Citing and Quoting Sources in MLA

Citing and Quoting Sources in MLA Academic Composition I 05/12/14

Discussion Questions • With your table team, discuss the questions on your handout.

Three Styles of Citation • Different styles for different academic disciplines (1) MLA – Modern Language Association • Used in the humanities (literature, history, philosophy) • Most popular in American high school and college. Example: The penalty for the crime can be as much as $100,000 in fines (Beck 30).

Three Styles of Citations (2) APA – American Psychological Association • Used in social sciences (psychology, sociology, education) Example: According to a recent article (Fishman, 1995), six thousand children… (3) Chicago Style • Used by book authors.

Why Cite Sources? • Any information you put in an essay that did not come from your brain MUST be cited. • If you don’t, it is considered… …and you can get in a lot of trouble. PLAGIARISM!!!!!!!

Modern Language Association (MLA) • Uses “Parenthetical Citations” • (Wordsworth 263) • What do you put in Parenthetical Citations? Depends on • the source medium (print, web, DVD, etc.) • the source’s entry on the Works Cited page • The first piece of information on the Works Cited page goes in the parenthesis

Quiz • What are the three citation styles? Which one are you using for your essay? • APA, Chicago Style, MLA • What kind of citations does MLA use? • Parenthetical Citations • What does the information in your citation depend on? • The source medium • The source entry on the Works Cited page

In-text citations:Known Author • What do the two sentences have in common? • Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263). • Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). • You need two things in a print source citation: • Author’s name • Page number information comes from

Citing Non-Print of Internet Sources • For written sources you need page numbers. • Electronic sources use the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry for this citation. Park, Madison. "Top 20 most polluted cities in the world.” CNN. Cable News Network, 8 May 2014. Web. 12 May 2014. http://edition.cnn.com/ 2014/05/08/%20world/asia/india-pollution- who/

Quiz • What two pieces of information go in a parenthetical citation? • If you don’t have an author name, what do you use?

Quiz • Make a parenthetical citation for this entry. Page number is 214 Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print. (Gleick 214) • Make a parenthetical citation for this entry. “Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet.” New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009 (Executive)

Picking SourcesPrint vs. Internet • Print sources – Examples • Newspapers, journals, books • extensive publication process • peer reviewed • fact checkers

Picking SourcesPrint vs. Internet • Internet Sources • Anyone with a computer can publish information. • Don’t have editors, fact checkers, etc.

Picking Sources • Think about: • Author and affiliation • Sources • Bias and special interests • Author qualifications • Publication Information

Quiz • When you pick a source, what are two things you should consider? • Why do you need to be careful with internet sources?

Works Cited vs. Bibliography • What’s are they? • Come at the end of the essay, on a separate page. • Bibliography • Includes all of your sources • EVERYTHING you looked at for your research, even if it’s not cited. • Works Cited • Only includes sources cited in your paper.

How to Write a Source • You can look it up and type it by hand, or…. • Citation Machine • http://www.citationmachine.net/

Citing and Quoting Sources in MLA