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MLA Referencing 7 th Edition

MLA Referencing 7 th Edition . Year 7, 8 & 9 Library & Learning Centre, Sha Tin College . What is a citation or reference?. It is a bibliographic list of resources that you have used in your work. It usually includes: Author’s Name Title Publisher’s Name & City of Publication

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MLA Referencing 7 th Edition

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  1. MLA Referencing7th Edition Year 7, 8 & 9 Library & Learning Centre, Sha Tin College

  2. What is a citation or reference? It is a bibliographic list of resources that you have used in your work. It usually includes: • Author’s Name • Title • Publisher’s Name & City of Publication • Date of Publication • Format (Print, Web, Image, Audio, Film, DVD etc. ) • Date Accessed (only for online sources) • Website Address (optional for MLA 7th ed.) There are two parts: • In-Text Citation/ Parentheses • Works Cited

  3. Why do we need to cite sources? • Referencing is used to acknowledge and credit the work of others cited in your paper. • It protects you against accusations of Plagiarism (taking credit for other people’s work). • It provides a map of your research for others to see in terms of quality and quantity.

  4. When Should I Cite? You should cite when using: • Information or ideas that are new to you, even if you paraphrase. • Direct Quotations (use quotation marks “….”). • Numerical figures such as: dates, statistics, percentages etc. • Images. • Anything that is specific or questionable. If in doubt, cite the source.

  5. Example: In-text Citation The citation should appear next to the quotation or paraphrased text in your assignment using only: (Author’sLast Name Page Number) Example: Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263). Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was “a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

  6. Other Examples of In-Text Citations 1.No author: use title: (“Impact of Global Warming” 6) 2.Two authors with same last name: use initial of first name (A. Miller 7) (B. Miller 10) 3.Multiple Authors: (Smith, Yang, and Moore 76) or (Smith et al. 76) if there are more than 3 authors 4.Website: Include first item that appears in Work Cited entry (authors name, article title or name of organization). You do not need to include paragraph or page number. (Smith) or (“Impact of Global Warming”) or (CNN.com)

  7. Works Cited The FULL citation should: • Appear in alphabetical order on the last page. • Contains enough bibliographic information to allow readers to locate your source. • Formatted with hanging indentations. Example: Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads.1967. Print.

  8. Example: Book Author’s last name, author’s first name. Title of book (italic). Date of publication. Format. Brooman, Josh. Imperial China. 1991. Print.

  9. Example: Electronic Resource (Internet) Author’s last name, author’s first name. “Title of the site/ article”. Name of publisher Date published. Format. Date Accessed. URL (Optional) Moy, Patsy and Joyce Ng. “Hong Kong Legal Opinion Divided on Edward Snowden Extradition”. South China Morning Post 13 Jun 2013. Web. 14 Jun. 2013. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259466/hong-kong-legal-opinion- divided-edward-snowden-extradition

  10. Example: Works Cited Page • Works Cited Brooman, Josh. Imperial China. 1991. Print. Moy, Patsy and Joyce Ng. “Hong Kong Legal Opinion Divided on Edward Snowden Extradition”. South China Morning Post 13 Jun 2013. Web. 14 Jun. 2013. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259466/hong-kong-legal- opinion- divided-edward-snowden-extradition Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. 1967. Print.

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