Documenting Your Sources

1. Documenting Your Sources The Key to Avoiding Plagiarismwith MLA Documentation Amy Flanagan, Media SpecialistJohn Hardin High School

2. Documentation Helper

3. Book Author’sLast name First Name Book Title(underlined) ____________, _____________. __________________. ____________:_______________, __________. City Publisher Year

4. BookExample English, Carol. The Cliffs Won’t Do: Read the Book. Philadelphia: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

5. Encyclopedia Author’sLast name First Name Topic ____________, _____________. “________________”. _________________________:______________. Name of Encyclopedia (underlined) Year/Edition Author’s name will appear at the end of the topic’s article. If not, begin documenting with the topic.

6. EncyclopediaExample: Lyon, Bryce. “Middle Ages.” World Book. 2002.

7. Web Page Author’sLast name First Name Title of Web Page (underlined) ____________, _____________. __________________. _______________________. ______________ <_____________________________________>. Provider Access Date Web Address (http://www……) If no author is provided, skip and begin documenting at the Title of the web page.

8. Web PageExample: Lemay, Leo. Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History. University of Delaware English Department. 27 Oct. 2001 <http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/>

9. Kentucky Virtual LibraryEbscoHost Magazines/Journals Name of Article (in quotes) Author’sLast Name First Name ____________, _____________. “_________________”. ________________ _______ _______ ________. _________________._______________. _____________. ___________________. ___________________________________. Name of Print Magazine(underlined) Day ofMonth Year Month EbscoHOST(underlined) KentuckyVirtual Library Today’s Date(Day/Month/Year John Hardin H.S. LMC <http://………….>(URL at top of web site)

10. Kentucky Virtual LibraryEbscoHost Magazines/JournalsExample: Koretz, Gene. “A Teenage Smoking Puzzle.” Business Week 24 Sept. 2001. EbscoHOST. Kentucky Virtual Library. John Hardin High School Library Media Center. 14 Jan. 2002 <http://www.kyvl.org/tobacco/tips_4_ youth/facts.htm>.

11. Kentucky Virtual LibraryEbscoHost Magazines/JournalsTip For a computer service that gives no electronic address for an entry, add a “keyword” or “path” statement in its place. <Keyword: Teens and Smoking>.

12. Magazine and Journal Title of Article(in quotes) Author’s Last Name FirstName ____________, _____________. “_________________.” ________________. ___________________: _________________. Name of Magazine (underlined) Month/Day/Year Page Numbers

13. Magazine and JournalExample: Ramsey, Pamela. “Where’s My Smiley Face?” MacWorld Sept. 1997: 86-94.

14. Newspaper Article Author’s Last Name ____________, _____________. “_________________.” ________________. ___________________: _________________. First Name Title of Article Name of Newspaper(underlined) Day/Month/Year If no author, start with the title of the article. Section/page number

15. Newspaper ArticleExample: Goldberg, Grace. “The Inside Track: Alumni Life.” The News-Enterprise 10 Oct. 2003: D17.

16. Works Cited American Library Association. “MLA Citation Style Guide (Traditional Sources).” Chicago, IL : 1998. O’Daniel, Jan. “Documentation Helper.” John Hardin High School LMC. Elizabethtown, KY: 2001. Writer’s Inc. Write For College: A Student Handbook. Wilmington, Massachussetts: Write Source, 1997.