Chapter 5 Documentation Preparing the List of Works

Chapter 5: Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Cited

Citing Web Publications • Most works on the Web have an author, a title and publication information similar to print publications. • Scholars need to record the date of access as well as the publication data when citing sources on the Web because: – Electronic texts can be updated easily and at irregular intervals – Any Web source is potentially different from any past or future source and must be considered unique. • In the past, the MLA included the URLs of the Web sources in the entries. These, however, can change or can be long & complex. • The URL should only be included when the reader will not be able to find the source without it or when required by the instructor. • If included, the URL must follow the date of access. Enclose the URL in angle brackets <> Lupack, Alan, and Barbara Tepa Lupack, eds. The Camelot Project. U. of Rochester, 4 Nov. 2011. Web. 4 Dec. 2011. < http: //www. lib. rochester. edu/camelot/cphome. stm >.

Lupack, Alan, and Barbara Tepa Lupack, eds. The Camelot Project. U. of Rochester, 4 Nov. 2011. Web. 4 Dec. 2011. Title Sponsor editors Date See book pages 186 – 87 for more examples

5. 6. 2. Non-Periodical Publication • Non-Periodical Web publications should include as many of these components as possible in this order: – Name of author, compiler, editor, …. – Title of the work (italicized if independent, in quotation marks if part of a larger work). – Title of the web site (italicized) if different from the title of the work. – Version or edition. – Publisher or sponsor; if not available, use N. p. , – Date of publication (day month year – no punctuation); if not available, use n. d. . – Medium (Web). – Date of access (day month year – no punctuation). • Untitled works may be identified by a genre label (Home page – Introduction …)

A Work on the Web Cited with Print Publication Data • If the work also appears in print (web and a real book), you have the choice to include the print publication information in your entry. Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. James Kinsley. Oxford, 1980. Questia. Web. 4 Dec. 2011.

A Work on the Web for Another Medium Besides Print (pictures) Pride and Prejudice. 2005. DVD Cover. Teach with Movies. Web. 4 Dec. 2011.

5. 6. 3. A Scholarly Journal • Follow the directions for citing works in print periodicals, but give Web as medium of publication. • If the publication includes page numbers, include them. If not, use n. pag. • Add date of access (day month year – no punctuation). Judith Giesberg. “Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life”. Historian. 73. 3. (2011): n. pag. Web. 2 Dec 2011.

5. 6. 4. Periodical Publication in an Online Database Gannon, Kathy. “Syria must sign Arab peace plan by Sunday”. Arab News. 4 Dec. 2011. Web. 5 Dec. 2001.

5. 7. Citing Additional Common Sources 5. 7. 3. A Film or a Video Recording Title. Dir. Name. Perf. Main actors. Distributor. Year of release. Medium. Pride and Prejudice. Dir. Joe Wright. Perf. Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, and Donald Sutherland. Working Title Films. 2005. Film.

5. 7. 8. A Map or Chart From a book: Saudi Arabia. Map. Pleasantville: Reader’s Digest, 1997. Print. Online: “Saudi Arabia. ” Map. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 22 Nov. 2011. Web. 4 Dec. 2011.