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Warm-Up: Review

Warm-Up: Review. BEFORE you start perusing a website for information, what should you do? Besides his/her name, what do you need to know about the author of a website? If the author’s name is not the page at which you are looking, what should you do?. Trade & Grade.

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Warm-Up: Review

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  1. Warm-Up: Review • BEFORE you start perusing a website for information, what should you do? • Besides his/her name, what do you need to know about the author of a website? • If the author’s name is not the page at which you are looking, what should you do?

  2. Trade & Grade http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp a. Barbra & David Mikkelson, professional researchers b. site that investigates rumors c. newspapers & journals of that time period d. July 21, 2004 e. started as hobby; became a living; does it for $$; no bias f. Yes. Author has good credentials & documents sources

  3. Trade & Grade www.dhmo.org • Tom Way, computer programming professor • “data clearinghouse & forum for public discussion” about H20 • does not document sources • updated daily • demonstrate how to create a webpage; for fun • No. Site says “content veracity not implied”

  4. Trade & Grade www.dogbreedinfo.com • author’s name not listed • provides place to find a breeder • source of info not documented • 1998-2013 • hobby & to make $$ • No. While this info does seem accurate, I would choose a source which credits its authors.

  5. How to Create an MLA Citation • MLA = Modern Language Association • Citation = information about the source • Basic Format: Author. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Jones, Joe. Being Cool. Atlanta: Kickin’ Publishing, Inc., 2012. http://owl.english.purdue.edu www.easybib.com

  6. Practice Title: Shoes Are Fabulous Author: Sarah Szatkowski Publisher: Great Books, Inc. Dity: Dallas, GA. Date: 1472 Szatkowski, Sarah. Shoes Are Fabulous. Dallas, GA: Great Books, Inc., 1472.

  7. Citing an Entire Website (Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.) Author. Name of Site. Name of company, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access. Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

  8. Practice Author: Romeo Montague Name of site: Love to Love Company: Shakespeare’s Men, Inc. Created: February 14, 1592 Accessed: January 23, 2013 Montague, Romeo. Love to Love. Shakespeare’s Men, Inc., 14 February 1592. Web. 22 January 2013.

  9. Citing a Page on a Website For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given. Schmoe, Joe. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, Inc., 2000. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

  10. Practice • Author: Juliet Capulet • Article: Let’s Get Real • Website: No More Pedestals • Company: Elizabethan Media, Inc. • Date: July 10, 1591 Capulet, Juliet. “Let’s Get Real.” No More Pedestals. Elizabethan Media, Inc., 10 July 1591. Web. 23 January 2013.

  11. Practice Access the 3 sites from your quiz and create MLA citations for each. • http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp • www.dhmo.org • www.dogbreedinfo.com

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