MLA format
What should be included in citing media sources?
"Title of the episode." Title of program or series. Name(s) of director(S), performer(S), narrator(s). Name of network. Call letters and city of station. DD MMM. YYYY. Format descriptor
"University Press" can be abbreviated
"UP"
What font and pt.
12pt. Time New Roman
In-text citation
Authors last name and page number
The works cited page provides
Information needed for a reader to find and retrieve any source used in your paper
Book titles are
Italicized
Cite the Postal codes for states of
Lesser-known cities
After punctuation, leave only
One space
If a newspaper article continues on another page, write
Only the first page number and a plus sign F1+.
How to cite 2 works
(Taylor 54; Thomas 327)
Set all margins to ___ inch(S) on all sides
1
Indent the first line of paragraphs to
1/2 inch
When citing, always indent the second line for each work
1/2 inch
All lines after the first in the works cited page should be indented
1/2 inch for each work cited
Header must be at
1/2 inch from top and 1 inch from the right of page
How to cite volumes and issues
60.3 60 -> volume 3 -> issue
Paraphrase
A restatement of the text of your source in your own words
For websites, the date accessed months can be
Abbreviated
Sources in the works cited are listed
Alphabetically
Works cited page appears
At the end of your paper on its own page
How to cite internet sources
Author(s) if available: title of the document. Title of scholarly project, database, periodical, or website. Date electronic publication was last updated. Name of the organization sponsoring or associated with the site. Format descriptor. Date when you accessed the source.
What should be included when citing a book?
Author(s) or editor(s), complete title, edition, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, format descriptor
What should be included in journal articles?
Author(s). Article in quotes. Periodical title (journal, magazine, etc.) italicized. Volume #. Issue #. Publication date (abbreviate months, if used): page numbers of the article. Format.
What should be included in periodical articles?
Author(s). Article title in quotes. Periodical title (journal, magazine, etc.) italicized. Volume #. Issue #. Publication date (abbreviate months, if used): page numbers of the article. Format descriptor.
Cite more than one work by the same author in your paper
Author, comma, title, page number (Smith, our environment 87)
Most citations will include
Author, title, publication information, format descriptor
Summary
Briefly captures the main ideas of your source
Title works cited is ______ at the top of the page
Centered
Citing two pages from your source
Cite as you normally would and separate citations with a semicolon (136-39, 145)
Each entry in the works cited must be
Cited in the text
For electronic books, include
Date of access and format descriptor
It is important that you include the ___
Date you accessed the electronic or online source. You should also include the date the source was published or last updated
If available for an article, give complete
Date: day, month and year
Quotations that are indirect
Do not use quotation marks
MLA paper should be
Double spaced
The entire works cited page is
Double-spaced
For books with editors, list the
Editor(s) name(S) followed by "eds" Smith, Ava and Judith Clark, eds.
If more than one author is given, list
First author "last name, first" then second or third authors should be listed "first name last name" with "and" connecting the last name Singer, Fred S., Christopher smith, and David Avery
Citing two or more sources by the same author
For the second listing by the same author, type three hyphens and a period in place of the name Friar, John. The Changing Atmosphere —-. The Crowded Greenhouse
Every citation should have a ________ ________
Format descriptor
Article titles, titles of chapters, essays, short stories are
In Quotes
References sited in the text must appear
In the works cited
First part of citing in MLA format
In-text citations in parentheses within the body of the paper
Format descriptor website
Indicate that its a web source with the word, web
Database
Indicate the name of the database, like ProQuest or lexisnexis, italics
How to cite one author in one book
Italicize the book, use a colon between the main title and the subtitle
For electronic articles, the database needs to be
Italicized
The name of the journal, magazine, or newspaper needs to be
Italicized
2nd part of citing in MLA format
List of full citations in the Works cited page at the end of the paper
How to cite 2 to 3 authors in a book
List the first author last name, first, and the second first name then last Singer, Fred and Dennis Avery
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
How to cite a book by corporate author
Name of corporate author. Information National research council.
If you use an authors name in a sentence, do you use it again in the parenthetical citation?
No, just give the page numbers
If an electronic resource does not have a page number, ...
Omit them from the parenthetical reference (Smith) -> authors last name ("Major source of Gas") -> if no author
How to cite with more than one page
Only the last two digits for the second number (123-25)
All citations end in a
Period (.)
Quotations that are direct use
Quotation marks
Article title needs to be in
Quotes
You must cite authors material whenever you
Summarize, paraphrase, or quote another authors material
Media sources (examples)
TV and radio broadcasts, films and video recordings, sound recordings
Format descriptors (examples)
Television; Radio Film; DVD; Video Recording CD; Sound Recording
How to cite without a known author
Title and page number
Do not use italics, bold, or underline for
Titles
Have a header with page numbers located in the
Upper right-hand corner
Examples of format descriptors
Web, print, film
MLA paper should be typed on
White 8.5x11 paper
Where should the format descriptor be placed
Within the citation
The parenthetical reference must be placed at the end of the sentence....
before the punctuation mark
