DG 5: MLA and Citation Practice

Help With
MLA
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Citations

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Learning
to
Cite Sources
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MLA Format

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This Interactive Learning Book will help you learn to cite sources in MLA.
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Important to Remember!

There are two parts to MLA: In-text citations and the Works Cited list.

In MLA, you must "cite" sources that you have paraphrased, quoted or otherwise used to write your research paper. Cite your sources in two places:

1. In the body of your paper where you add a brief in-text citation.

2. In the Works Cited list at the end of your paper where you give more
complete information for the source.

Link to Citation Guide

Citation Guide

Works Cited Checklist

Works Cited Checklist.docx

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Help With Citations

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1. If you need help with MLA formatting, Purdue OWL offers an online guide to MLA.

2. Also linked below, is a guide to FAQ about In-text citations and Works Cited.

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Purdue MLA Guide

Purdue OWL MLA Overview

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FAQ Guide

FAQ. A Citation Guide

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In-Text Citation Guide

A complete guide to MLA in-text citations

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In-Text Citations

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1. An In-text Citation is a citation in the text of your writing to let your readers immediately know where you got your source

2. Brief in-text citations point the reader to more complete information in the works cited list at the end of the paper.

3. Your In-text citation will be the first part of the entry from the Works Cited page

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4. The period goes outside of the parenthesis

5. In-text citations include the last name of the author followed by a page number enclosed in parentheses. "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8).

6.If the author's name is not given, then use the first word or words of the title. Follow the same formatting that was used in the works cited list, such as quotation marks. This is a paraphrase ("Trouble" 22).

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In-Text Citations Guide

A complete guide to MLA in-text citations

Important Vocabulary

Access Date: The date you first look at a source. The access date is added to the end of citations for all websites except library databases.

Citation: Details about one cited source.

Citing: The process of acknowledging the sources of your information and ideas.

In-Text Citation: A brief note at the point in your paper where information is used from a source to indicate where the information came from. An in-text citation should always match more detailed information that is available in the Works Cited List.

DOI Number:A DOI, or Digital Object Identifier, is a string of numbers, letters and symbols used to permanently identify an article or document and link to it on the web. A DOI will help your reader easily locate a document from your citation. Think of it like a Social Security number for the article you’re citing — it will always refer to that article, and only that one.

Important Vocabulary cont.

Hanging Indent: indentation of a paragraph in which all lines except the first are indented.

Page Break: a marker in an electronic document that tells the document interpreter that the content which follows is part of a new page.

Paraphrasing: Taking information that you have read and putting it into your own words.

Plagiarism: Taking, using, and passing off as your own, the ideas or words of another.

Quoting: The copying of words of text originally published elsewhere. Direct quotations generally appear in quotation marks and end with a citation.

Works Cited List: Contains details on ALL the sources cited in a text or essay, and supports your research and/or premise.

How To Format A MLA Heading

"How To" Video: Formatting a MLA Heading

How To Format a Hanging Indent

"How To" Format a Hanging Indent Version 1

"How To" Format a Hanging Indent Version 2

How To Insert A Page Break

"How To" Insert a Page Break