Ms. Zegarac's ENG 4U0 Class
Citations in MLA
The Task
Today you are going to learn how to properly cite your work in the Library Learning Commons at Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School! This is an very important skill to have as you prepare to go to university. Errors in citations can lead to plagiarism, and at the university level, this can have dire consequences! We want to make sure you are ready for what lies ahead so let's get ready to graduate!
Be wise....don't plagiarize!!
When to Cite - A Checklist
file:///G:/Downloads/AvoidingPlagiarismChecklist.pdf
I now know when to cite my work.....but how do I do it?
MLA 8 - The New Way to Cite in MLA
Creating a Works Cited Page in MLA Format
MLA 8 was designed to simplify the process, helping writers accurately and intuitively cite sources more easily, requiring that every source type follow the same format. This means that books, websites, periodicals, videos, photographs, and all other types of sources now use this same standard format.
MLA 8 requires researchers to locate the same “core elements” from their sources and place them in a standard order in order to create their citations.
The “Core Elements” of an MLA 8 citation, along with their corresponding punctuation marks, include the following (in this order):
- Authors.
- Title of the source.
- Title of container,
- Other contributors,
- Version,
- Numbers,
- Publisher,
- Publication date,
- Location.
The appropriate punctuation mark will follow each core element, unless it is the final piece. In this case, the punctuation mark would be a period.
Example of an MLA Eighth Edition Works Cited Page:
Patterson, James, and Chris Grabenstein. House of Robots. Little, Brown and Co., 2014.
Patterson, James, and Chris Tebbetts. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here. Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. Grand Central, 2007, p. 82.
– – – . A Walk to Remember. Warner, 1999.
Twenty-Eight Days Later. Directed by Danny Boyle, produced by Alex Garland, Fox
Searchlight Pictures, 2002.