion Play

Scott Joplin

Sargasso Sea

Great Barrier Reef in Australia

Galileo's contributions to science

Exxon Valdez oil spill, 1989

Andrea Doria, 1956

Maria Mitchell (1818- 18889)

Kublai Khan

Woodrow Wilson

Alexis de Tocqueville

Voyager 2

Gladiators

Jackie Robinson

Use three of these four resources to gather information.

Book on your topic

Electronic Database (Any of the Gale resources; Facts on File; Electric Library)

Use your handout to gather two important facts about your topic from each of the three resources you select.  Be sure to write down the needed citation information about your resource.

• Electronic Resources:  Encyclopedias and Databases

• LibraryCatalog

How will I take notes and record my citation information?

• Use your teacher's handout.

Use the citation information you recorded on the handout to create your Works Cited page using NoodleTools

I should have the following to turn in:

• Handout that shows:
  • My topic selected
  • Citation information for three resources
  • Two facts from each resource

• Works Cited Page PRINTED out