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Citing Sources

Citing Sources. Works Cited. MLA General Guidelines. Type on white 8.5᾿ x 11᾿ paper Double-space everything Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font Leave only one space after punctuation Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides Indent the first line of paragraphs

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Citing Sources

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  1. Citing Sources Works Cited

  2. MLA General Guidelines • Type on white 8.5᾿ x 11᾿ paper • Double-space everything • Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font • Leave only one space after punctuation • Set all margins to 1 inch on all sides • Indent the first line of paragraphs • Header with last name and page numbers in the upper right corner • Use italics for titles • Works Cited page

  3. Formatting the first page • No title page • Double space everything • In the upper left corner of the 1st page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and date • Center the paper title (use standard caps but no underlining, italics, quote, or bold) • Create a header (Last name, page number) in the upper right corner at half inch from the top and one inch from the right

  4. Works Cited Format • Place the list of works cited at the end of the paper. • Center the title, "Works Cited", one inch from the top of the page. • Double space EVERYTHING • Begin each entry flush with the left margin. • Indent subsequent lines (hanging indent) • Alphabetize by the author's (or editor's) last name. • Entries without an author are alphabetized by title.

  5. Works Cited • Basic Format: • Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. • Examples: • Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print. • Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. • Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, 1997. Print. • ---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print. • “---” indicates that the author is the same as the previous citation

  6. Article in a Magazine • Format • Author(s). “Title of Article.”Title of Periodical. Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. • If you found the source via MAGNOLIA or EPSCOhost, you must write “Web” instead of “Print.” • Example: • Buchman, Dana. “A Special Education.” Good Housekeeping. Mar. 2006: 143-8. Print.

  7. Article in Scholarly Journal Format • Format: • Author(s). ᾿ Title of Article. “Title of Journal.” Volume. Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. • If you found your source via MAGNOLIA or EPSCOhost, write “Web” for medium of publication rather than “Print.” • Example: • Duvall, John N. “The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White Noise.” Arizona Quarterly 50.3 (1994): 127- 53. Print.

  8. Scholarly Journal online • MLA requires a page range for articles that appear in Scholarly Journals. If the journal you are citing appears exclusively in an online format (i.e. there is no corresponding print publication) that does not make use of page numbers, use the abbreviation n. pag. to denote that there is no pagination for the publication. • Example: • Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal 6.2 (2008): n. pag. Web. 20 May 2009.

  9. Web Source • Format: • 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 last update. Medium of publication. Date of access. • Examples: • Bernstein, Mark. “10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.”A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009. • Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.᾿ How to Make Vegetarian Chili.῀ eHow.com. eHow. n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

  10. Bibliography Cards • You must have a bibliography card for each source (on an index card) • The bibliography card must include the following: • Source number (in the upper right corner) • Source citation

  11. Example Bibliography Card

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