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MLA Citations

MLA Citations. World literature. What is MLA?. Modern Language Association Produce guidelines for citing evidence Produce guidelines for format of papers Who follows MLA guidelines? Students and teachers in English courses High school College. The nature of MLA.

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MLA Citations

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  1. MLA Citations World literature

  2. What is MLA? • Modern Language Association • Produce guidelines for citing evidence • Produce guidelines for format of papers • Who follows MLA guidelines? • Students and teachers in English courses • High school • College

  3. The nature of MLA • The MLA is always changing guidelines • Stay up-to-date on the rules • OWL at Purdue University is a great resource • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ • Example: • MLA’s former guidelines stated that you must include the URL for electronic sources. • In 2009, they decided it is not necessary to include this. • Why? Because the Internet is always changing

  4. What are citations? • Two types: in-text and Works Cited • In-text citations • Appear in the middle of paper or presentation • Shorter than Works Cited citations • Lists the author and page number • Works Cited • Appear at the end of the paper or presentation • Lists detailed information on the source

  5. Why do we need citations? To prevent plagiarism To give audience information on source To show others where to research your topic further

  6. Works Cited Citations for Websites To cite an entire web site: Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/ organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Example: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.

  7. Important rules Place punctuation at appropriate places Italicize only the name of the website Notice the day goes before the month Use n.p. to indicate that neither a publisher nor a sponsor name has been provided Use n.d. when the Web page does not provide a publication date

  8. Works Cited Citations for Websites To cite a page on a website: Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). “Article name.” Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/ organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Example: "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

  9. Works Cited Citations for Websites To cite an image or photograph from a website: Artist’s name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city where the work is housed. Name of the Website, the medium of publication, date of access. Example: Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. MuseoNacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006.

  10. Works Cited: the Format Label the slide Works Cited Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations Entries are listed alphabetically according to the first word in the entry See attached sample page

  11. In-text citations You need an in-text citation every time you give information that is not common knowledge You need an in-text citation every time you take a picture, graph, diagram, etc. off a website To cite websites in-text: Include in the text the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation (author name, article name, website name)

  12. In-text citations Example Works Cited entry: Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Example in-text citation for paraphrases: Evidence suggests global warming is an alarming trend (Clinton). Example in-text citation for direct quotations: He states, “Global warming is an alarming trend” (Clinton).

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