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MLA style (Members of the Legislative Assembly
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Notes Arrange in alphabetical order Double space all lines Indent the second line 5 spaces (one half inch) Abbreviate all months except May, June, and July If no author is given, start with the title
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MLA Construction
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Books Need Author Title Place of publication Publisher Copyright date Where to find it all? Title, author on cover Place of publication, publisher, copyright date © on back of title page
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What does a citation look like? Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Pocket, 1993. Print Author.Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, date. Print
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Book article or chapter – TEXTBOOK Need Authors names Title of article being used Title of book Editor (if avail.) Place of publication Publisher Date Pages used Where do we find the information? Same as books – lets look in your Literature textbook
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James, Nancy E. "Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth According to Kirk and Spock." Spectrum of the Fantastic. Ed. Donald Palumbo. Westport: Greenwood, 1988. 219-223. Print. Author “Title of article or chapter" Title of Book. Editor or Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, date. Page numbers. Print.
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Website Need Author Title of webpage Name of the entire website Date website was created or last updated Organization who posted the website Access date URL WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS? Copyright pages or acknowledgement pages.
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Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. Web. 8 Oct. 1997.. Author. “Title of webpage” name of website. Date created or last updated. Organization that posted website. Web. Access date..
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1. Center top of page goes “Works Cited” 2. List the sources alphabetically regardless of the type of source 3. Make sure to have one inch margins. 4. If you go onto another page you can write “Works Cited (cont.)” at the top in the center 5. If you cannot type and put the necessary information in italics underline that material 6. Punctuation is important
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Author – Peter Abrahams Title: Down the Rabbit Hole Publisher – HarperCollins Place of Publication – New York Copyright © - 2005 Print
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Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole. New York: HarperCollins. 2005 Print.
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Author – Heidi Hayes Jacob, Richard Lederer and Sharon Sorensen. Title of article – from The Life and Death of King Richard III Title of book – Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes Edition – silver Place of Publication – Needham, Massachuettes Publisher – Prentice Hall Copyright – 2000. Print
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Jacob, Heidi Hayes, Richard Lederer, Sharon Sorensen. “from The Life and Death of King Richard III”. Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. Silver. Needham, Massachusetts. Prentice Hall. 2000. Print.
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Author/creator – Robert Leggat MA. M. Ed. Ph.D Web page – BEGINNINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Web site – A History of Photography From its beginning till the 1920s. Access date – January 20, 2010 Published/updated date – 1997 Organization – The Society URL – http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
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Leggat, MA. M. Ed. Ph.D., Robert. “BEGINNINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY”. A History of Photography From its beginnings till the 1920s. 1997. The Society. 20 Jan 2010. http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
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GROUP A Bryan Kaitlyn Carlee Katerina Kayla Adreana GROUP B Matt Katie AnnaMarie KV Angel Victoria GROUP C Anthony Val Melissa Marialisa Nikolas Diana
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There are three stations – computer, textbooks, books. Each group will visit the station once. Choose a minimum of three textbooks and books to create citations from – if time permit do all six At the computer station find and give citations for the three websites on the paper. You will have 10 minutes at each station After you have visited all stations – as a group construct a “Works Cited” page Make sure to look back at your notes for the correct format Hand write out the “Works Cited” page as if it were the final copy for a paper. Make sure everyone’s name is on your final copy.
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