1. MLA Format: Citation

2. Citation How do you let people know where your information is from?
How do you avoid plagiarism?
MLA Citation is the way writers give credit to the sources they used to find out facts, ideas, information and quotations.
Two components
In-text citations
Works Cited Page
Citation is very specific and must be perfect!

3. In-Text Citations
You MUST use these after using information from another source.
Also called parenthetical citation because this info is always in (parentheses).
Whether it is a direct quote or in your own words, it must be cited!
Usually after the sentence, before the period:
Author and page number: (Mendell 34).
Title and page number (if you don’t know the author): (“Obama: From Promise to Power” 34).
ALWAYS follow your citation with a period (.)!
NEVER include a web address in a In-Text Citation

4. In-Text Citation Example
Obama is known for using the bible and quotes from Dr. King in his speeches (Mendell 227).
Put sentence in my own words.
Page #
Author
Name

5. When do I use in-text citations?
If you got information from another source.
If you are putting a part of the source in your own words (paraphrase).
If you are using a direct quote (word for word sentence from the source).

6. Works Cited Page
An alphabetized list that will be the last page of your paper.
It lists all the sources you used in a very organized and specific way.

7. Books
Last Name, First. Book Title. City of Publication: Publisher name, Year of Publishing.

8. Books
Mendell, David. Obama: From Promise to Power. New York: Haper Collins, 2007.

9. Title is underlined and key words are capitalized
Last name, First.
Mendell, David. Obama: From Promise to Power. New York: HaperCollins, 2007.
Double Spaced
Publication info:
Publication city: Publisher, Year published

10. Newspaper
Last Name, First. “Title of article.” Newspaper Name Date: Page Number.

11. Newspaper
Superville, Darlene. “Obama talks jobs with Jobs, other tech leaders.” Detroit News 17 Feb. 2011: A1.

12. Title of article in quotation marks
Last name, First
Superville, Darlene. “Obama talks jobs with Jobs, other tech leaders.” Detroit News 17 Feb. 2011: A1.
Pg #
Newspaper title underlined

13. Online Magazine Article
Last Name, First. “Title of Article.” Magazine Name Date article was written. Date article was accessed. <URL>.

14. Online Magazine Article
Grunwald, Michael. “The Stimulus turns two: How Obama quietly changed Washington.” Time 17 Feb Feb < politics/article/0,8599, ,00.html >.

15. URL with < > around it
Last name, First
Article Title
Grunwald, Michael. “The Stimulus turns two: How Obama quietly changed Wahshington.” Time 17 Feb Feb < time/politics/article 0,8599, ,00.html >.
Name of the magazine
URL with < > around it
Two dates:
1st date: when the article was written
2nd date: when you found the article online

16. Web Site
Name of Website creator. “Title of the Webpage.” Website. Date webpage was updated. Date of access. <URL>.
Indent

17. Web Site
Lidbury, Jessie. “Protect Our State.” Organizing for America. 17 Feb Feb < my.barackobama.com page/community/post/jessielidbury/ gGMblmoverride_wrapper_id= Iw3h4&state=WI&source=BOF >.

18. Author of website, if available
If no author start with title of the webpage
Title of the entire Website
Lidbury, Jessie. “Protect Our State.” Organizing for America. 17 Feb Feb < my.barackobama.com/page/ community/post/jessielidbury/ gGMblmoverride_wrapper_id= Iw3h4&state=WI&source=BOF >. *Remember: 1st date is the date when the webpage was created/last updated. 2nd date is the date you accessed or found the webpage online.
URL with < > around it then a (.)

19. Completed Works Cited Page
Works Cited Anthony, David W. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, Davis, Daniel R. History of English. Class Lecture on the History of English. College of Arts, Science, and Letters, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI. Sept.-Dec Millward, C.M. A Biography of the English Language. Boston: Wadsworth Thomson, 1996.