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Formal Documentation
Cook, Charles. “Formal Documentation.” Red Creek
Central School District. Red Creek Central
Schools , 14 Nov. 2006. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.
General Rules
Documentation consists of in-text citations
and a works cited page at the end of your
paper
 Any source you use information from in
your paper—either directly quoted or put
in your own words—must be cited in your
text and listed on your works cited page
 If you read it but did not use it in your
paper, do not list it
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General Rules
Your works cited page should be double
spaced in alphabetical order
 In-text citations should be placed in the
text at the end of all the contiguous
information from one source in a
paragraph
 “General knowledge” does not need to be
cited in the text, but be sure information
is indeed general knowledge
 It is better to cite unnecessarily than not
to cite when you should have
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Citing a Web Page
"All Internet research is believable", a web page
published on a web site called ComputerNerds
Oct. 18, 2002 sponsored by Microsoft.
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Author (if there is one)
“Title.” (in quotation marks)
Source, (italicized).
Sponsoring source (if there is one)
Last update.
Web.
Date accessed
Citing a Web Page
"All Internet research is believable."
ComputerNerds. Microsoft, 18 Oct. 2002. Web.
19 Nov. 2002.
In-text citation: (“All”).
Citing an Online Database
Gene Warner’s article “The Death Penalty Debate Goes On”
published in the Buffalo Times pg. A5 on July 11, 2005, but
accessed via Lexis-Nexis
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Author (if there is one)
“Title of article” (in quotation marks)
Title of original source (italicized)
Date of original source
Page nos. of original source (if available)
Title of database (italicized)
Web.
Download date
Citing an Online Database
Warner, Gene. “The Death Penalty
Debate Goes On.” The Buffalo Times
11 July 2005: A5. Lexis-Nexis. Web. 1
Nov. 2005.
In-text citation: (Warner).
Citing a Book
I Love You Deerly Because You're in the
Dough, by Bambi Stagg. Published in
New York by Venison Press in 1996.
1. Author, last name first.
2. Title italicized.
3. City:
4. Publishing company,
5. Copyright date.
6. Print.
Citing a Book
Stagg, Bambi. I Love You Deerly
Because You're in the Dough. New
York: Venison Press, 1996. Print.
In-text citation: (Stagg 238).
Citing a Magazine Article
"How to tell the future" by Claire
Voyant. Published on pages 12-13 in
July 24th's Time Magazine.
1. Author (if there is one).
2. “Title of article.”
3. Magazine title italicized
4. Date (day month year):
5. Pages of entire article.
6. Print.
Citing a Magazine Article
Voyant, Claire. "How to tell the future."
Time 24 July 2002: 12-13. Print.
In-text citation: (Voyant 12).
Help Available
Word 2007 says it can format MLA
documentation for you, but it gets the
works cited page format wrong
 Cayuga Library Webpage
 Online citation “machines”—check for
accuracy because the ones I checked
aren’t accurate
 Me
 Remember, you are responsible for the
accuracy of your documentation
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