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MLA DOCUMENTATION

MLA DOCUMENTATION. IN-TEXT CITATIONS. Author named in a single phrase Ex: Flora Davis reports that a chimp at the Yerkes Primate Research Center “has combined words into new sentences that she was never taught” (67). IN-TEXT CITATIONS. Author not named in a single phrase

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MLA DOCUMENTATION

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  1. MLA DOCUMENTATION

  2. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Author named in a single phrase Ex: Flora Davis reports that a chimp at the Yerkes Primate Research Center “has combined words into new sentences that she was never taught” (67).

  3. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Author not named in a single phrase Ex: Although the baby chimp lived only a few hours, Washoe signed to it before it died (Davis 42). * Maintain this pattern for a single work written by one, two or three authors.

  4. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Four or more authors Ex: The study was extended for two years, and only after results were duplicated on both coasts did the authors publish their results (Doe et al. 137).

  5. Two or more works by the same author Include the title of the work in either a single phrase or in abbreviated form in the parenthetical reference. Ex: In Eloquent Animals, Flora Davis reports that a chimp at the Yerkes Primate Research Center “has combined words into new sentences that she was never taught” (67). OR: Flora Davis reports that a chimp at the Yerkes Primate Research Center “has combined words into new sentences that she was never taught” (Eloquent 67). IN-TEXT CITATIONS

  6. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Corporate Author - Name the corporate author in the single phrase or parenthetical reference. Ex: The Internal Revenue Service • Unknown Author - Use either the complete title or a short form of the title in the phrase or parenthesis • Authors with same last name -Simply include the first name of the author in all your citations

  7. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Novel – In addition to the author’s last name provide the page number and if possible the chapter • Play – List the act, scene, and line numbers IN THAT ORDER!!! Ex: (3. 2. 21-23) • Poem – Cite the part (if part numbers are given) and the line numbers Ex: (10. 209-11)

  8. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • A work in an Anthology -Use the name of the author, not the editor of the anthology An Indirect source – When a writer’s or speaker’s quoted words appear in a work written by someone else begin the citation with “qtd. in.” Ex: (qtd. in Toner 24).

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