Two Components for MLA Citations InText Citations Inside

Two Components for MLA Citations • In-Text Citations – Inside the paper – aka parenthetical citations • End-Text Citations – At the end of the paper – aka Work(s) Cited page © Julie Faulkner

Information that Doesn’t Require Citations • Proverb, sayings, clichés – A friend in need… • is a friend indeed. – Give credit where… • credit is due. • Well-known quotations – “To be or not to be. That is the question. ” • Common knowledge that’s not debatable. – The sky is blue. – Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. • Your own field research. © Julie Faulkner

Reminder WHEN IN DOUBT… CITE IT!! © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Popular Entries Four of the most common source types: • Books • Magazines/Journals Articles (Print) • Magazines/Journals Articles (Library Web Database) • Websites © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Book Formula: Last name, First name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Print. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Book Example: Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Signet Classics, 2008. Print. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Print Magazine/Journal Article Formula: Last name, First name. “Title of Article. ” Title of Magazine or Newspaper Day Month Year: Page numbers. Print. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Print Magazine/Journal Article Example: Powell, Frances. “Lady Diana: The People’s Princess. ” Newsweek 20 Nov. 1995: 25 -28. Print. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Web Database Magazine/Journal Article Formula: Last name, First name. “Title of Article. ” Title of Journal. Vol. no. Issue no. (Year): pages. Online Database Name. Web. Day Month Year Accessed. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Web Database Magazine/Journal Article Example: Reese, Patty. “Christianity in America. ” The Christian Journal. 6. 2 (2009): 1+. Expanded Academic. Web. 8 March 2010. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Website Formula: Last name, First name. “Title of Article. ” Title of Larger Source or Website. Publisher or Sponsor. Day Month Year of Publication. Web. Day Month Year Accessed. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Entry Formulas Website Example: Smith, Beth. “Something Rotten in the Big Apple. ” New. York. News. com. New York News Press. 17 June 2002. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Page Specs • Continue page numbering with last name from the body of your paper. It goes after the paper. • Center the title “Works Cited, ” one inch from the top. No quote marks or underlining. • Alphabetize entries by the author’s last name. If no author, alphabetize by the title (ignore A, An, The). • Use a hanging indent. • Double space. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Page Specs What if something is missing? Some sources do not have a date, publisher or pagination. MLA advises, where applicable, to write n. d. for no date, n. p. for no publisher, and n. pag. for no pagination given. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Works Cited Page Specs © Julie Faulkner

MLA In-Text Citations Formulas References in your paper must clearly point to specific sources in your list of Works Cited. IF IT’S IN THE PAPER, IT GOES ON THE WORKS CITED PAGE. IF IT’S ON THE WORKS CITED PAGE IT GOES IN THE PAPER. © Julie Faulkner

MLA In-Text Citations Formula: In print sources (and sources from the web and databases), providing the author’s last name and the page number is most preferred. Example: Medieval Europe was a place both of “raids, pillages, slavery, and extortion” and of “traveling merchants, monetary exchange, towns if not cities, and active markets in grain” (Townsend 10). © Julie Faulkner

MLA In-Text Citations Formula: If no author is listed (no matter the type of source), use the title of the article (shortened if longer than 5 words). Example: Medieval Europe was a place both of “raids, pillages, slavery, and extortion” and of “traveling merchants, monetary exchange, towns if not cities, and active markets in grain” (“A History of the Middle Ages” 10). © Julie Faulkner

MLA In-Text Citations Formula: The author’s name can be referred to within the sentence and as a result not be mentioned in the parenthetical citation. Example: According to Mike Townsend, Medieval Europe was a place both of “raids, pillages, slavery, and extortion” and of “traveling merchants, monetary exchange, towns if not cities, and active markets in grain” (10). © Julie Faulkner

MLA In-Text Citations Specs • If using the title, remember to use correct punctuation: italicize book titles, use quotation marks for journal articles, short stories, book chapters, etc. • Periods go after the parenthesis. • Whatever is in the first space of the works cited, endtext citation goes in the parenthetical citation. They are a matching pair. © Julie Faulkner

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MLA Practice 1) Write a Work Cited entry for the following source. Author: James Debrie Title: Days of Thunder City: Boston Publisher: Verizon, Inc. Date: 2004 © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 1) Does yours look like this? Debrie, James. Days of Thunder. Boston: Verizon, Inc. , 2004. Print. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 2) Write a Work Cited entry for the following source. Author: Annalyse Burton Title of Article: Mark Twain: The Satirist Title of Larger Work: The Literati Publication Date: July 19, 1999 Pages: 125, 127, 128, 129 Database: One. File Medium: Web Access Date: April 27, 2011 © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 2) Does yours look like this? Burton, Annalyse. “Mark Twain: The Satirist. ” The Literati. 19 July 1999: 125, 127 -29. One. File. Web. 27 April 2011. © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 3) You incorporated this quote from Paul Mariani’s book Dream Song: The Life of John Berryman from page 273 in your research. Finish the parenthetical citation. According to biographer Paul Mariani, “Researchers have documented alcohol-related upheavals in John Berryman’s life, including loss of friends, family, and a future in college” (273). © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 3) Does your research look like this? According to biographer Paul Mariani, “Researchers have documented alcohol-related upheavals in John Berryman’s life, including loss of friends, family, and a future in college” © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 4) You wrote the following sentence using information from “Family Therapy: A Systems Approach”, which is an article on the website Web. MD. You found it on April 12, 2014, and the copyright date is 2011. No author is available. Finish the parenthetical citation. Some researchers trace the causes of alcohol dependence to “flawed family structures. ” © Julie Faulkner

MLA Practice 4) Does yours look like this? Some researchers trace the causes of alcohol dependence to “flawed family structures” (“Family Therapy: A Systems Approach” par. 5). © Julie Faulkner