1. Citing Sources Mini Lesson on MLA Format

2. The Steps – Using MLA 1. How to format your paper in MLA Format. 2. How to create a Works Cited page for your sources. The Common 3 O Books O Print Articles (News & Magazine) O Articles on the Internet 3. How to cite The Common 3 sources within your writing.

3. MLA Format – Paper Layout Checklist O Font = Times New Roman – 12 point O Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. O Double Spaced O All new paragraphs are indented O A page at the end of your writing titled Works Cited listing resources you’ve used to build your written work

4. Your Works Cited Page Checklist O Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page number header as the rest of your paper. O Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page. O Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries. O Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations five spaces so that you create a hanging indent.

5. Book with One Author Author Last, Author First. Book Name in Italics. Place of Publication: Publishing Company, Year. Type of Publication. (Print, Internet, etc.) SAMPLE: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

6. Book with Multiple Authors Sample: Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.

7. Citing a Print Article (News/Magazine) Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. MAGAZINE: O Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time. 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print. NEWSPAPER: O Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post. 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.

8. Citing a Website Sometimes websites contain authors. Sometimes they do not. Here are examples of both. Author Last, First. “Article Title”. Website name in Italic Font. Year Website was published. Web. The date you accessed the site. (23 Mar 2009) O NO AUTHOR: “The Impact of Global Warming in North America.” GLOBAL WARMING: Early Signs. 1999. Web. 23 Mar. 2009. O WITH AUTHOR: Garcia, Elizabeth. "Herzog: a Life." Online Film Critics Corner. The Film School of New Hampshire, 2 May 2002. Web. 8 Jan. 2009.

9. Citing Sources in Your Writing

10. In-Text citations with a Known Author - Examples O Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). O Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). O Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

11. In-Text Citations with Multiple Authors For a source with three or fewer authors, list the authors' last names in the text or in the parenthetical citation: O Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is not needed in the United States (76). O The authors state; "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76).

12. In-Text Citations with No Known Author O Simply replace the Author’s name with the Article name in quotes with the page number. O Example: We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

13. Using short quotes from a source… Some examples: O According to some, dreams express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184), though others disagree. O According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (184). O Is it possible that dreams may express "profound aspects of personality“? (Foulkes 184)

14. Using long quotes from a source Got more than 3-4 lines of text you want to quote in your writing? Do this: Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. (Bronte 78)