On Books
What is italicized in an MLA citation for books?
The title of the book
How should the name of a scholarly journal be formatted?
Italicized
How should entries in a bibliography / works cited be organized?
Alphabetically (by first word)
Hays, J. N. Epidemics and Pandemics: Their Impacts on Human History. ABC- CLIO, 2005.
Italics for whole title, including subtitle
I need to go to Academy Sports for three things [ ] a water bottle, a new frisbee for my dog, and new running shoes.
Colon (list)
What does UP stand for ? (ex. Harvard UP, Oxford UP, Cambridge UP)
University Press
If you are citing a journal, what is usually the first word of the works cited entry?
The author's last name
Which of the following is the correct way to indent a list of works cited?
McNeill, William Hardy. Plagues and
Peoples. Anchor Books, 1989.
McNeill, William Hardy. Plagues and
Peoples. Anchor Books, 1989.
Bottom
Matos, Timothy Carlo. Choleric Fictions: Epidemiology, Medical Authority, and an Enemy of the People. Modern Drama, vol. 51, no. 3, 2008, pp. 353-368.
Quotation marks for the article title
I’ve made up my mind [ ] I’m moving to a better apartment.
Colon (explanation/conclusion)
If a book has multiple authors, how many names should be reversed to have the last name first?
Just the first one
Choi, Tina Young. “Narrating the Unexceptional: The Art of Medical Inquiry in Victorian England and the Present.” Literature and Medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 2003, pp. 65-83.
What volume of Literature and Medicine is cited in the above example?
22
Which words should be capitalized in the titles of articles, chapters, or books?
All of the important words (not a, an, the, short prepositions)
Matos, Timothy Carlo. “Choleric Fictions: Epidemiology, Medical Authority, and an Enemy of the People.” Modern Drama, vol. 51, no. 3 (2008) pp. 353-368.
Comma around the year instead of parentheses
I tried making a very complicated recipe for cookies last night [ ] they turned out well despite all the ingredients I had to use.
Semi-colon (not directly related)
Hays, J. N. The Burdens of Disease: Epidemics and Human Response in Western History. Rutgers UP, 1998.
In the title of the book in this citation, what comes after the colon, and why is it italicized?
The subtitle—it’s still part of the title of the book
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the name of the process in which the editors of a journal decide whether or not an article is good enough to be published?
Peer Review
Should your citations in the Works Cited page be double or single spaced?
Double spaced
(2 things for this one)
Michael Brown. “From Foetid Air to Filth: The Cultural Transformation of British Epidemiological Thought, ca. 1780–1848.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 82, no. 3, 2008, pp. 515-544. doi:10.1017/S0018246X06005966. Accessed 27 May 2009.
Author’s name needs to be reversed; need to know database
Here, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos makes his claim[ ] “The only possible answer is that the pyramids were built by, or at least designed by, aliens” (37).
Colon (introduction of quoted material following a complete sentence)
If you only want to cite one chapter out of a book, what two things do you need to add, how are they formatted, and where do they go?
The name of the chapter, in quotation marks, after the author’s name and before the title of the book as well as the inclusive page numbers for the chapter
Choi, Tina Young. “Narrating the Unexceptional: The Art of Medical Inquiry in Victorian England and the Present.” Literature and Medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 2003, pp. 65-83.
Assuming this journal still exists today, how long has it been around?
43 years
What do the dashes mean in the second citation here?
Hays, J. N. Epidemics and Pandemics: Their Impacts on Human History. ABC- CLIO, 2005.
-----. The Burdens of Disease: Epidemics and Human Response in Western History. Rutgers UP, 1998.
Same author wrote both works
(3 things for this one)
Harris, Muriel. Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers. A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben Rafoth, Heinemann, 2000.
Quotation marks for chapter title; italics for book title; Nneed inclusive page numbers
The solos will be sung by three very talented musicians[ ] Solange, soprano [ ] Jasmine, alto [ ] and Michael, tenor.
Colon, Semi-Colon, Semi-Colon (list with commas already in it)