General Studies Writing Presentation

1. General Studies WritingPresentation • Purpose: Introduce students to the logic behind MLA documentation. • Audience: BGSU students continuing their research after narrowing/selecting their topics. • Outcome: Students will better understand MLA style concepts and have access to tools for formatting academic papers and creating a Works Cited page. with Debbie Oesch-Minor

2. with Debbie Oesch-Minor MLA Documentation Conventions The logic behind academic paper formatting

3. Why style guides for paper formatting? Consistent standards established by a governing association Create consistent standards for professionals in a field Create consistent standards for universities Create consistent standards for classes Create consistent standards for students Cartoon: Sharon White. “College Admission Essay Example” WP Syndacator. 25 Nov 2011. Web. 20 June 2012. <http://wpsyndicatorsite.com/example-of-an-mla-research-paper/>

4. OSCOLA Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities Turabian • All fields of academic research agree on the need to document scholarly borrowings, but documentation conventions vary because of the different needs of scholarly disciplines. • MLA and APA are the most common. • MLA style for documentation is widely used in the humanities, especially in writing on language and literature.  “What is MLA Style?” MLA. n.d. web. 21 June 2012. <http://www.mla.org/style>

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6. MLA documentation conventions provide structure for three basic components of academic papers • Formatting Your Paper • Creating a Works Cited Page • Citing within Your Paper

7. Formatting Your Paper Margins, line spacing, front matter, works cited page(s), page numbers and block quotes must be formatted consistently with MLA guidelines One excellent tool for MLA paper formatting is on Purdue’s Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ The Documented Essay/Research Paper. Hunter College Reading/Writing Center. Hunter College. Web. 20 June 2012. <http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/mla-sample-research-paper.html >

8. Creating a Works Cited Page Your Works Cited page will list all of the sources you borrow ideas, facts or quotes from in your paper. The Documented Essay/Research Paper. Hunter College Reading/Writing Center. Hunter College. Web. 20 June 2012. <http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/mla-sample-research-paper.html > Your Works Cited Page will m Always begins on a new page m List sources in alphabetical order m Be double spaced throughout http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/lue/HTU/MLA.pdf

9. Citing Sources Within Your Paper • Parenthetical citations—citing references within the text of your paper—identify sentences where you borrow an author's words, facts or ideas. • Parenthetical citations include the first word from your Works Cited citation and a page number followed by a period (Oesch-Minor 1). • Each parenthetical citation serves as a tab to the bibliographic information included on your Works Cited page(s). For this reason, it is ideal to create a working Bibliography of researched materials so that you can easily include parenthetical citations as you are composing—you’ll already have the data correctly formatted. http://libguides.bgsu.edu/MLA TAB Reader sees a parenthetical citation Reader can flip to the Works Cited to find out more about the source

10. Works Cited Page • Logic of Documentation Conventions in Source Citations • Trace the sources back to their origins • List the origin first and trace through each person, title, publication & publisher • Tell the medium of the publication How Where Who When What

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12. Helpful Tools Documentation Conventions-In Text Citations-Works Cited Page-How to Cite a Book- • BGSU Learning Commons • Visit In-Person • Visit Online: Writing Resources and MLA Helps • http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/learningcommons/page109193.html • BGSU Library: Online Library Guides • http://libguides.bgsu.edu/MLA • http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/lue/HTU/MLA.pdf • Purdue Online Writing Lab [OWL] • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/

13. For Next Class ? • Continue your research • Prepare to discuss format for Works Cited pages and parenthetical citations. Spend at least 15 minutes reading MLA Citation pages on Purdue’s OWL. • Bring in at least 3 of your sources to class (books, magazines, photocopies, printed copies) • Prior to Class: Type & Print a Works Cited page using MLA tools to properly format your first 3 sources

14. BIG BONUS • Formatting Help for Your Works Cited Page Citations • http://citationmachine.net/index2.php Please, create 2 of your citations using the class handout or tools you find at BGSU or OWL. Then, use citationmachine.net for your 3rd citation.

15. Chaucer 14 Works Cited Felver, Brad. "Throwing Leather." Ascent. 10 Sept 2012: n. page. Web. 26 Jun. 2012. <http://readthebestwriting.com/?p=589 >

16. Works Cited “About the MLA.” Modern Language Association. Home Page. Web. 21 June 2012. <mla.org>. The Documented Essay/Research Paper. Hunter College Reading/Writing Center. Hunter College. Web. 20 June 2012. <http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/mla-sample-research- paper.html>. The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 21 June 2012. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/> . Sharon White. “College Admission Essay Example” WP Syndicator. 25 Nov 2011. Web. 20 June 2012. <http://wpsyndicatorsite.com/example-of-an-mla-research-paper/>.