1. Writing TWO STEPS NECESSARY TO AVOID PLAGIARISM:
1. Parenthetical Documentation-
Inside your paper, within your paragraphs
Whenever you use information, facts, ideas, etc. from a source, you must give credit
It belongs before the period
FORMAT: (LAST NAME) No author? (TITLE)
2. Works Cited Page-
At the end of the paper, on its own page
Citations are written in specific MLA Format (Use your notes)
MANDATORY

2. Works Cited
At the end of your research paper, you will need to list your sources, so when we are doing research, we need to gather certain information for these citations.
Generally, you need to find:
Author -Title -Publish Date
Publisher -date accessed
Medium (HOW did you get it? Internet, print, etc.)
It is always best to gather as much information about your source as possible. You may need this info in your WorksCited

3. MLA Citations Examples
Article
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): Print.
Article from a Database
Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 Apr. 2005: Science Online. Web. 5 Mar

4. MLA Citations Works Cited Page Entries MLA Format
The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, Web. 1 April 2014

5. Necessary Information Collection)
Collect as much of the following information as possible both for your citations and for your research notes:
Author and/or editor names (if available)
Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.
Take note of any page numbers (if available).
Medium of publication.
Date you accessed the material.
URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a URL).

6. Format: Books
The author’s name or a book with a single author's name appears in last name, first name format. The basic form for a book citation is:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

7. Format: Entire Web Page
It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later.
Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

8. Format: A Page on a Website
For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Last, First. “Title of Page”. Rooturl.com. Publisher, Publish date. Web. Access date
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb

9. Examples- Periodicals
Scholarly Journal:
Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of Scholarly Journal. Volume: Issue (Date Published): page numbers. Medium.
Newspaper:
Last, First. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper[City of Publication] Day Month Year: Section Page Number. Medium.
Magazine:
Last, First. “Title of Article”. Magazine Title. Day Month Year: pages. Medium.

10. General Format- Reference Books
An article with an author:
Last name, First. “Title of Article.” Title of Book(Encyclopedia Americana). Edition. Publish year. Medium.
An article with NO author:
“Title of Article.” Title of Book(Encyclopedia Americana). Edition. Publish year. Medium.