1. Warm-Up: Review
BEFORE you start perusing a website for information, what should you do?
Besides his/her name, what do you need to know about the author of a website?
If the author’s name is not the page at which you are looking, what should you do?

2. Trade & Grade http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp
a. Barbra & David Mikkelson, professional researchers
b. site that investigates rumors
c. newspapers & journals of that time period
d. July 21, 2004
e. started as hobby; became a living; does it for $$; no bias
f. Yes. Author has good credentials & documents sources

3. Trade & Grade www.dhmo.org Tom Way, computer programming professor
“data clearinghouse & forum for public discussion” about H20
does not document sources
updated daily
demonstrate how to create a webpage; for fun
No. Site says “content veracity not implied”

4. Trade & Grade www.dogbreedinfo.com author’s name not listed
provides place to find a breeder
source of info not documented
hobby & to make $$
No. While this info does seem accurate, I would choose a source which credits its authors.

5. How to Create an MLA Citation
MLA = Modern Language Association
Citation = information about the source
Basic Format:
Author. Title. City: Publisher, Date.
Jones, Joe. Being Cool. Atlanta: Kickin’ Publishing, Inc., 2012.

6. Practice Title: Shoes Are Fabulous Author: Sarah Szatkowski
Publisher: Great Books, Inc.
Dity: Dallas, GA.
Date: 1472
Szatkowski, Sarah. Shoes Are Fabulous. Dallas, GA: Great Books, Inc., 1472.

7. Citing an Entire Website
(Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.)
Author. Name of Site. Name of company, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access.
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov Web. 10 May 2006.

8. Practice Author: Romeo Montague Name of site: Love to Love
Company: Shakespeare’s Men, Inc.
Created: February 14, 1592
Accessed: January 23, 2013
Montague, Romeo. Love to Love. Shakespeare’s Men, Inc., 14 February Web. 22 January 2013.

9. Citing 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.
Schmoe, Joe. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, Inc., Web. 24 Feb

10. Practice Author: Juliet Capulet Article: Let’s Get Real
Website: No More Pedestals
Company: Elizabethan Media, Inc.
Date: July 10, 1591
Capulet, Juliet. “Let’s Get Real.” No More Pedestals. Elizabethan Media, Inc., 10 July Web. 23 January 2013.

11. Practice
Access the 3 sites from your quiz and create MLA citations for each.