Review of MLA 8 (changes from MLA 7) Have a seat at a table!
Modern language AssocIation (MLA) 1883 International association Language and Literature
What do I need to know about the new changes? General principles of citing/giving credit/etc. Most citations include the URL (even the database) Acknowledges ‘pseudonyms’ as an author name (@WSJ) No need to know the “different” ways to cite various sources (audiobook? PDF? Movie?) What do I need to know about the new changes?
All Citations go in this order: Author Title of Source Title of container Other contributors Version Numbers Publisher Pub Date Location
You don’t have to memorize this… EasyBib and the databases help you make the citations already!
Author Title of Source Title of container Other contributors Version Numbers Publisher Pub Date Location "McCarthyism." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics, Gale, 2009. Student Resources in Context, ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=true&displayGroupName=Reference&currPage=&scanId=&query=&prodId=SUIC&search_within_results=&p=SUIC&mode=view&catId=&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3048400183&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=true&source=Bookmark&u=sant91711&jsid=fe57c318206eefc4ea280400739546ca. Accessed 21 Nov. 2016. 2 3 7 8 9
In-class practice Activity: Use the slips in the envelope --- put them into the correct order. Author Title of Source Title of container Other contributors Version Numbers Publisher Pub Date Location
Answers: #1: @WSJ. “New production of Miller’s The Crucible” scintillating.” Twitter, 15 Nov. 2014, 3:36 p.m., twitter.com/WSJ/8675309 #2: CappaZack. “The Crucible Trailer (1996).” YouTube. 27 Oct. 2012. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuiaxtxrncc. #3: "The Crucible." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Jan. 2014. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. #4. Trevino, Marcella Bush. "The Crucible Allegorizes the Red Scare Era." Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970. Ed. Robert F. Gorman. Hackensack: Salem, 2008. Salem Online. 14 Nov. 2016. <http://online.salempress.com>. #5. Andrews, Evan. “Were Witches Burned at the Stake during the Salem Witch Trials?” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 13 Aug. 2014, www.history.com/news/ask-history/were- witches-burned-at-the-stake-during-the-salem-witch-trials.
Your job now: Go to library database, and find Mrs. Histed’s page Do the “End-of-Class Activity” and submit. **Remember: outside websites need to be cited with EasyBib….if you use a database, the citation is given for you in “Citation Tools”