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English III

Citing in MLA & Source Cards

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Citing in MLA: BooksBooks:Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Type of Publication.

More than 2 authors:Last name, First name. (of the first author listed). et. al. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Type of Publication.

Practice Citation: Books

Dembeck, Chet.

The True Invasion of the Sutton Farm.

Baltimore:

Blue Deacon Publishing Baltimore, MD,

2012.

Print.

Citing in MLA: Electronic Resource

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Type of publication. Date of access.

If you’re using an entire web page:

Practice Citing: Electronic Resources

WebMD.

Web MD, LLC,

2012.

Web.

13 Sept. 2012.

Citing in MLA: Online Articles

Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the Web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, medium of publication, and the date of access.

Practice: Online Articles

Woodruff, Mandi,

“Genius PhD Student Paid Shi Tuition With Mail-In-Rebates,”Business

Insider, Yahoo Finance Worldwide, 2012, Web, 13 Sept. 2012.

Citing in MLA: Online Scholarly Journal

For all online scholarly journals, provide the author(s) name(s), the name of the article in quotation marks, the title of the publication in italics, all volume and issue numbers, the year of publication, type of publication, date accessed.

Practice Citing: Online Scholarly Journal

Carlin, Brendan, “Assisted suicide row Minister ‘must resign,’”EBSCOhost, Web. 2012. 13 September 2012.

Source Cards: Citations

1

Give every

source a card and

a number

Cite your source in MLA format.

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads.

London: Oxford U.P., 1967. Print.

Information Cards

1

Write the source

number for the correct

source card.

Was it a quote, summary, or paraphrase?

The information you’re taking from

your source.

Last name

of author & pg. #

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."

Wordsworth 263

Quote

We will be working on your outlines starting next week. Keep this in mind while doing your research!

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The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2010. Web. 1 October 2012.

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