MLA: Citing Sources

MLA: Citing Sources

REVIEW

What Does MLA stand for?

What is the purpose of MLA?

• provides guidelines for the creation of a bibliography

• this is known as a "Works Cited" page

Why is it important that I cite my sources?

• As a writer, it is your responsibility to give proper credit to your sources

• If you have not given proper credit to your sources, you have committed PLAGIARISM.

• Plagiariam can result in serious consequences such as suspension, expulsion, fine, or even jail time

What is Plagiarism?

• You have used someone else’s ideas without telling your reader where you took it from. 

• Any idea or fact that you received from a source needs to be cited.

• Any idea or fact that is common knowledge does not need to be cited. For example, a facts like the earth rotates around the sun are common knowledge and would not have to be cited.

Step 1: Name & Title

• The “Works Cited” page is always going to be the last page of your essay or report.

• You should type the words “Works Cited” as your title and centre it on the page.

• put your last name as a header in the top right corner of the page

Step 2: Bibme.org

• Use bibme.org/mla to create an entry for each website or book that you used as a source

• select the type of source you are citing (book, website, etc.)

• search the source you are citing, fill in any necessary information and click "Create Citation"

• copy and paste the citation to your Works Cited page

Step 3: Formatting

• once you have copied and pasted all of your citations onto your Works Cited Page, you need to put them in ALPHABETICAL ORDER

• ensure that your font is size 12

• double-space

• the second and subsequent lines of a citation are always indented five spaces (hanging indent)

Multiple Choice

What does MLA stand for?

• Medium Language Accountability

• Modern Language Association

• My Language Acquired

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of MLA?

• to make my life more difficult

• to cite any sources that I used for research

• to keep track of all of my readings

Multiple Choice

What is the MLA document called where you list all of your sources?

• Fact Checker

• My Sources

• Works Cited

Multiple Choice

What is it called if you do not cite all of your sources?

• Plagiarism

• Stolen Ideas

• Cheating

Multiple Choice

When using bibme.org to create your citations, you should choose which style?

• APA

• Chicago

• MLA

Multiple Choice

True or False:

It is ok to not cite your source if the fact that you are writing about is common knowledge?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

The title at the top of your Works Cited page should be your name?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Your font size should be 24 so that your teacher can clearly read each citation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

The title should be on the left side of your page.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

You need to alphabetize each works cited page by the author.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

You need a hanging indent (5 spaces) on the second and subsequent lines of each citation.

• True

• False