Below is an excerpt from a student paper (with MLA documentation). Examples of incorrect and correct works cited pages for the sources in this excerpt follow.

According to government statistics, "an estimated 60 percent of Americans take a[n herbal] supplement every day, and some 75 million try a supplement to treat symptoms before seeing a physician" (Ryser 1H). According to James Dillard, M.D., "[M]any folks think that they can treat themselves with herbs, because herbal remedies are ‘not really medicines'" (qtd. in Seidman 32). While most herbal supplements have not been rigorously tested by scientists to determine what, if any, benefits they provide to people who take them, many herbs do indisputably affect bodily functions. The fact that many patients consume supplements based on word-of-mouth or on dubious Internet information concerns doctors--particularly when their patients fail to tell them about herbal supplements they are taking. "This lack of communication could compromise patients' safety if the use of unconventional medicines interferes with other health problems or medical treatments," as one recent study noted (qtd. in Seidman 33).

Incorrect Works Cited Page:

Ryser, Rob. "Herbal Sales Bloom." Journal News 18 June 2002, Northern

Westchester/Putnam ed.: 1H+.

(This works cited page is incorrect because it does not list all of the works cited.)

Incorrect Works Cited Page:

Seidman, Barry F. "Medicine Wars." Skeptical Inquirer 25.1 (2001): 28-35.

Ryser, Rob. "Herbal Sales Bloom." Journal News 18 June 2002, Northern

Westchester/Putnam ed.: 1H+.

(This works cited page is incorrect because the list is not alphabetized.)

Incorrect Works Cited Page:

Dillard, James. In Seidman, Barry F. "Medicine Wars." Skeptical Inquirer 25.1 (2001):

28-35.

Ryser, Rob. "Herbal Sales Bloom." Journal News 18 June 2002, Northern

Westchester/Putnam ed.: 1H+.

Seidman, Barry F. "Medicine Wars." Skeptical Inquirer 25.1 (2001): 28-35.

(This works cited page is incorrect because James Dillard, who is not the author of an article cited in the paper, is listed.)

Correct Works Cited Page:

Ryser, Rob. "Herbal Sales Bloom." Journal News 18 June 2002, Northern

Westchester/Putnam ed.: 1H+.

Seidman, Barry F. "Medicine Wars." Skeptical Inquirer 25.1 (2001): 28-35.