1. CITING SOURCES
MLA STYLE

2. Why Cite Sources? To avoid plagiarism
To credit the source with the original idea or information
To lend credibility and authority to a thesis
To back up ideas with credible illustrations, known facts, and accepted statistics

3. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a crime – it is the the theft of someone’s else’s words, ideas, or research.
If you commit plagiarism, you can fail a course, be expelled from college, lose your job.
The easiest route to plagiarism today is cutting and pasting from the internet.

4. Avoid Plagiarism
Introduce any material you have borrowed from another source with a signal phrase that mentions the author (or if there is no author, the title ) of the source.
Put in quotation marks, any phrase or sentence(s) you have borrowed from the source.
ANY PHRASES OR SENTENCES QUOTED EXACTLY AND NOT IN QUOTATION MARKS OR INDENTED ARE PLAGIARIZED.

5. THERE IS
-0-
TOLERANCE
FOR PLAGIARISM

6. What Needs To Be Cited? Quotations Paraphrased ideas
Summarized information
Facts
Statistics
Studies
When in doubt, acknowledge the source of the information

7. Ways To Cite Sources Include:
Quotation
Paraphrase
Summary

8. Parenthetical Citation
The parenthetical citation must match the first word of the Works Cited citation -- usually the author’s last name -- and must include the page number of the quote, if taken from a paginated text: (Bragg 123).
Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy: Country Music and Pigs.” Rpt. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, Print.

9. Quotation
In a quotation, the exact words of the source are quoted in quotation marks. Use single quotation marks for quotes within quotes
Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase: Rick Bragg quotes pig farmer, Paul Thompson:
In his article about the new Florida meeting the old Florida, Rick Bragg quotes pig farmer, Paul Thompson, “‘Now who,’” Mr. Thompson said, ‘would choose to build a golf course next to a pig farm? Didn’t they read the sign? It says pig farm, not rose garden’” (Bragg 123).

10. Paraphrase
In a paraphrase the writer restates what the author has said in his/her own words. A paraphrase is also introduced with a signal phrase, and the source of the information must be cited:
Bragg tells us that the country club has sued Mr. Thompson, not because of the smell, but because of the distraction caused by the country music (Bragg 123).

11. Remember...
All information borrowed from another source must be acknowledged with a parenthetical citation
Introduce borrowed information with a signal phrase:
According to Alice Ames, ...
John Smith says….
Samuel Jones tells us…
In a study by Dr. Elizabeth Owens, ...

12. Bibliographies and Works Cited Lists

13. What’s the Difference?
A Bibliography lists all the sources consulted in research for a specific essay.
A Preliminary Bibliography or Working Bibliography lists all the sources the writer thinks s/he will be using in the essay
A Works Cited lists all the works actually cited in the text of the essay.
Both a Bibliography and Works Cited list are formatted in the same way.

14. Overall Format
The title -- Bibliography or Works Cited -- is centered at the top of the page. It is not underlined, italicized or quoted. It should be the same font size as the rest of the citations.
The citation list is double-spaced throughout.
The citation list is alphabetized.
If there is no author, the citation begins with the title of the work – quoted if an article or poem, underlined or italicized if a book.
The first line of each citation is at the margin; subsequent lines should be indented about ten spaces.

15. Sample Citations: MLA FORMAT

16. MLA CTATIONS
Most citations should contain the following basic information:
Author’s name
Title of work
Publication information
Publisher and place published
Copyright date

17. Books
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, Print.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, Print.

18. Magazines
Cite by listing the article's author, putting the title of the article in quotations marks, and italicizing the periodical title. Follow with the date of publication. Remember to abbreviate the month. The basic format is as follows:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: Print.
Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: Print.

19. ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. S. H. Butcher. The Internet Classics Archive. Web Atomic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 13 Sept Web. 4 Nov (URL if you have it!)
“Prelude to World War II.” World War II-net. Web. 18 February <

20. A Book
author title of book
Bragg, Rick. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, Print.
subtitle of book city of publication
publisher year of publication medium

21. Chapter in a Book Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy:
author title of chapter
Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy:
Country Music and Pigs.” Rpt. Somebody
Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg.
Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, Print.
original publication date reprint
title of book subtitle of book
city publisher year of publication medium
inclusive chapter pages

22. Article in a Multi-Volume Reference Work
author title of work
Larkin, Joan. "Frontiers of Language: Three Poets."
1974. Exc. in "Audre Lord.” Contemporary
Literary Criticism. Vol. 18. Ed. Sharon R.
Gunton. Detroit: Gale Research, Print.
excerpted title of article title of reference work
original date volume editor
city publisher year of publication medium
inclusive pages of work

23. Article in a Journal Maxwell, Bill. “Angry Young Man.” Forum:
author title of article name of journal
Maxwell, Bill. “Angry Young Man.” Forum:
The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council.
XXII.2 (Summer 1999): Print.
volume number date inclusive pages of article
medium

24. Article in a Journal found in an Online Database
author title of article
Eder, Richard, "The Greatest Woman Poet Since
Sappho." Los Angeles Times Book Review
18 Mar Galenet: Literature
Resource Center. Web.10 Jan
name of journal
date pages publisher database
medium date accessed

25. Article found on an Internet Site
author title of webpage date posted
Lu Yanguang. "Madame Li." 1997. 
Asia Pac: 100 Celebrated Chinese Women.
Trans. Kate Foster. Web. 10 Feb. 2000
< > .
name of website
translator medium date accessed
URL: web address

26. Work in an Anthology Whitman, Walt. “O Captain! My Captain!” 1865.
author title of work original publication date
Whitman, Walt. “O Captain! My Captain!” 1865.
Poems*Poets* Poetry: An Introduction and
title of book subtitle of book
edition editor city
Anthology. 2nd ed. Ed. Helen Vendler. Boston:
Bedford/St. Martin’s, Print.
publisher year of publication medium
page of work

27. Work in a Norton Anthology
author title of work original publication date
Scott, Sir Walter. "Proud Maisie.“ The
Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed.        Eds. Stephen Greenblatt, et. al. 6 vols.
New York: W.W. Norton, D: Print.
title of anthology edition
editors # of volumes
city publisher year vol. page medium

28. Introduction in a Norton Anthology
authors
Stillinger, Jack, and Deidre Shauna Lynch. “Sir
Walter Scott ” The Norton
Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed.        Eds. Stephen Greenblatt, et. al. 6 vols. D: The
Romantic Period. New York: W.W. Norton,
year pages medium
Print.
title of work title of anthology
edition
editors # of volumes volume
title of volume city publisher

29. Bios from Online Sources
“Adrienne Rich.” Poet’s Org
Academy of American Poets. Web. 22 May 2008.
“Claude McKay (1889–1948)”. Columbia Granger's World
of Poetry Online Columbia University Press.
Web. 22 May 2008.

30. Bibliography
Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy: Country Music and
Pigs.” Rpt. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories
of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, Print.
______. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg.
Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, Print.
Eder, Richard, "The Greatest Woman Poet Since Sappho." Los Angeles
Times Book Review 18 Mar Galenet: Literature
Resource Center. Web. 10 Jan

31. Larkin, Joan. "Frontiers of Language: Three Poets." 1974. Exc. in
"Audre Lord.” Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 18.
Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Detroit: Gale Research, Print.
Lu Yanguang. "Madame Li." 1997.  Asia Pac: 100 Celebrated
Chinese Women. Trans. Kate Foster. Web. 10 Feb. 2000
< > .
Maxwell, Bill. “Angry Young Man.” Forum: The Magazine of the
Florida Humanities Council. XXII.2 (Summer 1999): Print.

32. Whitman, Walt. “Osceola.” 1892. Florida in Poetry: A History of the
Imagination. Eds. Jane Anderson Jones and Maurice O’Sullivan.
Sarasota: Pineapple Press, Print.

33. REMEMBER…
The title -- Bibliography or Works Cited -- is centered at the top of the page. It is not underlined, italicized or quoted. It should be the same font size as the rest of the citations.
The citation list is double-spaced throughout.
The citation list is alphabetized.
If there is no author, the citation begins with the title of the work – quoted if an article or poem, underlined or italicized if a book.
The first line of each citation is at the margin; subsequent lines should be indented about ten spaces.