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DocumentationModern Language Association Format
(Information Research Certificate Class 5)
Two Formats: MLA vs. APA
1. American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author.
2. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003.
#1 > example of citation based on APA Format / Style
#2 > based on MLA Style (publication year last)
MLA vs. APA
Sample: A survey of musical instruments Use “library catalog” to determine author’s and
publisher’s name… click here MLAMarcuse, Sibyl. A Survey of Musical
Instruments. New York: Harper, 1975.
APAMarcuse, S. (1975). A survey of musical
instruments. New York: Harper and Row.
Definitions
Plagiarism: Literally “kidnapping,” involving the use of someone
else’s words as if they were your own (Gibaldi 66). “the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and
publication as one’s own, of the ideas, or the expression of the ideas … of another.” (Oxford English Dictionary)
Theft of intellectual property Fraud Deception / Misrepresentation of ideas
Plagiarism cont.
To avoid plagiarism,you must DOCUMENT Documenting / Citing Definition:
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/document.html direct quotations, paraphrases, and original ideas not your own.
Another reason for documentationdocumentation / Citations help a reader locate and
retrieve the sources you cite. Your readers may need a direct, contextual reading
of the original works of others that has been used by you.
MLA: Citations in your text
Parenthetical Citations: A brief acknowledgement in the text of the
paper of what you derived from the source, and where in the work you found the material.
Last name, the page number of the quote taken E.g.: (Wordsworth, 263)
Or without last name, but only the page number of the quote
For example >> see next slide, or the link below: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
Direct quotations: short vs. long
Direct short quotations Vs. Parenthetical Citations (Paraphrases)
>>> See next slide Direct long quotations
quotations longer than four typed lines in a free-standing block of typewritten lines omit quotation marks indented one inch from the left margin maintain double-spacing
bottom note
>>> See next slide
MLA: Works Cited List
Works Cited List: A list at the end of papersEach source you cite in your text must
appear in your works-cited listAlphabetized by authors’ last names
or if unknown, by title
Detail for “List format”: click herehttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#Works-Cited
Format for an MLA Entry
Each entry in the work-cited list – complete reference at the end of your text:
1st line - Flush Left 2nd line and next - Indented ½ inch All lines - Double-spaced Capitalize the first word, and each “real” word
in the titles of articles, books, etc Exceptions: “a,” “an,” “the,” conjunctions or prepositions
Underline / italicize titles of articles, books, films, and periodicals
Order for an MLA Entry
Author’s last name, first name. Title of a part of the book. Title of the book Name of the editor, translator, or compiler. Number of the edition used. Number of the volume used. Place of publication: name of publisher, year. Page numbers.Note: each part ending with a period and two
spaces
A Book by a Single Author
Author’s or editor’s inverted name. Title of the book. Publication info, namely publication place, publisher’s name, year.
Reichs, Kathy. Fatal Voyage. New York: Scribner, 2001.
An Article: in a Scholarly Journal with Continuous Pagination
Author’s Last, First name. “Title of article.” Journal Title Volume Number (Date): page number.
Most, Andrea. “‛We Know We Belong to the Land’ The Theatricality of Assimilation in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!” PMLA 113 (1998): 77-89.
Electronic Publications:Library Subscription Databases
Author’s Name. “Title of the document.” Print Publication Information. Information about electronic publication. Access information (i.e., location / date of access. URL).
Yarup, Robert L. “Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury.” Explicator 55(1996):34. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Ozuna Learning Resource Center. San Antonio. 17 Feb. 2004 <http:/galenet.galegroup.com>.
More Examples: Book Citation
Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. American Designs: The Late Novels of James and Faulkner. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1991.
Periodical Example
Pavlic, Ed. “’I Just Don’t Know How to Move on Your Word’: From Signifying to Syndetic Homage in James Baldwin’s Responses to William Faulkner.” Mississippi
Quarterly 53 (Fall 2000): 515.
Electronic Source Citation
Wall, Carey. “The Sound and the Fury: The Emotional Center.” Midwest Quarterly 11 (1970): 371-87. Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select. Gale Group. Ozuna Learning Resource Center. San Antonio. 13 Nov. 2001 <http:/galenet.galegroup.com>.
Rules of Thumb
What style you have to follow?MLA or APA?
What type of sources used in your paper?Books? article in book? Or article in journal?
What category of examples in a handout applicable?Book examples … Internet examples?
Compare the elements in your source with the corresponding elements in a example that apply to yoursReplace all elements in the example with the elements you have in your source
Double check the elements, esp. punctuations …
Web Sites
http://www.mla.org http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml#
Citing Sources (pop-up menu at left) > Interviews … http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
APA vs. MLA: Choose one under “Examples” http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html
For more Citation and Styles Guides http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/
research/r_mla.html