Citation exerciseCitation exerciseTime limit: 50 minutes

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Directions

Pair up with someone in class and work on this exercise

Take the drill, answer the questions and write the citations.

Past the questions in the same slide Save it and post it in the discussion board

“Citation Exercise”

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Drill 1: http://www.mountaindragon.com/merchant/composition/mla/index.htm

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Drill 2: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/writesite/exercises/mla.aspx

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What does APA stand for? Which disciplines use it?

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What does MLA stand for? Which disciplines use it?

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List 2 reasons why we should cite sources.

The following slides have information on scholarly sources. Present them as APA or MLA citations and paste them in the same slide

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Book Author: Edward Cornish Title: Futuring: The Exploration of the Future City of Publication: Bethesda, Maryland Publisher: World Future Society Date: 2004

7 Encyclopedia Article Author: Jerry Stubben Article Title: Native Americans and Government Policy Encyclopedia Title: Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia Editor: James Ciment City of Publication: Armonk, New York Publisher: M.E. Sharpe Date: 2006 Volume: 5 Pages: 1190-1203 Number of volumes in set: 8

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Magazine Article Author: Carmen Wong Ulrich Article Title: Stop Stressing Over Money-

Now! Magazine Title: Health Date: April 2006 Pages: 126-128

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Newspaper Article Author: James ‘ONeill Article Title: Richland is Given Award for

Quality Management Newspaper Title: Dallas Morning News Date: April 20, 2006 Pages: 6B

10 Journal Article Author: Markus Greiner, Olaf Mandel, Tilman

Esslinger, Theodor W. Hänsch and Immanuel Bloch Article Title: Quantum Phase Transition from a

Superfluid to a Mott Insulator in a Gas of UltracoldAtoms

Journal Title: Nature Date: January 3, 2002 Volume: 415 Issue: 6867 Pages: 39-44

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Magazine Article from an Electronic Database

Author: Anne McGrath Article Title: A New Read on Teen Literacy Magazine Title: U.S. News & World Report Date: February 28, 2005 Pages: 68-70 Database: Academic Search Premiere

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Website Title of Page: Children’s Alliance: Child

Obesity Title of Site: Children’s Alliance Date of access: use today’s date URL (Web address):

http://www.childrensalliance.org/childfacts/childhood-obesity.cfm

13 Reprint Source (see http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-

V/examples.htm#Reprint%20Series) Author: Blair Gibb Article Title: Human Rights Are Not Necessarily Universal Book Title: Human Rights Editor: Laura K. Egendorf City of Publication: San Diego Publisher: Greenhaven Date: 2003 Pages: 26-31 Series Title: Opposing Viewpoints Series Original Article Title: Global Aspirations, Local Gospels Original Magazine Title: Whole Earth Original Date: Summer 1999

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Correct error (if any): A major reason families succeeded in the

1950s was that "federal assistance programs were much more generous and widespread than they are today." (Coontz, p. 62).

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Correct error (if any): According to Stephanie Coontz, in the 1950s

"federal assistance programs were much more generous and widespread than they are today" (Coontz, 62).

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Correct error (if any): Stephanie Coontz argues that it was the

generosity and availability of federal aid programs that made families seem so successful and reliable in the 1950s.

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Correct error (if any): Even politically conservative scholars admit

that we "should not hide from students that Colombus and other European explorers were often brutal" (Cheney, 267.)

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Correct error (if any): Lynne Cheney is forced to admit that

students should learn that even European explorers were "often brutal (Cheney 267)."

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Correct error (if any): Lynne Cheney concedes that students must

be told the errors of our European past (p. 267).

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Correct error (if any): In the online article "The Income Inequality

Debate" we are told that although the author finds "the poverty of the very poor unlovely, … [p]overty is a relative concept."

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Cite a phone interview you did with the director of the CDC, William (Bill) H. Gimson, on December 10th, 2008 in MLA style.

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Cite a phone interview you did with the director of the CDC, William (Bill) H. Gimson, on December 10th, 2008 in APA style.

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This is an MLA citation. How will it be cited in APA?

King, Martin Luther, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. New York: Norton, 1997. 1854 – 66.

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