Transcript Gatsby in History

MLA
Annotated
Bibliography
Why Annotated Bibliography?
 Annotated
bibliographies are work cited
pages that include short paragraphs for
each source.
 In our case, we are describing why the
source is reliable in this paragraph
 However in other situations you may be
asked to summarize the text in one
paragraph or explain how the resource
will be used in a project or essay.
How to get started
 You’ll
need one laptop computer with MS
Word for each group.
 If you do not have a laptop or tablet on
which to compose your rationale, you
can use paper to draft.
Information Collection
 Gather
all your bibliographical
information. This includes author/artist
names, article titles, website names,
magazine or newspaper names, publisher
names, dates updated, dates accessed,
etc.
Managing your MLA
Formatting
 Set
your margins to 1 inch (2.54 cm) on all
sides.
 Set your font size to 12 point Time or
Cambri
 Set your spacing to double.
 Remove any excess spacing between
paragraphs.
 Set hanging indentations
MLA Work Cited Pages
 Are
listed alphabetically
 Are aligned to the left
 Do not use bullets
 Do not use numbers
Author?
 Is
there one?
 Last
name, first name.
Article Title or Webpage Title?
 Is
there one?
 Quotation
 Put
marks.
the period inside the quotation marks.
 Gallant,
Debs. “How to cross your eyes.”
Title of Website?
Title of Magazine or
Newpaper?
Title of Book?
 Is
there one?
 Italics.
Publisher?
 Is
there one?
 Normal
font.
Date Published –
Journal from EBSCO?
 Normal
font.
 Then a colon
 Then the page numbers if listed.
 N. pages if no page numbers listed.
 Name of journal where it was originally
published.
 18
Sept 2014: 214-18. Hobo Journal.
Date Published - Website?
 Is
there one?
 Normal
 18
font.
Sept 2014.
 Sept 2014.
 2014.
 N.D.
Web or Print?
Normal font.
Web.
Print.
Date Accessed if Web?
 Normal
 18
font.
Sept 2014.