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MLA Documentation

• Working on the
• Works Cited Page
• Print and Database Sources

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Working on the Works Cited Page
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Works Cited Page

• Purpose
• To acknowledge outside sources and avoid
  plagiarism
• to give the reader the information necessary to
  relocate the source
• Contains all bibliographic information such as
  author, title, source, dates, etc.
• The information you will need includes
• Author, Title, Source, Date, Place/Publisher,
  Medium (usually print or web) and sometimes more.

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Works Cited Rules

• Alphabetized by authors last name.
• If no author, the title is used.
• Double-spaced using hanging indent.
• Comes at the end of your paper but is part of the
  same document.

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Other Tidbits

• Capitalization of Titles
• Use initial capitalization even if the source you
  got it from does not! (Online sources are
  notorious for not following MLA rules.)
• Quotation Marks for Titles
• Magazine articles, songs, TV episodes, poems,
  stories, etc.
• Italics for Titles
• Books, CDs, TV shows, movies,
• journals, websites etc.

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Creating Entries

• All books textbooks which cover how to cite
  sources do so by example
• The LSCC Library has kindly provided a handout
  that gives samples based on our databases and
  other resources
• Also examine the sections in our textbooks that
  give samples of Works Cited entries.
• Use your handbook first!

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Computer Help with Works Cited

• When finished typing the paper itself, press
  Enter
• Go to the INSERT menu and insert a PAGE BREAK
• Center the phrase Works Cited
• Press ENTER, return to the Left Margin, and turn
  on Hanging Indent
• Use the Format/Paragraph Menu
• Can also use the Ruler

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Print Sources on the Works Cited Page
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Citing A One Author Book
Author Last, First. Title. City Publisher,
Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael. Bloody Sundays Inside the
Dazzling, Rough-and-Tumble World of the
NFL. New York William Morrow,
2003. Print.
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Citing A Two Author Book
Author Last, First and First Last. Title.
City Publisher, Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael and Dan Jones. Bloody
Sundays Inside the Dazzling, Rough-and-
Tumble World of the NFL. New York William
Morrow, 2003. Print.
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Citing A Three Author Book
Author Last, First, First Last, and First Last.
Title. City Publisher, Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael, James Smith and Dan Jones.
Bloody Sundays Inside the Dazzling, Rough-
and- Tumble World of the NFL. New York
William Morrow, 2003. Print.
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Citing A Four or More Author Book
Author Last, First, et al. Title. City
Publisher, Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael, et al. Bloody Sundays Inside
the Dazzling, Rough-and- Tumble World of
the NFL. New York William Morrow, 2003.
Print.
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Use the same format for naming authors and
editors in books, articles, and databases,
whenever the names are available. From this
point on, you will only see Last, First to
indicate the author(s) or editor(s).
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Citing A One Editor Book
Last, First, ed. Title. City Publisher,
Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael, ed. Bloody Sundays Inside
the Dazzling, Rough-and-Tumble World of the
NFL. New York William
Morrow, 2003. Print.
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Citing A Two Editor Book
Last, First and First Last, eds. Title. City
Publisher, Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael and Dan Jones, eds. Bloody
Sundays Inside the Dazzling, Rough-and-
Tumble World of the NFL. New York William
Morrow, 2003. Print.
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Citing A Three Editor Book
Last, First, First Last, and First Last, eds.
Title. City Publisher, Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael, James Smith and Dan Jones, eds.
Bloody Sundays Inside the Dazzling,
Rough- and- Tumble World of the NFL. New
York William Morrow, 2003. Print.
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Citing A Four or More Editor Book
Last, First, et al., eds. Title. City
Publisher, Date. Medium.
Freeman, Michael, et al., eds. Bloody Sundays
Inside the Dazzling, Rough-and- Tumble
World of the NFL. New York William
Morrow, 2003. Print.
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Periodical Sources (Magazines and Journals) on
the Works Cited Page
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Citing Magazine Articles with Author
Last, First. Title of Article. Periodical
Date Page(s). Medium.
Freeman, Michael. Bloody Sundays Inside the
Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the
NFL. Sports Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005 224.
Print.
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Citing Magazine Articles with No Author
Title of Article. Periodical Date Page(s).
Medium.
Bloody Sundays Inside the Dazzling, Rough-
and-Tumble World of the NFL. Sports
Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005 224. Print.
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Citing Magazine Article Dates
Weekly 20 Dec. 2005
Monthly Dec. 2005
Bimonthly Nov- Dec. 2005
Bloody Sundays Inside the Dazzling, Rough-
and-Tumble World of the NFL. Sports
Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005 224. Print.
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Citing Journal Articles
Title of Article. Periodical Volume.Issue
(Year) Page(s). Medium.
Bloody Sundays Inside the Dazzling, Rough-
and-Tumble World of the NFL. Sports
Journal 22.3 (2005) 224. Print.
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Database Sources on the Works Cited Page
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Database Sources

• These can be found on the Library site called
  Databases A Z.
• These can also be e-Books.
• These sources are available to students via a
  subscription paid by the college.
• It is no longer necessary to cite the URL for
  paid database materials.

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E-Book
Last, First. Title. City Publisher,
Date. Database. Medium. Retrieved Date.
Freeman, Michael. Bloody Sundays Inside the
Dazzling, Rough-and-Tumble World of the
NFL. New York William Morrow,
2003. NetLibrary. Web. 21 May 2009
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Magazine from a Database
Last, First. Title of Article. Periodical
Date Page(s). Database. Medium.
Retrieved Date.
Freeman, Michael. Bloody Sundays Inside the
Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the
NFL. Sports Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005 224.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 21 May
2009.

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Journal Article from a Database
Last, First. Title of Article. Periodical
Volume. Issue (Year) Page(s). Database.
Medium. Retrieved Date.
Freeman, Michael. Bloody Sundays Inside the
Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the
NFL. Sports Journal 22.3 (2005) 224.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 21 May 2009.

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