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How to create embedded citations and a bibliography using MLA format

How to create embedded citations and a bibliography using MLA format. Why is it important to cite your work?. Even if it’s unintentional, plagiarism can still have serious consequences at Clarkson…. And elsewhere….

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How to create embedded citations and a bibliography using MLA format

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  1. How to create embedded citations and a bibliography using MLA format

  2. Why is it important to cite your work? Even if it’s unintentional, plagiarism can still have serious consequences at Clarkson…

  3. And elsewhere…

  4. The Modern Language Association (MLA) is a scholarly organization that focuses on studying & teaching language & literature MLA Style is the style required by many high school teachers and many college professors of the liberal arts & humanities (e.g. literature, history, philosophy, etc.) MLA style provides a standard for citing the sources you use in your paper. What is MLA?

  5. 2 Types of citations • A list of citations that appears at the END OF the paper - called a WORKS CITED page. The citations listed are only those referred to in the paper, not everything that was reviewed. • EMBEDDED or in-text citations – a brief acknowledgement WITHIN the paper whenever another’s words, facts or ideas have been used.

  6. Sample Works Cited page: New page Title is “Works Cited“ and is centred at the top Alphabetical order by first item in the list Hanging indent used so second & subsequent lines are pushed in Double spaced Entry for every resource used Very specific rules for each resource Works Cited Page: The Basics

  7. Making the Works Cited list • Identify the type of source: Is it a book? A journal article? A webpage? • Use a resource (e.g. Bibme.com) to create a citation for you. • Find a sample citing of this type of source using an MLA Guide (e.g. Source it!) to compare the citation with. • Make sure that the entries are listed in alphabetical order and subsequent lines are indented (refer to previous slide: “References page: The Basics”).

  8. Works Cited Page: Books Basic Format: Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example:

  9. Works Cited Page: Books • The first few pages of a book will provide all the information you will need to write a citation • If there are two or more authors, list them in the order they appear on the title page. • Use a comma between authors' names. Place a period after the last name. • Do not list an editor as an author. If your book has an editor, just list the name & follow with a comma and "ed." • The title page may list several cities in the publication information. If you run into this, use the first city listed.

  10. Works Cited Page: Internet Article Web Source Format: Editor or author name (if available). “Article Name.” Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution / organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). Date of last update. Medium of publication. Date of access. Example:

  11. Works Cited Page: Scholarly Journals / Periodicals Basic Format: Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.”Title of Journal Series name. Volume number. Issue number (Year): Page(s). Medium of Publication. Example:

  12. Embedded Citations Every time you use someone else’s ideas in your paper you need to identify where the information came from using embedded citations. WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS IF I AM ALREADY PROVIDING A LIST OF REFERENCES??? The purpose of embedded citations is to help readers locate the cited source in the References section of the paper.

  13. Parenthetical Documentation THE RULES: • Identify the AUTHOR of the source either in the text or parentheses. • if there is more than one author with the same last name then use the first initial to distinguish between them) • If you use two works by the same author, include the author’s last name, and a portion of the title to identify the source & the page number(s) • If there is no author, use the title of the work. If it is a long title use an abbreviated form, just be sure that you use the first word of the title as it appears in the Works Cited (bibliography) • Indicate the PAGE NUMBER the information is from. • If there are no pages or you are citing the whole source then just use the author or title of the source’s entry in the works cited list • For non-print (TV, video, radio, film) use the name or title that begins the entry in the Works Cited list. • The signal word in the embedded citation should correspond with the entry on the Works Cited page

  14. Print Source with Author In-text Example: Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). OR Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3). Corresponding Works Cited Entry: Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966. Print.

  15. Sources from the Internet In-text Example: One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is "...a beautiful and terrifying critique of obsession and colonialism" (Garcia, “Herzog: a Life”). Corresponding Works Cited Entry: Garcia, Elizabeth. "Herzog: a Life." Online Film Critics Corner. The Film School of New Hampshire, 2 May 2002. Web. 8 Jan. 2009.

  16. With Unknown Author In-text Example: We see so many global warming hotspots in NorthAmerica likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . .” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6). Corresponding Works Cited Entry: “The Impact of Global Warming in North America.” GLOBAL WARMING: Early Signs. 1999. Web. 23 Mar. 2009.

  17. Short Quotations • Cullen concludes, "Of all the things that happened there/ that's all I remember" (11-12). • According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (184).

  18. Long Quotations

  19. Adding/Omitting Words • Embedded Citation - Example for Adding Words: Jan Harold Brunvand, in an essay on urban legends, states: "some individuals [who retell urban legends] make a point of learning every rumor or tale" (78). • Embedded Citation - Example for Omitting Words: In an essay on urban legends, Jan Harold Brunvand notes that "some individuals make a point of learning every recent rumor or tale . . . and in a short time a lively exchange of details occurs" (78).

  20. Where to go for more help… • Source it! • bibme.org • easybib.com • Your teacher-librarians 

  21. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR RESEARCH!!! …brought to you by your friendly and helpful teacher-librarians

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