Part 1
What information do you put in your in-text citation?
Authors Last name and page number (if there is one)
Ex: (Jones 321)
How do you format a full citation on a works cited page?
Hanging indent (all lines but the first line of the full citation are indented)
Times new roman, 12 pt
Double spaced
What font type and size do we use in MLA?
Times New Roman, 12 pt
What is wrong with this in-text citation?
According to Martello, "cats are the best"
No in-text citation
What is the author's last name?
Middleton, Fiona. "Reliability vs Validity: What's the Difference?" Scribbr, 3 Sept. 2019, www.scribbr.com/methodology/reliability-vs-validity/.
Middleton
What is missing from this in-text citation?
"Cannibalism is a subject that many shy away from as it can cause discomfort and anxiety for most people," states Sociology professor at Harvard (143).
The author's last name!
If there was no authors last name we would at least put the title of the article/book
What would be the correct in-text citation for this sentence?
People should watch what they eat at an early age because not eating healthy can cause health problems, such as "heart disease, stroke, and dabetes ", when you get older
People should watch what they eat at an early age because not eating healthy can cause health problems, such as "heart disease, stroke, and dabetes ", when you get older (Author page#)
What goes in the top right hand corner of every page of your paper?
Your last name and the page number!
Ex: Garringer 1
What is the author's first name?
Aprilson, Andy. The Emergency Budget Task Force Handbook. Mississippi: Haberdasher, 2001.
Andy
When do we italicize?
If the source is independent
ex. Title of books, plays, movies. databases, and websites
What is missing from this in-text citation?
A zoology expert stated, It is obvious that Pandas will go extinct with in fifty years due to poachers constantly hunting them (Johnson 5).
The quotation marks. It should look like this...
A zoology expert stated, "It is obvious that Pandas will go extinct with in fifty years due to poachers constantly hunting them" (Johnson 5).
How would you cite a source with no page numbers?
(author's last name parapgraph number)
(Smith para.3)
What information is included in the title header on the first page of the paper?
Student Name
Teacher's Name
Name of Class
Due Date
What does "et al." mean?
Niderbacher, Leslie A., et al. Penne and the Jets: A Love Story. Albuquerque: Partridge, 2003.
"Other"; that there are more than 2 authors; that there are more authors not named.
When do we use quotations?
Anything that is not independent (within something else)
ex. titles of chapters, articles, poems, and short stories
What information do you include in an in-text citation if there is no authors name given?
(first few words of title page number)
Make sure to match the title with how it is writen in Work Cited (italized or quotes)
(Cell Biology 8)
("Science is Cool" 22)
How to cite a course with 2 authors?
(author last name and author last name page#)
(Smith and Martello 43)
Is this a correct in-text citation?
Charles Gunther, a marine biologist, states, "Whales are a species that is around three decades from becoming extinct." (Gunther)
NO.
Period is in the wrong place. Needs to be after in-text citation
Create an in-text citation:
Canadian Pumpkinology Association. The Truth about Rats and Skunks: Nature's Worst Enemies. Toronto: La Fraude Publishers, 2009.
(Canadian Pumpkinology Association).
What is the article title?
McNary, Dave. “Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter Returning for ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music.’” Variety, Penske Media Corporation, 8 May 2018, variety.com/2018/film/news/bill-and-ted-3-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-1202802946/.
"Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter Returning for 'Bill and Ted Face the Music.'"
What would be the correct in-text citation for this sentence?
Martello states that "this is your final paper"
Martello states that "this is your final paper" (page #).
How to cite a source with 3 or more authors?
(author last name et al. page number)
(Smith et al. 32)
What is the correct citation for this sentence?
George Thomas claims that a lot of sugar is really bad for you.
George Thomas claims that "a lot of sugar is really bad for you" (page#).
Create an in-text citation:
Aprilson, Andy. The Emergency Budget Task Force Handbook. Mississippi: Haberdasher, 2001.
(Aprilson #)
What is the second author's last name?
Fosslien, Liz, and Mollie West. "3 Ways to Hack Your Environment to Help You Create." Huffpost Preposition Endeavor, Huffington Post, Dec. 7, 2016, www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/3-ways-to-hack-your-environment-to-help-you-createus580f758be4b02444efa569bc.
West