Powerpoint on MLA citation for use with English 9 classes.

1. MLA Citation
9.8 TSW credit the sources of quoted,
paraphrased, and summarized ideas; cite
sources of information using MLA or APA.

2. How can you tell if someone is lying?
● Know the information if false
● Find out the information is
false

3. Why should I cite?
●
In scholarly research, you make sure
information is correct by verifying
information.
● One way of verifying is checking works
cited.
● Remember to avoid plagiarism, you should
always cite your sources.

4. What sources should I cite?
● Anything that is not your original idea and used in
your research product.
● This includes:
– Books
– Journals/magazines
– Database articles
– Websites
– Encyclopedia articles
– Pictures
– music

5. Elements of Citation
● Citations include the following:
Author
– Title
– Publisher Name
– Publisher Location
– Date of publication

6. Also...
● Depending on the type of inforation source, it
may also include:
volume
– Article title
– Date accessed

7. Book Citation Basics
Author Last Name, First Name. Title. Publisher
Location: Publisher Name, Date.
Pfeffer, Susan. Life As We Knew It. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
*There are additional rules about books with more
than one author, corporate authors, or editors.

8. Journals/Magazines
Author Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.”
Journal Name. Publication date: pages.
Blount, Roy. “Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood.”
Smithsonian. November 2012: 46-53.

9. Database Article
For a journal article found in a database, you follow
the same format, but you will also add the product
name, name of providing library, date of access, and
URL.
Blount, Roy. “Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood.”
Smithsonian. November 2012: 46-53. Proquest.
Appomattox HS Lib. 14 Nov 2012.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>.

10. Website
Author. “Title page of document.” Site Title. Date
of electronic publication, last update, or posting date.
Name of publishing institution. Date of download
or access. <url>.
New, Michelle. “Coping with Cliques.” Teens
Health. August 2010. Nemours. 14 Nov 2012.
<http://teenshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/cli
ques.html#>.

11. Now What?
Let's play “human citation”
Working in group of 5, given cards with each
element of a citation (author, title, publisher place,
publisher name, date) arrange yourselves in the
correct order for MLA citation.
Repeat for journal article, database, website.

12. Practice
Two Truths and Lie
● Create 3 statements for a partner. Two of those
statement must be true and one a lie. Create a
citation for each statement. Partner has to guess
which is false and must be able to verify using
your citations.