MLA citations, in-text citations, and parenthetical
How do you parenthetically cite an Internet source?
Name of the author
an article retrieved from a database, what is the database? Bachelder, Chris. "Devious Shepherds of the Punch Line." The Believer. 9.2 (2010): 17-28. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Feb. 2010.
Academic Search premier
In MLA, on a works cited page, how do you alphabetize an anonymous work?
Alphabetize using the title
What is the medium of the following? Kaplan, Robert D. "History Moving North." Atlantic Monthly Feb. 1997: 21-25. Print.
Article in a magazine
Where do you put the parenthetical citations?
At the end of the sentence you are paraphrasing and quoting.
How do you cite a newspaper article found online in the works cited page in MLA?
Author's name. "Article Title." Newspaper Name Publication date. Access Date.
Hot parenthetically cite sources with an author and page?
Last name of the author and then the page you referred to
How do You cite electronic sources when using MLA format?
Last, First. "Article." Database. Date published. Date accessed.
How do you cite an Internet news article using MLA? Last, First. "Article." Database. Date published. Date accessed.
Last, First. "Article." Database. Date published. Date accessed.
Is this how u correctly cite work with multiple authors? Keith, Morris L., W.T., MB.. Los Trois Friends...
No, authors listed after the first are not initialed
When citing an article, short story, or other short work, how should should the title of the work be formatted?
Should be set in quotation marks in a citation
When no author name is given in a print document or website, who may be referenced as the author of the publication?
The corporation, government agency, or organization which provided the information being referenced
When citing an article or book and no author is given, what is put in place of the author's name?
The date of publication
standard citations for citing an article from a journal, newspaper, or book retrieved from an electronic database, what should be included?
The name of the database, medium, and the date of access should all be included when citing a source taken from a database
True or false when you remove words from a quote you use an ellipse?
True
How do you parenthetically cite a source without author?
Use the name of the book
How do you quote long quotes?
When quoting four lines or more you indent every line you are quoting by one inch
Do you use bracket quote when there are four or more lines?
Yes
Do you use ellipse when you want to add words to a quote
Yes
Is this a correct way of in-text citations in an indirect source? Johnson argued that... (as cited in Smith, 2003, p. 102)
Yes
Is this citation correct? Pressman, Aaron. "Bottom Fishing in Rough Waters." BusinessWeek 29 Sept. 2008: 27. Print.
Yes
Is this citation with two authors correct? On Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff and Johnson suggest that metaphors "actually structure our perceptions and understanding" (Lakoff and Johnson 57).
Yes
When citing work with different authors, is this correct? Why? Wilson, Kevin. "Housewarming." New Stories from the south. Ed. Amy Hempel. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 2010. 140-63. Print.
Yes, author (Last, First), title of work, tile of the different authors, editor, publication information, pages on which the work appears, and the medium (prints, web).
Do you underline the name of a magazine?
Yes, or you can italicize it.
Should a magazine article be in quotations when using MLA format?
Yes, use quotation marks for the title of the article, but use italics or underlining for the name of the magazine.
