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Research and Writing go hand in hand with correct citing and bibliography skills.

You must avoid plagiarism by giving CREDIT where CREDIT is due!

OH! There are several formats to take into consideration.

Write Well.......Cite Well.......or OH WELL!

Mr. H.  

Plagiarism

"To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source. To commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source"

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CLICK ON THE AREA OF THE PAGE YOU NEED TO VISIT!  =)

COVER PAGE FORMAT	OUTLINING	MLA FORMAT FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY
CITATIONS	FOOTNOTING	BIBLIOGRAPHY EXAMPLE

COVER PAGE

. . . .                     TITLE OF REPORT                 (centered)                                               YOUR NAME                                                 CLASS                                                             INSTRUCTOR                                                DATE

*Please note that in college, you will more than likely be asked to place your Social Security Number Under your name.

OUTLINING

FOLLOW THIS FORMAT FOR OUTLINING.

YOU MUST USE THE PUNCTUATION, TOO!

FORMAT

Broad Topic / Thesis: I..  A.     1.       a.

EXAMPLE

Broad Topic / Thesis : Walt Disney I. Family History    A. Place of birth        1. History of area II. Childhood     A. Early childhood     B. Teen Years        1. drawing "cartoons"           a. art class III. Professional Development      A. Moving to California      B. Opening Cartoon Studio         1. Brother Roy      C. "Alice Cartoons"         1.  Small Animation  begins IV. Animation Development:      A. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit         1. Loss of contract      B. Mickey Mouse         1. Steamboat Wille           a. using sound      C. Other characters         1. Minnie Mouse         2. Peg-Leg Pete         3. Pluto         4. Donald Duck            a. The Orphan's Benefit V. Major Motion Picture Development     A. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs        1. Multiplane Camera

Once you have completed your paper's outline, you have the set-up for your report. You will then find your report will smoothly flow..

BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT

BASIC RULES FOR MLA STANDARDS

PLEASE NOTE THAT CORRECT PUNCTUATION IS NECESSARY FOR A CORRECT FORMAT. COMMAS, PERIODS, SEMICOLONS, COLONS, DASHES, PARENTHESIS, ARROWS ARE PLACED WHERE THEY MUST BE BY THE EXAMPLES GIVEN

Standard Format for Books:

Author. Title. City or Town: Publisher, Year of Publication

Examples:

Christie, Agatha. Murder on the Orient Express. London: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1934.

Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1951

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997

Book by two or more authors or editors:

Authors listed alphabetically.  Title. City or Town: Publisher, Year of Publication

Example:

Metheny, N.M., and W. D. Snively. Nurses' Handbook of Fluid Balance. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967.

Standard Format for a Magazine or Newspaper Article:

Author. "Title: Subtitle of Article". Title of Magazine or Newspaper Day, Month, Year of Publication: Page Number(s).

Examples:

Wolkomir, Richard. "Charting the Terrain of Touch." Smithsonian June 2000: 38-48.

Huffstutter, P.J. "Music Rights Get Tangled on the Web." The Hartford Courant 31 May 2000, eastern ed.: A1+.

Reference Sources:

"Title: Subtitle of Article". Title of  Resource Book. Year of Publication, Volume Number, Page Number(s).

Examples:

Feinberg, Joe. "Freedom and Behavior Control." Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Ed. Warren T. Reich. 4 vols. New York: Free Press, 1992.

"Euthanasia." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Electronic ed., version 1.5, 1996.

Article in an encyclopedia with an author:

Author. "Title: Subtitle of Article". Title of Encyclopedia. Year of Publication, Volume Number, Page Number(s).

Example:

Penny, Nicholas B. "Sculpture, The History of Western." New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1998, Vol. 27, 60-114.

Pamphlet/brochure with no author stated:

Title. City, Publishing Company., Year.

Example:

Gufflethwaite, Edward, ed. Finding Your Way Around Nook Farm.. Hartford: Mark Twain Press, 1996.

Editorial:

"Title of Article. Editorial " Newspaper  Date, edition: section

Example:

"An Unfathomable War." Editorial. Hartford Courant 31 May 2000, eastern ed.: A12

Government publication:

Country. Topic. Publication Title. Series Name, Month Year.

Example:

United States. Dept. of Education. Diabetic Children in American Classrooms. Washington: GPO, 2003.

Film:

Film Title. Directed by, Produced by, Written by. Producing Studio, Year

Example:

Titanic. Directed by James Cameron. Written by James Cameron. Produced by James Cameron. Produced by Jon Landau. Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, 1997.

Up. Directed by Pete Docter. Written by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. Produced by John Lasseter.  Walt Disney Studios and Pixar, 2009.  

WEB PAGE

Basic components:

Author (if known). "Title of Page." Date of article, creation, revision, last update/modified (if available). Group, association, or sponsor responsible for Webpage (if available). Access date (must indicate the date you accessed the Webpage) <Complete Internet address>.

Examples:

Heitmann,  Ronald ."Mr. Heitmann's Web Page ." 16 June. 1999. 11 Oct. 2010 . <mrheitmann.com>.

Fitter, Chris. "The Poetic Nocturne: From Ancient Motif to Renaissance Genre." Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (Sept. 1997): 60 pars. 2 Dec. 2007 <www.humanities.ualberta.ca/emls/03-2/fittnoct.html>.

Interview:

The interviewed. Position /Profession/Position Held. Type of interview. Date Month. Year of Interview.

Examples:

Clinton, Bill. Former President. Interview with Ted Koppel. Nightline, ABC. WTNH, New Haven. 14 Nov. 1996.

Andrews, Julie. Actress. Personal interview. 25 Dec. 2002.

Performance:

Performance Title. Music by. Lyrics by. Directed by. Written By. Theater, City. Date Month. Year.

Example:

Phantom of the Opera. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics by Charles Hart. Directed by Harold Prince. Based on novel by Gaston Leroux. Pantages Theatre, Toronto. 20 Sept. 1989.

Radio:

Show Title. Host. Executive Producer. Station, City. Date Month Year.

Examples:

Seniors: What Keeps Us Going. With Linda Storrow.Natl. Public Radio. WNYC. New York. 11 July 1988

The War of the Worlds. Orson Welles. CBS. New York City. 30 October 1938

Recording - Music CD, LP, tape:

Name of author, composer, singer, or editor. Title of song (in quotation marks). Title of recording (underlined). Publication medium (LP, CD, magnetic tape, etc.). Edition, release, or version. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication

Examples:

Mariah Carey. "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Merry Christmas. CD. 1994. Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey, NYC. Sony Music Entertainment, 1994.

Elvis Presley. "Jailhouse Rock". Jailhouse Rock LP. New York. RCA Victor. 1956

Television:

Television Show. Producer. Production Company. Affiliated Station Network. Local Network, City, State. Date of Broadcast Month, Year.

Example:

American Idol. Prod. Nigel Lythgoe in assoc. with Fox Television. FOX Television Network. FOX, New York, NY. 8 Nov. 2006.

I Love Lucy. Producers Jess Oppenheimer and Desi Arnaz. Desilu Productions. CBS Television. New York New York. 15 Oct 1951

CD-ROM

Title. CD-ROM. City: Producer. Year.

Examples:

Encarta. CD-ROM. Seattle: Microsoft. 2000.

Angier, Natalie. "Chemists Learn Why Vegetables are Good for You." New York Times 13 Apr. 1993, late ed.: C1. New York Times Ondisc. CD-ROM.

UMI-Proquest. Oct. 1993.

Sacred Text

Source. Edition. City of Publication: Publisher, Library

Examples:

The Holy Bible. Revised Standard Version. New York: New American Library, 1962.

Holy Qur'an. Trans. M. H. Shakir. Elmhurst, NY: Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, n.d.

SONGS AND LYRICS

In his lyrics for "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard," Simon has mixed his earlier flippant qualities with an earnest social statement (Simon).

SACRED TEXTS

The prophet says that good and bad measures will be dealt by God with a just hand: "For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them" (Jer. 32.42).

BOOKS & PAGES

One author:

"In defiance of the Aztec rulers, the macehvales (the common people) continued to worship fertility and agricultural female deities" (Anzaldua 33).

Two authors:

The ph balance is critical in body-fluid crisis control (Metheny and Snively 15).

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT

The sale of so-called durable goods has lagged behind projected sales of big-ticket items for more than a decade (U.S. Department of Commerce 234).

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE

According to many researchers in the field of genetic engineering, behavior control would be a reality by the turn of the century (Feinberg 95).

ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK

Massolo was largely responsible for First Chicago's initially strong position in Malaysian banking ("Massolo").

JOURNALS, MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

"The combination of these large patterns of similarity is particularly useful in examining Chronicle of a Death Foretold since both writers break down narrative authority through innovative use of multiple perspectives" (Christie 22).

AUTHOR UNKNOWN:

If the author of an article is UNKNOWN, you may put the first few words of the article's title (or web page name) in the parenthesis where the author's name would traditionally go. Do not leave a citation blank for an unknown author; this is still plagiarism. REMEMBER, Search Engines are NOT Web Sites! Do NOT cite them! (This information is provided after AJ asked what would be done.)

A Sample Works Cited Page

Citations in a Works Cited section should be prepared in an outline format, that is, with the second and subsequent lines of each entry indented half an inch from the left-hand margin. To show the line-breaks accurately, the frame for this text on your browser window should be at least as wide as the double-headed arrow below. Generally, however, all typing in your paper should be double-spaced.

FOOTNOTING

Footnotes can also be used to expand upon points you are making,

Footnote numbers in the main text are placed at the end of the passage to which they refer.

For example:

Magnotti has the opinion that 'there are only two movies in the theaters worth seeing at this point'.¹ According to Barnfield, however, there are at least three classics worth for to see on the big screen again.²

As you can see, a superscript number is used, and it is smaller than the size of your main text. Note also that the footnote number comes after the punctuation, and that there is no space between the end of the text and the footnote number.

THE FOOTNOTE IS PLACED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THAT THE INFORMATION WAS USED.

Referencing methods

^{Superscripted footnote reference} Author, Title of Book (City of publication, Publisher, date) page number

EXAMPLES (These Would Be On The Bottom Of The Page

¹ Magnotti, Priscilla, The Decline of Films and Fall of Education (New York, Clarendon, 1992) 23

² Barnfield, Linda, The Movies I Love (Chicago, Hyperion, 2003) 121

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A BIBLIOGRAPHY NEEDS TO BE DONE.

" NOTICE THE WAY THE WORD "BIBLIOGRAPHY" IS CENTERED AND UNDERLINED.

" NOTICE THAT THE SOURCES ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

" NOTICE THAT SEARCH ENGINES FOR THE INTERNET (YAHOO, GOOGLE) ARE NOT USED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SOURCES

Bibliography

Brandes, Kathleen, et al., eds. Vanishing Species. New York: Time-Life Books, 1976.

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Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

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Kavanaugh, Jennifer. "Drawing Pictures of the Future." Palo Alto Weekly 6 Dec. 2000: 7.

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Kelly, Niall. "The Man Who Built the White House--Twice." American History Dec. 2000: 46-54.

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Knuth, Anne. "Drawing Connections." School Library Journal 48 (2002): 50-53.

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Maculay, David. The New Way Things Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

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Schiff, Adam. E-mail interview. 24 Oct. 2002.

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Taylor, Jennifer. Ancient Greek Civilizations. 1999. eMuseum Minnesota State University Mankato. 7 Feb. 2003 <http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/ aegean/>.

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Tedeschi, Bob. "Pet Supplies Find Sales on Internet." New York Times on the Web 28 Oct. 2002. 28 Oct. 2002 <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/technology/28ECOM. html>.

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Tracy, Robert. "Traffic." Forever Sisters. Ed. Claudia O'Keefe. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 160-174.

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Wilkinson, Philip and Michael Pollard. The Master Builders. New York: Chelsea House, 994.