Works Cited Components
What is the first part of a works cited entry?
Author's last name, author's first name.
What is the main thing writers hope to avoid by citing their sources?
Plagiarism (Honor Code Violations)
What are the two dates that must be included in an MLA Works Cited entry?
Date work was originally published and Date work was accessed online
These articles can be written for general or specific audiences and are of medium length. (Examples: Time, US News and World Report and Cosmopolitan)
Article from a magazine
What does the writer insert into his paper to document he/she is using information from a source?
in-text citations
title of the article
What is established when a student uses MLA Style consistently and honestly?
Credibility (trustworthiness)
What is the correct term for the person who wrote the work you are citing?
Author
This is a specialized type of article that presents the results of research studies, and it is written by experts in their fields of study.
What is a journal?
Where does the writer place the period when using in-text citations?
The period goes after the parenthesis.
What follows the article's title?
Publication Name
(This can be journal, news, or magazine article.)
What is one of the main goals for MLA citations?
So the reader can find and verify the sources for himself/herself
What is the correct term for the name of the source you are citing?
Title
These articles report daily happenings and are generally short (Examples: The Robesonian, The New York Times).
Article from a news source (news paper)
What two elements does the writer need in an in-text citation?
The writer needs the author's last name and page number.
What is publication information?
Publication Title, original date of publication, as well as volume and issue number (if the article provides this)
Why are we learning MLA now?
To be prepared for all writing that will be done in college classes
What is the correct term for the work you are citing?
Source
Any location print or online where you get information, data, facts, or explanations that you plan to cite in a paper
What is a source?
What do we do when there are 2 authors with the same last name?
Use the first initial of the author's name in the in text citation when this happens.
What is the url?
The web address where the publication can be located online.
What is another reason MLA is useful?
It provides a standardized system that supports further research.
A repository of information provided by our Library that allows you to access sources (some of these sources cannot be accessed over the general Internet)
What is a database?
What does the writer do for in-text citations when there isn't an author?
The writer will use one or more words from the source's title instead of author's name.