hello there, this is mr p on today's lesson we're going to learn all about
mla style of documentation step by step forms for entries so let's get started
so first of all what is mla mla stands for modern language association style
mla style is the norm for the humanities and fine arts disciplines to quote,
summarize or paraphrase outside sources. When writing your paper,
sources must be indicated by in-text citations in parenthesis Fingley and Rubens page 536
so the next question is where should the list of works cited go in your paper
when readers find a parenthetical reference in the body of a paper,
they can turn to the list of works cited at the ends of the paper to find complete publication
information for the cited source Fingley and Rubens page 536
so this is an example of works cited in a paper there is a format on how to write the works cited
and we're going to look at that right now so elements in works cited entries so what
do we need so in this case we're going to cite a book so number one we need the author's name
the list of authors name with the last name first followed by a period for example shakespeare comma
william period then we need the title of the book so find the exact title on the title page separate
the title and subtitle with a column print the title in italics and a period at the end example
the tragedy of romeo and juliet so you can see is in italics then we need the publication include
the place name of publisher date of publication format of publication use column between the
place and the publisher's name followed by a comma and then publication date example
new york column washington square press comma 1959 period so let's take a look at some examples now
so we have glick james chaos making a new science penguin 1987. henry patricia the hummingbird house
mcmurray 1999
kill is by paula and neil lerner the allen and bacon guide to peer tutoring allen and bacon 2000
next up entries for print periodicals so first the author's name list the author's name with the last
name first followed by a period syringe c gen next title of article place the title of the article
inside quotation marks insert a period before the closing quotation mark so example feminisms and
composition in quotation marks and then a period so number three publication underline or italicize
the title of the journal add volume number and issue number separated by a period list the date
of publication in parenthesis followed by a column list the page numbers followed by a period
include the format of publication example college composition and communication 53.3 2006 543-51
print don't forget the column and the period
let's look at examples of entries for print periodicals
for music james tv makes it too close call time 20th of november 2000 pages 70-71
pac-man dana a special education good housekeeping march 2006 pages 143 to 148
entries for electronic sources so first we need the author's name the list of the author's name
with the last name first followed by a period number 2 title of document
and or website place the title of the article on the web page inside quotation marks
insert a period before the closing quotation mark write the title of the entire site in
italics followed by a period and last number three publication list the name
of the publisher or sponsor of the website give the name of electronic publication
provide the format and list the date of access so let's take a look at some examples now
example smithsonia binding the hand that doesn't feed me internships for college credit rscam
slate wp and one 8th of june 2006 web 24th of july 2006
another example feluga dino guide to literary and critical theory
perdue you 28th of november 2003 and then the website and then accessed the 10th of may 2006.
so now let's recap right yes so what do we need first we need the authors or editor's name
number two we need the book journal document or website title and number three the publication
information that's all we need to quote a book a document a journal or a website
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