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MLA Citation
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Transcript
Thank you for your attention!
- Acceptable tool like EasyBib
- Compare to handbook
WHAT ABOUT MACHINES?
And one more thing...
- Save yourself from plagiarism!
- You don't have to memorize it!
- Be specific!
- Be consistent!
No comma needed!
Note where the period sits.
Parenthetical
Conclusion
In text
WHY MLA CITATION?
Works
Cited
MLA citation is necessary,
but it doesn't have to be
hard.
Parenthetical
In text
- Build your credibility
- Demonstrate accountability to your source
- Protects you from accusations of plagiarism
- Allows teachers to track your sources
Shortened title.
No page numbers.
Works
Cited
Author tag
In text
Works
Cited
A database source = complicated !
Author tag
TWO PART PROCESS
In text
- 'According to ________'
- '_________explains that....'
- Enough info to lead to a citation on Works Cited page
MLA
Citation
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah blah blah. According to Schramm, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah (35). Blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah, as Jones states, blah blah.
1. In-text citation
2. Works Cited page (MLA version of bibliography)
Works Cited
Jones, Ben. "Too Late." New York TImes.
NYTimes online. 25 May 2012. Web.
22 Nov 2013.
Schramm, Jane. "Running from the
Law." The Atlantic 10 July 1990: 20-25.
Print.
Works
Cited
1. In-text Citation :
A. AUTHOR TAGS
A. Only this title, centered.
RESOURCES
- The Everyday Writer
- Easy Bib
B. Alphabetical order
REMEMBER
You are not expected to memorize MLA citation! Nobody memorizes MLA citation.
This is why we have handbooks.
- Direct quotes
- Paraphrases
- Summaries
WHEN DO I CITE?
- ...(Smith 57). ...("Bourne Overcomes" 25).
- What comes first in the works cited
- Page number (if any)
- Shorten titles (2 - 4 words)
C. Hanging Indent
1. In-text Citation :
B. PARENTHETICAL CITATION
2. WORKS CITED BASICS
- Begin on new page
- 1-inch margins
- Title as Works Cited
- Alphabetical order
- No URL
- Hanging indents