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Modern Language Association

Modern Language Association. 2009 Update and other reminders Adapted from The Owl at Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/. 2009 changes in MLA. No more Underlining (only use italics) Publication Medium (e.g. Print, Web, etc.) is included on works cited page

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Modern Language Association

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  1. Modern Language Association 2009 Update and other reminders Adapted from The Owl at Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

  2. 2009 changes in MLA • No more Underlining (only use italics) • Publication Medium (e.g. Print, Web, etc.) is included on works cited page • Leave only one space after punctuation

  3. In-Text Citations • MLA uses parenthetical citations • Parenthetical citations depend on the medium • (e.g. Print, Web, DVD) • Parenthetical citations also depend on the source’sentry on the Works Cited page • Signal word in the text is the first thing in the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page

  4. Unknown Author • In-text Example: • We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . .” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

  5. Unknown Author • Corresponding Works Cited Entry: • “The Impact of Global Warming in North America.”GLOBAL WARMING: Early Signs. 1999. Web. 23 Mar.2009.

  6. ELECTRONIC SOURCES • Use the same guidelines as you use for print sources. Your goal is to make it easy for your reader to find the exact web page. However, since electronic texts are not as fixed and stable as their print counterparts, you must provide more information than print citations generally offer (Gibaldi 207-08). Unfortunately, many electronic sources do not supply all the desired information (authors, page numbers, paragraph numbers, etc.) so it is difficult to direct your reader to the exact location of the material you are citing (208). • The following are common situations you may encounter as you try to cite from electronic sources: • The source has an author, but no page numbers: In the parenthetical reference, use some other means of numbering such as by paragraph (par.) or sections (sec.). • The source has no author: use a shortened form of the title of the short work, or the name of the web site in the parenthetical reference.

  7. Internet Sources • Sources from the Internet • In-text Example: One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is "...a beautiful and terrifying critique of obsession and colonialism" (Garcia, “Herzog: a Life”). • Corresponding Works Cited Entry: • Garcia, Elizabeth. "Herzog: a Life." Online Film Critics Corner. The Film School of New Hampshire, 2 May 2002. Web. 8 Jan. 2009.

  8. Works Cited Page: The Basics Sample Works Cited page:

  9. Works Cited for Web Sites 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Examples of electronic works cited: Frost, Robert. “Mowing.” A Boys Will. New York: Henry Holt, 1915. Project Bartleby Archive. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. Dec. 1995. Columbia U. Web. 6 Mar.2002. <http://www.bartleby.com/117/19html>. Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 28 Jan 2002. Web. 8 Mar. 2004. <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca>. Darling, Charles. “Clauses: Essential Building Blocks.” Guide to Grammar and Writing. Capital Community College. Web. 3 Jan. 2007. <http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm>.

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