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Amy Gilbert & Suzanne Roybal Reference & Instruction Librarian

Amy Gilbert & Suzanne Roybal Reference & Instruction Librarian. Quotes, formatting, works cited page. MLA Style. MLA Citation Style: What is it?. Method for indicating the source of quotes in articles, research papers, essays.

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Amy Gilbert & Suzanne Roybal Reference & Instruction Librarian

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  1. Amy Gilbert & Suzanne RoybalReference & Instruction Librarian Quotes, formatting, works cited page MLA Style

  2. MLA Citation Style: What is it? • Method for indicating the source of quotes in articles, research papers, essays. • MLA (Modern Language Association) Style is used for Humanities, History, Religion, etc.disciplines. • Uses parenthetical references – (Author p.#) in the text. • Includes a Works Cited page of sources.

  3. What is a citation? On a Works Cited Page • the important info about a source… • author, title, name of journal, pages, publisher, date • that allows others to find it. In the your paper • A quote (“citing” a source)… • (Smith 5). • that points to the entry on the Works Cited page... • that allows others to find it.

  4. MLA Style • MLA Publication Manual • LB2369 .G53 2009(7th Ed.) • 2 copies in the Reference area (1st floor) • 2 copies on Reserve • Style Tips & Electronic References: http://www.mla.org/style

  5. Formatting Basicsfrom MLA Handbook (seventh edition) pages 115 to 122 • Use an easily reading font such as Times New Roman • Double space the entire paper including the Works Cited page • Use 1” margins at the top, bottom, and sides of the paper • Number pages consecutively in the upper right hand corner. Do not use p before the page number • Type your last name before the page number • Do not justify right • Indent the first word of each paragraph by ½” or 5 spaces • “A research paper does not need a title page. Instead, beginning one inch from the top of the first page and flush with the left margin, type your name, your instructor’s name, the course number, and the date on separate lines, double-spacing between the lines. Double-space again and center the title. Double-space also between the lines of the title and the first line of the text.“ (MLA 116). See figure next slide.

  6. Sample student title pageMLA Handbook pg. 117 Josephson 1 Laura N. Josephson Professor Bennett Humanities 2710 8 May 2008 Ellington’s Adventures in Music and Geography In studying the influence of Latin American, African, and Asian music on modern American composers, music historians tend to discuss such figures as Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, and John Cage with certain aspects of their style and Double-space Indent ½” The top of the first page of a research paper

  7. Formatting: Tables MLA Handbook pg. 118 • “Place tables & illustrations as close as possible to the parts of the text to which they are being explained. A table is usually labeled Table, given an arabic numeral, and titled. Type both label and title flush left on separate lines above the table, and capitalize them as titles (do not use all capital letters). Give the source of the table, designate notes to the table with lowercase letters rather than with numerals. Double-space through-out; use dividing lines as needed“(118).

  8. Formatting: IllustrationsMLA Handbook pg. 118-119 • For illustrations such as photographs, maps, line drawings, graphs or charts, these should be labeled Fig. with an assigned arabic number and given a caption. A label and caption appear directly below the illustration and have the same one inch margin as the text of the paper. • “If the caption of a table or illustration provides complete information about the source and the source is not cited in the text, no entry for the source in the works-cited list is necessary.” from pg. 118-119 of the MLA handbook

  9. In-text Quotes (p. 214) • Direct Quotes: "use quotation marks" • Give author's last name and page number • Miller wisely warns, “staring directly into the sun may cause blindness” (5). • “Staring directly into the sun may cause blindness” (Miller 5), but there are simple tools which allow a person to observe a solar eclipse. “The parenthetical reference “(Miller 5)” indicates that the quotation came from page 5 of a work by Miller. Given the author’s last name, your readers can find complete publication information for the source in the alphabetically arranged list of works cited that follows the text of your paper” (MLA Handbook 214).

  10. In-text Quotes (p. 241 & p. 225) • Place work cited (author p. #) just after quote, or incorporate into sentence • A comparison of reaction times across two groups revealed differences (Walker 72). • Walker compared reaction times across two groups (72). • All sentence punctuation is placed after the reference. • More than one author with the same last name, use the first initial in the parenthetical (D. Walker 72) • More than one work by the same author: include the title, brief version (Walker, On the Moon 72).

  11. Secondhand Quotes (p. 154) • Try to find original! • Give the authors of the original work, "as quoted in" the secondary source. • Seidenberg and McClelland's study (as qtd. in Coltheart, Curtis, Atkins, and Haller 1993)… • In the Works Cited page, include the secondary source only. • Coltheart, Michael, Robert Curtis, Paul Atkins, and Michael Haller. “Models of Reading Aloud: Dual-Route and Parallel-Distributed-Processing Approaches.” Psychological Review 100.1 (1993): 589-608. Print.

  12. More In-text Quotes • Quotes longer than 4 lines should be set off from the text by a ½ " indent, a colon and a new line (p.94): (notice the page number is AFTER the period) The Library of Congress website gives an interesting history for this institution. According to James Billington, the Librarian of Congress: The institution serving as the national library of the United States is perhaps more fortunate than its predecessors in other countries. It has the Congress as its godfather...This stroke of good fortune has made it perhaps the most influential of all the national libraries of the world. (2) Following text should not be indented. Do not end a paragraph with a block quote. Note the page number in parentheses at the end of the block quote. If you quote two or more paragraphs, indent the first line of each paragraph an additional quarter inch. (see pg. 94 of MLA Handbook)

  13. Works Cited • For each quote in the text, you must have a corresponding entry on your Works Cited page. • Only include items you quoted or paraphased in the text on your Works Cited page. • Do NOT include items you just read.

  14. W Depression 4 References Works Cited(2002, Sept. 9). The Library of Congress, 1800-1892. In Jefferson’s legacy: A brief history of the Library of Congress (part 1).Washington D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 1, 2004, from http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/loc.html Works Cited

  15. Works Cited Page Commandments • First line is flush-left, second line is indented! (hanging indent, ½ inch) • Double-spaced! • Alphabetize by author’s last name! • If no author, put title in place (Ignore A, An & The). • Do not number or bullet! • Be consistent!

  16. References: Italics & Capitalization • Titles of entire books, journals and websites are in italics. • Journal of Business Leadership • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Hawaii Volcano National Park • Titles of articles, chapters, and issue numbers are plain. • Capitalize all major words in the citation • Use quotes for the title of a journal article

  17. Works Cited: Formatting • Some publisher’s locations can be listed without the country or state: • New York, Paris, London, Boston, Moscow, San Francisco (see p. 236) • Use the official postal abbreviation for U.S. states (p.236): • CA, TX, WY

  18. Works Cited • Book: Author, Andrew.Title of Book. Location: Publisher. Date. Print. • Journal Article: Author, Andrew and Beau Bradley. “Title of Article.” Title of Entire Journal vol.iss (date): page-range. Print or Web. if web add date accessed here.

  19. Works Cited: Books Author, A. Title of Book. Place: Publisher, date. Print. Beck, Calhoun, and Robert D. Sales. Family Mediation: Facts, Myths, and Future Prospects. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2005. Web. 23 May 2012.

  20. Works Cited: Chapter in a Book • Wilson, Robert. “William Shakespeare's Theater. “The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: A Comprehensive Guide for Students. Ed. J. Rosenblum. 2005: 47-64. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Print.

  21. Works Cited: Journal Articles • Journal Article: Author, Albert. “Title of Article. “ Title of Entire Journal vol.iss (date): page-range. Print. • example: Mellers, Michael. “Choice and the Relative Pleasure of Consequences in South America.” Psychological Bulletin 126.5 (2005): 910-924.Print.

  22. Works Cited: Journal Articles from Databases Allen, David. “Record-Keeping and Routine Nursing Practice: A View from the Wards.” Journal of Advanced Nursing 27.6 (2006): 1220-1223. Web. 9 November 2012.

  23. References: Websites • author • date • title of page • retrieval statement

  24. Works Cited: Websites Environmental Protection Agency. Climate Change. 27 June 2013. Web. 9 July 2013. <http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/>. note: “You should include a URL as supplementary information only when the reader probably cannot locate the source without it or when your instructor requires it.” (pg. 182 MLA Handbook).

  25. Works Cited: Websites • No author: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.” Map. Google Maps. 2013. Web. 26 June 2013. <https://maps.google.com/maps?ct=reset&tab=ll> • Use the title of the article if no author given. Use n.d. if no date is given.

  26. Thank You!

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