Core Elements
For how many named authors does the use of et al. require?
Three or more!
LeGrand, Samantha. Personal Interview. 16 Nov.
2018.
Personal interview (entry 44, page 36)
Gould, Skye. “How to Properly Shake Hands in 14 Different Countries.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 23 Mar. 2018, www.businessinsider.com/handshakes-around-the-world-2-2017. Accessed 25 Nov. 2018.
Answers will vary.
In an interview with Samantha LeGrand, a former study abroad student, she noted that.....
(1 error)
The verb of attribution, 'noted,' is in past tense. It should be "notes.'
Lunsford, Andrea, Lisa Ede, and Mike Rose. Baking Cupcakes. Cupcake Wars Press, 2019.
(1 error)
Lunsford, Andrea, et al. Baking Cupcakes. Cupcake Wars Press, 2019.
What type of punctuation do the titles of short works and sources that are part of larger works require?
"Quotation marks!"
McAlpine, Fraser. “Why Do the Brits Drive on the Left?” BBC America, 2014, https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/brits-drive-left. Accessed 20 Nov. 2018.
work on a website (entry 31, page 32)
James, Simon and Metzler, Mark. Central Banks and Gold : How Tokyo, London, and New York Shaped the Modern World. Cornell University Press, 2016. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1437230&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 19 Nov. 2018.
Answers will vary but must include a page number because this source is an Ebook.
According to BBC, about two thirds of drivers in the world stopped driving on the left. It was said that "the habit of traveling on the left side dates back to when the Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans carried swords when traveling" (2).
(2 errors)
The error is found in the parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence because there is no page number for a work on a website; instead, because there is a named author, McApline should have been included in the signal phrase.
Immigration History Research Center. "Global Minnesota: Immigrants Past and Present," U of Minnesota, 2015, cla.umn.edu/ihrc. Accessed April 5 2019.
(2 errors)
The "title of the article" and the title of the website are in reverse order. Also, the date is not in MLA format.
Because online information often changes or even disappears, what must you provide at the end of a citation for a source found online?
An accessed date!
“The 21 Best Things to Do When You Visit London.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, 5 Apr. 2017, travel.usnews.com/London_England/Things_To_Do/. Accessed 25 Nov. 2018.
work on a website (with no named author)
entry 31, page 32
Tillotson, Amanda. Personal interview. 13 Nov.
2018.
Answers will vary, including a fictional description of the subject.
According to U.S. News, the best things to do while in London are the British Museum, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge and the London Eye, to name a few.
(2 errors)
The first error is that U.S. News is not italicized; the second error is that the writer did not include the article's title in a parenthetical reference.
Albert Einstein. Personal interview at Sandia National Laboratory about communications needed for scientists. 32 Mar. 2019.
(3 errors!)
There are three errors here!
What type of punctuation is used after the author name(s) that start an entry and the title of the source you are documenting?
A period is used for both!
Ex: Morrison, Toni. Beloved.
Corton, Christine L. London Fog : The Biography.
Harvard University Press, 2015. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1133811&site=
ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 20 Nov. 2018.
Ebook found in a database.
“United Kingdom: Power Plug Adapter Needed?” Power Plugs Of The World, https://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/us/united-kingdom/. Accessed 20 Nov. 2018.
Answers will vary - title of article would need to be in signal phrase or in parenthetical reference.
In the eBook, London Fog: The Biography, Corton, Christine explains how in the 1840s there was thick, yellow fog from “the city’s rapid expansion in the number of domestic coal fires during the early stages of the industrial revolution” (1).
(1 error)
The only error is that the author's name should not be in Last, First order when used in the the body of the essay.
Meijer, Marina. "Why Study Abroad." YouTube, 20 Apr. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Zha2CrJZ0. Accessed 20 Dec. 2018.
(1 error)
The error is that the video title should be in italics just like the title of the host site is in italics.
What location information helps readers locate a piece of information cited within the essay from a print source?
A page number or range of pages: p.24, pp. 24-35.
"London." Dictionary of British History, 1st ed., Market House Books Ltd, 2002. Credo Reference, http://libproxy.cnm.edu:8080/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credoreference.com%2Fcontent%2Fentry%2Fmhbh%2Flondon%2F0%3FinstitutionId%3D4423. Accessed 25 Nov. 2018.
article accessed through a database (entry 11, page 20)
OR
entry in an online reference work (entry 12, page 22)
McAlpine, Fraser. “Why Do the Brits Drive on the Left?” BBC America, 2014, https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/brits-drive-left. Accessed 20 Nov. 2018.
answers will vary - no page numbers because it is an online article.
According to the Dictionary of British History, “London’s history begun with the Romans.”
(2 errors)
There are two errors here:
1) Dictionary of British History
2) There is no parenthetical reference that includes the title, "London".
Stalter, Sunny. "The Subway System of New York City." Journal of Public Transportation, 33, 2, January 2010, pp. 70-91. JSTOR, doi: 10.2979/jml.2010.33.2.70. Accessed 30 Mar. 2019.
(2 errors!)
Errors are that that vol. and issue number have been omitted. (see entry 11, page 20)