Transcript Research and MLA Formatting

RESEARCH AND MLA
FORMATTING
MLA Formatting
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Purpose: to help you cite sources
What to do: EVERYTIME you go to a website or look
in a book, write down the following
 Title,
Author, Publishing place and Date, Company, Web
Address
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You will need this information to properly CITE your
SOURCES
Common Questions
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What if I forget…
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are plagiarizing. Even accidentally, it is still
plagiarizing. Avoid this and failure by citing your
sources.
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What if I can’t find….
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may not be able to find ALL of the information.
Get as much as you can so I can find your sources.
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What if I copy something, but still cite the source …
 Still
plagiarizing, unless it is in quotes. Remember, even
if you paraphrase, you still have to cite the source.
How to cite a source
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Book
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium of Publication.
Example:
 Golding,
William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Putnam
Publishing Group, 1954. Print.
How to Cite a Source
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An Entire Website
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available).
Name of Site. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site
(sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if
available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab
and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23
Apr. 2008.
How to Cite a Source
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An Image
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo National
del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006.
An Article
Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living
Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites.
A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May
2009.
How to Cite A source
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In Class Notes
Quintanar, Jocelyn. “Research and MLA Formatting."
Skyview High School. SkyView High School, Rm 3,
Tucson, AZ. 25 October 2011.Inclass Lecture.
Review
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Author Lastname, First Name FIRST
Then The Title
Then the Company (If Applicable)
Place and Date Published
Medium (Print, Web or Lecture Usually)
ALSO
 DATE
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IS ALWAYS Day, MONTH SPELLED OUT, YEAR
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Practice.
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1 Person per group, get any book off of the
bookshelf and for your group to cite (NOT LOTF).
An article called “Clinton Warns Pakistan” from
msnbc.com that was published on October 20th
Still Confused?
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Citationmachine.net
Type in all of the information, and it will do it for
you…
Now you have no excuses
In text Citations
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After you use information from a source, you must
cite it in text.
At the end of a sentence, you END QUOTE, the
(Lastname, Page #).
Example: “I got the conch” (Golding, 42).
In Text Citations
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For a Website:
Put the information you can find. Either Author or
title.
“ (Clinton Warns Pakistan).
**Citation Machine will tell you what to put for this
as well**
Things to remember
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Your in-text citations should match the works cited page.
Always put the first item in your citation as the in text
citation.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Putnam
Publishing Group, 1954. Print.
 (Golding, 42).
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and
OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr.
2008.
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(The Purdue OWL Family of Sites).
Period is ALWAYS After the CITATION!!!!!
Works Cited Page
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In Alphabetical Order
Indent the bottom lines of text
 The
Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab
and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008.
Web. 23 Apr. 2008.
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Do not NUMBER!
General MLA Formatting Tips
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“Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white
8.5 x 11-inch paper.
Double-space the text of your paper, and use Times New Roman)
The font size should be 12 pt.
Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.
Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin.
Use the TAB key top get the proper indent.
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.
Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and,
only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis” (The Purdue
OWL Family of Sites).
First Page of Paper
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“In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your
instructor's name, the course, and the date.
center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in
quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard
capitalization), not in all capital letters.
Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in
your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas as Morality Play; Human Weariness in "After Apple Picking"
Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your
last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all
pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half
inch from the top and flush with the right margin” (The Purdue OWL
Family of Sites).
General Research strategies
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Start with Google.
Stay away from Wikipedia!!!
Try to get Unbiased sources (Stay away from News
Outlets**)
Ask for help!!
Use the writing process to help get you started,
brainstorm and prewrite
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POINT
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ILLUSTRATE
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Show me what you are talking about by finding an article
and a “quote” that proves your point
EXPLANATION
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Make a point (for this paper, you will take a side on the
controversy)
Give a through explanation of the illustration and how it
applies to the point.
This should be how ALL of your paragraphs are
formatted.
Works Cited
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The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab
and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 20
October 2011