"Cite" or "Don't Cite"
What Type of Source Am I?
Correct the Mistake
Abbreviations
MLA Potpourri
100
True or false: A quote doesn't need citation.
False
100
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
What is a book?
100
John Green. The Fault in Our Stars. New York: Dutton, 2012. Print.
Green, John.
100
n.d.
What is no date?
100
In the 7th edition of the MLA handbook, titles are written using what typeface?
What is italics?
200
Your personal opinion
Don't cite
200
Brody, Jane E. "Curbing Binge Drinking Takes Group Effort." New York Times 9 Sept. 2008, late ed.: F7. Print.
What is a newspaper article?
200
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.
Print.
200
n.p.
What is no publisher?
200
Every entry on the Works Cited has a medium of publication designation. These are two of the various possible publication designations
What is print, web, dvd, video, interview, film, radio, e-mail, etc.? (any two are acceptable)
300
A photograph not taken by you
Cite
300
Charman, Karen. “Genetically Engineered Food: Promise and Perils.” Mother Earth News Oct/Nov 2002: 74-83. Print.
What is an article from a print magazine?
300
Klee, Paul. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive. Web. 22 May 2006.
What is the title? Twittering Machine
300
Ed.
What is editor?
300
These punctuation marks are used when you are directly quoting someone in your research paper
What is quotation marks?
400
Common knowledge
Don't cite
400
How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
What is an article in a page from a website?
400
Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web.
What is the date of access?
400
Vol.
What is volume number?
400
When citing an Internet resource, the date the resource was accessed goes here?
What is at the end of the citation?
500
Somebody else's idea put into your own words
Cite
500
Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.
What is an online video/YouTube video?
500
Bernstein Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.
Bernstein, Mark.
500
MLA
What is the Modern Language Association?
500
Web citations include this element only when the site may be difficult to locate through a basic search, or when required by an instructor.
What is the website address (URL)?
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