writing a bibliography using mla (7th ed.)

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Writing a

Bibliography UsingMLA (7th ed.)

Done by: Naponee Evans


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Areas that ill be

!overed: "o and hen to !ite ithin yo#r te$ta!!ording to the MLA style

"o to !reate a Wor%s &ited page' !iting avariety o so#r!es:

rint

Ele!troni!

Media

What to do i yo# !o*e a!ross so*ething#n#s#al not !overed in this t#torial


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What is MLA?

• MLA stands for Modern Language Association

which promulgates guidelines for preparing student

research papers and projects and scholarly

manuscripts in the humanities. “MLA style” refers to

a system of citing research sources.


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Why Should !ite?

!iting identifies and credits sources used in a research paperor project" ac#nowledging their role in shaping your research.$his also allows others to follow%up on or retrie&e this material.

When you 'orrow from other sources to support your argumentor research you must gi&e proper credit. (y crediting yoursources" you a&oid plagiarism. f you do not cite a source" youare guilty of plagiarism.

)lagiarism is a form of cheating or stealing. t is the

unac#nowledged use or appropriation of another person*swords or ideas.


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When Should !ite?

Many students plagiari+e unintentionally. ,emem'er" whene&er

you summari+e" paraphrase or -uote another authors material

you must properly credit your source.

f you are using another person*s idea" you must also cite yoursource/


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n any o ese !ases' yo# *#s !re yo#r so#r!e

,#**ary' araphrase'-#ote

• A s#**ary (a%a abstra!t/) brie0y !apt#resthe *ain ideas o yo#r so#r!e

• A paraphrase is a restate*ent o the te$t oyo#r so#r!e in yo#r on ords

• -#otations !an be dire!t (#sing 1#otation*ar%s) or indire!t (no 1#otation *ar%s andoten introd#!ed by that/)• A noted s!ientist states' 2A h#ndred years ago' the

average te*perat#re o the earth as abo#t 34.75&(6.658)9 today' it is !loser to 3.5& (67.;58)<(,ilver 33).

• A noted s!ientist observes that the earth/s !#rrentaverage te*perat#re is 67.;58 !o*pared to 6.658 ah#ndred years ago (,ilver 33).


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0ow 1o !ite?

$here are two parts to citing according to MLA style2

3. (rief n%te4t citations 5in parentheses6 within the 'ody of youressay or paper

7. List of full citations in the Wor#s !ited page at the end of yourpaper

8ote2

,eferences cited in the te4t must appear in the Wor#s

!ited.!on&ersely" each entry in the Wor#s !ited must 'e cited

in the te4t.


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MLA pro&ides these

guidelines for citations2In-text:“,eferences in the te4t must clearly point to specific

sources in the list of wor#s cited” 59i'aldi 73:6.

Wor#s !ited2“dentify the location of the 'orrowed information as

specifically as possi'le” 59i'aldi 73;6.


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n%$e4t !itations

• You must provide information that will allow the reader

to locate exactly where you found information in your

sources. Usually this is the author's last name and a page

number, for example: (Polar !!"

Place the parenthetical reference at the end of the sentence

before the punctuation mar#.

• $he average world temperature is rising at an alarming

rate of %&& degrees elsius per year (Polar !!".


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ones alludes to this premise 53=%=@" 3:;6.Two wors cited:

5$aylor ;: $homas =7B6

!hen you cite more than one wor "y the same author in

your paper# indicate which wor in your parenthetical

citation:

C&eryone hates glo'al warming 5Smith" Our Environment DB6.

When possi'le" gi&e only the last

two digits for the second num'er

!ite as you normally would and

separate citations with a semicolon


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Wor#s !ited )age

$he Wor#s !ited )age appears at the end of your paper on its

own page.

C&erything you referenced in your te4t must 'e listed in your

Wor#s !ited page. !on&ersely" e&erything you list in theWor#s !ited page must 'e cited in your essay.

$he Wor#s !ited page pro&ides the information needed for a

reader to find and retrie&e any source used in your paper.


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Sample Wor#s !ited )age

ESources are listed alpha'etically

ndent all lines after

the first F inch for each wor# listed

E$he entire

Wor#s !ited

page is

dou'le%spaced

$itle “Wor#s !ited” is center

at the top of the page

(e sure that each

citation has aformat descriptor

5properly placed

within the

citation6 e.g."

We'" )rint" Gilm

All citations end

in a period 5.6


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nternet Sources

What Should (e ncluded?

Author5s6" if a&aila'le2

$itle of the document.

Title of scholarly project,database, periodical, orwebsite.

1ate electronic pu'licationwas last updated.

8ame of the organi+ationsponsoring or associatedwith the site.

Gormat descriptor.

1ate when you accessedthe source.

“9lo'al Warming.”

Stanford Solar Center .

7HHD.

Stanford Ini&ersity.

We'.

: Apr. 7H3H


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We'sites

Climate Change. 7: >ul 7HHD. I.S. Cn&ironmental )rotection

Agency. We'. : Apr. 7H3H.

“9lo'al Warming.” Stanford Solar Center . 7HHD. Stanford Ini&ersity.

We'. : Apr. 7H3H.

1ate accessed

A''re&iate the month

1ate source was last updated


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Clectronic Articles$ournal:

Laurance" William G. J!an !ar'on $rading Sa&e

Kanishing Gorests?J Bioscience ;D.: 57HHD62 7D%

DB. Prouest . We'. : Apr. 7H3H.

1ata'ase" italici+ed

Access date

Kolume .ssue5ear of pu'lication6


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Clectronic Articles"

!ontinued%ewspaper:(all" >effrey 8. “Warming )rogram 1raws Gire Gund 1esigned to

Spur ,enewa'le Cnergy Su'sidi+es 9as )lants.J !all Street

"ournal N8ew or#" 8..O 33 >ul 7HHD" Castern

edition2 A.3. !eb. : Apr. 7H3H.

1ate of access

Gormat descriptor 1ate article was pu'lished

)lace of pu'lication is in 'rac#ets when it is not

e4plicitly indicated in the pu'lication itself


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Clectronic (oo#sSweet" William. #ic$ing the Carbon %abit& 'lobal !arming and the Case for

(enewable and )uclear Energy . 8ew or#2 !olum'ia Ini&ersity )ress" 7HH.

)et*ibrary . We'. : Apr. 7H3H.

Moser" Susanne !. Creating a Climate for Change& Communicating Climate Change

and +acilitating Social Change. !am'ridge" 8ew or#2 !am'ridge I)" 7HHB.

)et*ibrary . We'. : Aug. 7H3H.

Again" include date of access and format descriptor

“Ini&ersity )ress” can 'e a''re&iated “I)”


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Media ,o#r!es

M#lti*edia so#r!es !an also be #sed

and !ited

Media sources (examples):

•$K P radio 'roadcasts

•Gilms P &ideo recordings

•Sound recordings

&ormat descriptors:

•$ele&ision ,adio

•Gilm 1K1 Kideo ,ecording

•!1 Sound ,ecording


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Media ,o#r!es What Should (e ncluded?

• “$itle of $he Cpisode.”

• Title of program or

series.

• 8ame5s6 of director5s6"

performer5s6" narrator5s6

• 8ame of 8etwor#.

• !all Letters and !ity of

Station.

• 11 MMM. .

• Gormat descriptor

“$he ada ada”

Seinfeld

)erf. Claine (enes"9eorge !onstan+a"

!osmo Qramer" and

>erry Seinfeld

8ational (roadcasting!orp.

Q8(!" Los Angeles

7: Apr. 3@@B

$ele&ision.


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Wor%s &ited

(adu" Cry#a. “,imshot.” Ery$a Badu *ive Ini&ersal ,ecords. 3@@B.

!1.

The 'irl with the -ragon Tattoo. 1ir. 8iels Arden oyce" >ames. .lysses. )erf. >im 8orton and Marcella ,iordan. 8a4os

Audio'oo#s. 7HH:. !1.

“$he ada ada.” Seinfeld . )erf. Claine (enes" 9eorge !onstan+a"

!osmo Qramer" and >erry Seinfeld. 8ational (roadcasting !orp.Q8(!" Los Angeles" 7: Apr. 3@@B. $ele&ision.


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End

• + yo# !o*e a!rossanything not*entioned in thispresentation or need

#rther inor*ation'!ons#lt the MLAHandbook

• Libraries' online et!=

ibaldi, )oseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.*th ed. +ew Yor#: odern -anguage ssociation of merica,%&&/. Print.

$rimmer, )oseph 0. A Guide to MLA Documentation: with an Appendixto APA St!e. !th ed. 1oston: 2adsworth, %&&. Print.

$here are many more e4amples

and much useful information inside/

$he MLA R(i'le*

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