MLA knowledge
Tyson, Phyllis A., and Michael G. Gordon. "The Psychology of Women." Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 46 (1998): 361-64
Article in a scholarly journal
Margins should be 1.5
False
When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.
False
You should capitalize every word in a title
False
When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?
Frye has argued this point before (197).
Works cited page should
Include all quoted, paraphrased, or summarized sources
Works Cited page
Is a new page that is numbered sequentially
Jackson, Gabriel. "Multiple Historic Meanings of the Spanish Civil War." Science and society 68.3 (2004):272-76. Academic Search Premier Elite. EBSCO. Brookens Library, U of Illinois at Springfield. 27Sept.2002. <http://www.epnet.com>
Journal article within an online database
MLA
Modern Language Association
When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?
This point has been argued before (Frye 197)
Block quotes are only used when the author is mentioned in the text
True
For block quotes, the page number at the end is outside the period
True
For block quotes: Quotation marks are not used
True
Give only the first city listed for the place of publication and do not list state names, regardless of how obscure the city. *
True
MLA prefers Times New Roman font
True
The entire block quote is indented
True
You only use "et al" when you are citing a text with more than three authors.
True
You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.
True
You should not use the authors' last names in the citation if the authors' names appear in the text.
True
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003.
book
Works Cited
is centered, without quotation marks, italics, or underlining
Works Cited entries begin at the
left margin. Next line is indented.
Kramer, Cosmo F. "A Health Threat Baffling for Its Lack of a Pattern." New York Times 22 June 2003, natl.ed.: A14
newspaper
Works Cited Page-The following are sources cited on a "Works Cited" page. Write what type of item is being cited. (Website, Book, Article in a scholarly journal, Newspaper, Article in a magazine)
website