mla lecture cod 1101

8/4/2019 Mla Lecture Cod 1101

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MLA Documentation:A How-To Guide


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Why Do Documentation?To defend against accusations of plagiarism

To give credit where credit is due

To point interested readers in the right directionshould they want to read more


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Why MLA Documentation?MLA = Modern Language Association

Uses a Works Cited page, and in-text citations look

like this: (Whitt 602)Students in the humanities, soft sciences, and some

of the hard sciences (biology) use MLA

APA = American Psychological Association

Uses a References page, and in-text citations looklike this: (Whitt, 2010)

Students in most of the hard sciences and research

fields use APA


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Two Elements of MLA DocumentationIn-text (parenthetical) citations

Bibliographical citations (Works Cited page)

The combination of credit tag and in-text citationshould give the reader enough info that they cango back to the Works Cited page and find the

source that you're referring to without confusion.


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In-text citation: print works with one author

Give the authors name and page number after a quote or

paraphrase

Give only the page number if the authors name appears

in a credit tag or signal phrase

Use an ellipsis (...) to show where parts of the original text

have been deleted

Use brackets [ ] to show information that you have

included that does not appear in the original text

Includes books, magazines, newspaper articles


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Original text:

For Jewish-Americans, the nomination of Sen. Joseph Lieberman as the

Democrats' candidate for vice-president in 1999 was a source of pride.

In-text citations:

Lieberman's nomination made the Jewish community proud (Goldman 14).

Goldman says that Lieberman's nomination for VP made Jewish-Americansproud (14).

Goldman says that "the nomination of...Lieberman...was a source of pride"

(14).

Goldman states, "For Jewish-Americans, the [1999] nomination of Sen.

Joseph Lieberman...was a source of pride" (14).


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In-text citation: author quotes someone else

If the author is quoting someone else in his or her

essay, use 'qtd. in' (quoted in)

Original text:

Marcy Kaptur, Democrat of Ohio, said, The health care bill that will

move forward today is actually a bill about life.

In-text citation:Congresswoman Kaptur calls the health care bill a bill about life

(qtd. in Herzenhorn and Pear A32).


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In-text citation: two print works by the same

author

Use both the authors name AND a shortened version of

the title, with commas after both

When the authors name is used in a credit tag, omit the

commas

Tony Whitt says that heat is bad ("New Orleans" 25).

He also says that heat is worst than cold (Whitt, "New Orleans II," 47).


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In-text citation: print works with two, three, or

more authors

With two authors, use both authors names and the page

number with three, use all three and separate them with

commas

Whitt and Johnson report that some people think Paula Abdul shouldbe burned in effigy (402).

In some states, Paula Abdul has already been burned in effigy (Whitt,

Johnson, and Phelps 12).

With more than four authors, use the first author's name

followed by et al. (and others)

According to some, there are classes far worse than English

Composition (Whitt et al. 204).


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In-text citation: non-print sources

Use a credit tag to indicate the sourceParenthetical citation should onlybe used if you're not certain the

reader will know where to look.

Interviews: give the name of the person interviewed in the credit tagTelevision shows or movies: give the name of the show or movie in the

credit tag

Web pages: give the name of the webpage, the name of the author, orwhatever information is available to direct the reader to the correct entry

on the Works Cited. For direct quotes, giveparagraph numbers, notpage numbers! Web pages do not have page numbers!

On his web site, Whitt writes, "I don't know why I bore my students withMLA documentation - I really don't (par. 5).


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Works Cited PageAll in-text citations should give sufficient

information to allow the reader to find the

matching bibliographical citation on theWorks Cited page.


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Works Cited ChecklistDid you...

...include the heading WORKS CITED (or WORK

CITED?

...center the heading with no underlining?

...list ONLY the resources that you quoted or paraphrased

in your paper?

...list the resources in alphabetical order?

...double-space ALL lines on the Works Cited page?

...indent each line after the first line of each resource?

...distinguish between print and web sources?


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Works Cited ChecklistDid you...

...use the correct form of the MLA style for citing eachresource?

...check for all of the picky punctuation marks, such asperiods, for example, at the end of each part of eachresource and at the VERY end of the resource listing?

...double-check the parenthetical citations in the body of

your paper to make sure you used the same punctuationas on the Works Cited page -- for example, underliningbook & magazine titles, and using quotation marks forarticle titles?


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Works CitedBall, Jeffrey. Six Products, Six Carbon Footprints. The ContemporaryReader. Ed. Goshgarian, Gary. 10th ed. Boston: Longman, 2008. Print.215-222.

Miller, JoAnn. "The Sandwich Generation." Working Mother Jan. 1987:47-48. Print.

"Politics of Sports." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 8 July 1984: B7+. Print.

Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Ageof Show Business. New York: Penguin, 2005. 25th Anniversary ed.Print.

Stefano, Joey. Personal interview. 26 February 2005.

Whitt, Tony. Home page. 3 Dec. 2004. Web. 30 Feb. 2005.


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Bibliographic citation: books with one author

List the authors last name first, followed by thefirst name and a period

Underline the title, followed by a period

Give the city the publisher is based in (list thefirst one in cases where several are listed).Follow with a colon, the publishers name, and

the publication dateIf the work is a specific edition, list it

Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age ofShow Business. New York: Penguin, 2005. 25th Anniversary ed. Print.


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Bibliographic citation: books with two (or more)

authors

List the first authors last name first, followedby the first name and a comma, then list thesecond authors name normally.

If there are more than one author, list the firstauthors name as above, then list eachauthors name normally.

Cite the rest the same as a one-author work,

making sure to include edition info as needed.

Lunsford, Andrea A., John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Everything'san Argument: with Readings. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007.Print.


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Bibliographic citation: essay collections with

multiple authorsList the name of the author whose specific essay

youre citing, last name first, followed by the first nameand a period. Then list the name of the essay.

List the name of the collection, then list the editors ofthe collection the same way you would with multipleauthors.Cite the rest the same as a one-author work, but list

the page range of the essay at the end of the citation.

Ball, Jeffrey. Six Products, Six Carbon Footprints. The Contemporary Reader. Ed.Goshgarian, Gary. 10th ed. Boston: Longman, 2008. Print. 215-222.


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Bibliographic citation: magazine articles with

one author

List the authors last name first, followed by thefirst name and a period

Give the title in quotations, with the period inside

the quoteUnderline the title of the magazine

Give the date of publication (daily, weekly,monthly, and so on). Follow with a colon and the

page range of the articleFollow the same steps for listing multiple authors

as youd follow with booksMiller, JoAnn. "The Sandwich Generation." Working Mother Jan. 1987: 47-48.

Print.


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Bibliographic citation: newspaper or magazine

articles with no author listed

Give the title in quotations, with the period insidethe quote do not start with words like the. Ifthe article is an editorial, indicate this

Underline the title of the magazine or paperGive the date of publication (daily, weekly,

monthly, and so on). Follow with a colon and thepage range of the article

With newspapers, give the first page andindicate if the article continues on another page

"Politics of Sports." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 8 July 1984: B7+. Print.


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Bibliographic citation: personal interviews

Give the name of the person interviewed (lastname, first name) followed by a period

Indicate that its a personal interview, and follow

with a periodGive the date of the interview

If the interviewee wishes to remain anonymous,come up with a pseudonym and use it both here

and within the in-text citations.

Stefano, Joey. Personal interview. 26 February 1998.

Stupid Smurf. Personal interview. 26 January 2003.


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Bibliographic citation: web pages

Give all possible info if you have an authors name, give

it; if you have a webpage title, give it

ALWAYS give the date of access, after the word Web. If

the page has a Last Updated date, give that date first,then list the date of access

ALWAYS list the URL address (use TinyURL.com as

needed). When there is no authors name or webpage

title, give a description for the title.

Whitt, Tony. Personal web site. 3 Dec. 2004. Web. 30 Feb. 2005

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