MLA basics (citations)

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1、MLACitationMethodsSponsoredbyTheCenterforTeachingandLearningatUISWhatisMLA?♠ModernLanguageAssociation♠AmethodofcitingreferencesinresearchpapersoParentheticalcitationsintextoWorksCitedpageCurrentlyth♠TheMLApublishedthe7editionoftheMLAhandbookthisyear.th♠Toviewcomplete

2、changesconsultthe7editionofthehandbook.♠Somechangesinclude:óNomoreunderlining.Insteaduseitalics.óNomoreURL’sincitations.(moredetailstofollow)óContinuouspaginationdoesn’tmatter.Youmustincludevolumeandissuenumberswhencitingscholarlypublications.óEveryentrymustincludeap

3、ublicationmedium.Examplesofthemostcommonpublicationmediumare:PrintandWeb.Otherexamplesare:DVD,PerformanceorTV.óManywebsourceentriesnowrequireapublishername,adateofpublication,and/orpagenumbers.Whennopublishernameappearsonthewebsite,writeN.p.fornopublishergiven.Whensi

4、tesomitadateofpublication,writen.d.fornodate.Foronlinejournalsthatappearonlyonline(noprintversion)orondatabasesthatdonotprovidepagination,writen.pag.fornopagination.Documentationinthetext:ParentheticalCitations♠OneAuthoroAuthor’snameinreference°Usually,theauthor’slas

5、tnameandpagenumber°Notepunctuation•(Author’slastnamepagenumber)•Ex.Thispointhasbeenarguedbefore(Frye197).oAuthor’snameintext°Donotusetheauthor’slastnameinthecitationiftheauthor’snameappearsinthetext•(pagenumber)•Ex.Fryehasarguedthispointbefore(197).♠TwoAuthorsoAuthor

6、s’namesinreference°Alphabeticallybylastnameandpagenumber°Notepunctuation•(Author’slastnameandAuthor’slastnamepagenumber)•Ex.Othersholdanoppositeview(WarrenandWellek310-15).oAuthors’namesintext°Donotusetheauthors’lastnamesinthecitationiftheauthors’namesappearinthetext

7、•(Pagenumber)•Ex.Others,likeWellekandWarren(310-15),holdanoppositeview.♠ThreeAuthorsoAuthors’namesinreference°Alphabeticallybylastname,separatedbycommasandpagenumber°Notepunctuation•(Lastname,lastname,lastnamepagenumber)•Ex.Anothermeasureofemotionalintelligenceisthes

8、uccessofintrapersonalrelationships(Smith,Taylor,andTodd14-15).oAuthors’namesintext°Donotusetheauthors’lastnamesinthecitationiftheau