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1 MLA Modern Language Association

2 What is MLA?  MLA is the way that disciplines within the Language Arts reference their citations.  The Language Arts include:  Art  Drama  English  History  Music  Philosophy  Religious Studies

3 Why use MLA?  MLA allows you to reference your citations when you quote, paraphrase, or use information that you found within a source such as a book, magazine, webpage, etc.

4 What happens if you don’t reference your sources?  You could be accused of PLAGIARISM  Plagiarism happens when you advertently – or even inadvertently! – use someone else’s ideas and don’t say where you got them from.  Plagiarism is not just “cutting & pasting” whole paragraphs or essays from a book or the web; it also happens when you put someone else’s ideas into your own words, but don’t give the author of those ideas credit for them.  If in doubt, make a reference!

5 What information do you need?  There’s a lot of information you need to include in a reference:  Author’s full name, including middle initial, if given  Date of latest publication  Title of the article, book, and/or journal in which the source is printed  Publishing company  Place of publication (include state or country if not readily recognizable)  Page numbers, if your source is printed in a compilation or journal.  Medium – such as print, website, etc.

6 What order do you put the information in?  Ordering the information in a reference is the trickiest part of writing your bibliography.  The order of the information and how you format it is really important. You want to provide the information in a clear manner that is standardized internationally so that anyone, anywhere can read your reference and find your source.

7 Books -- print:  Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. Penguin Books USA, Inc.: New York,1993. Print.  Author’s last name, first name. Title of book in italics OR underlined. Place of publication: publisher, latest publication date. Medium.  Indent all lines except the first line. This is called a “hanging indent.”

8 Books – online:  Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, 1855. The Walt Whitman Archive. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.  Author’s last name, first name. Title of book in italics. Place of publication, date of original publication. Name of website in italics. Medium. Date you accessed the website.

9 Short Story or Poem in a textbook:  O’Brien, Tim. “On the Rainy River.” Imprints 12. Ed. Joe Banel, et al. Gage Learning Corporation: Toronto, 2002, 70-85. Print.  Author’s last name, first name. Title of the short story or poem in quotation marks. Editor’s name (if more than three editors, use the phrase “et al.” Publishing company: place of publication, date. Page numbers of the short story or poem. Medium.

10 Shakespearean Play:  Shakespeare, William, and Ken Roy. Romeo And Juliet. 2nd ed. Toronto: Harcourt Canada, 1999. Print.  Author’s last name, first name. Editor’s full name. Edition number. Place of publication: publishing company, latest publication date. Medium.  Don’t forget to use the hanging indent on all lines of your reference except the first line.

11 Article or entry in an encyclopedia or dictionary:  “Literature.” The Cambridge Encyclopedia. 2004 ed. Print.  Title of the entry in quotation marks. Title of the encyclopedia or dictionary in italics. Date of publication. Medium.

12 Article in a scholarly journal:  Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124- 38. Print.  Author’s last name, first name. Title of article in quotation marks. Title of journal in italics followed by volume of journal. Number of journal then date in parentheses: page numbers of article. Medium.

13 A film or movie:  It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946. Film.  Title of film in italics. Name of the director. Names of the main performers. Distributor of the film, date it was released. Medium.

14 Others…  There are many different works that you will consult when conducting your research. Each type of work requires a specific type of reference.  For other less common works, see a style guide, such as…

15 Style Guides:  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7 th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Print.  www.mla.org www.mla.org  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resour ce/747/01/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resour ce/747/01/


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