MLA Citation

When is it ok to use a url in an IN TEXT CITATION

Only if it is required to reach the appropriate entry in the Works Cited page.

What is a periodical (what does the term mean)?

Periodicals are things like magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. It means these items are published periodically.

What information must be included when you cite a picture or cartoon in the in-text/parenthetical citation?

Provide the artist's name, the title in italics, date of composition, the medium of the piece, and the name of the institution that houses the artwork.

How do you indicate that words have been added to a quote?

Put brackets around the words to indicate they have been added.

What is an indirect source? How do you site it?

A source within a source. Site it using "qtd.in"

Nine items in a WORKS CITED entry for electronic source:

Author/editor Article name Title Version numbers (issure, volumes, etc) Publisher date (date created) Page numbers / paragraphs Date you accessed it URL Container

What is *unique* about an author's name in the WORKS CITED ENTRY when identifying a work with more than one author?

Authors are ordered in the same way they are ordered in the book. The first given name would appear in "last name, first name" format.

First thing listed when citing an entire website on the Works Cited Page

Editor, author, or complier's name

In what two instances are you required to use the abbreviation "n.pag"?

If there is no page or page information is unavailable.

What do the abbreviations "n.p" and "n.d." mean? When do we use them?

n.p.= no page number n.d.=no date We use them so each letter represents a word.

What info do you have to identify in an in-text/parenthetical citation when you use more than one work by the same author? Why?

Include a shortened title for the work you are quoting to distinguish it from the others.

What information is identified in the IN TEXT CITATION when you have four or more authors?

List the first author's last name and replace the additional names with "et al."

What information is included if you have more than one author with the same last name.

List their first initials in the citation with last name.

What identifying information must be included for every electronic source but not others?

Must include URL

How should the works cited page be formatted?

The Works Cited Page should be formatted in the order of: author, title of source, title of container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, publication date and location.

What is the first listed when you are citing an entire website in an in text citation?

The first thing listed is the author.

What information goes in the parenthetical citation when you have said the name of the author in the text?

The page number.

What do the two names indicate in WORKS CITED ENTRY when listing work from an anthology?

They indicate the editors.

What unique information is identified in the WORKS CITED ENTRY of a literary work with multiple editions?

You add the edition number

What is database?

structured set of data that is accessible in various ways.

In the In-text citation of a literary work with the multiple editions, what does the number represent?

the page number of that edition

What do the three numbers represent in the WORKS CITED entry of an article in a scholarly journal?

volume, edition, page number, and issue number