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MLA FORMAT INFORMATION

Annotation Card preparation

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete Internet research and discover the proper format protocol for the MLA Style. This style is used by William Tennent High School for all formal research projects done by our students.

http://www.mla.org/style -- While the MLA organization does not give you their instructions via the internet, they do recommend a book that you can purchase to use as a reference for the overall MLA style. In addition, we have this information in our school library for free.

http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/citation/mla/ This website will give you the Citation Styles Handbook on line. This will help you as you reference your resources in preparation for your bibliography card assignment, whether you are citing books, websites, periodicals, etc.

www.easybib.com –This website will allow you to input the data regarding your source, and will automatically format it for you in MLA style after you choose the type of citation.

Please go to these websites and look over their directions. After completing some research, please answer the following questions as directed. Be sure to key this information in and number and answer your questions in full sentences as well as with FULL ILLUSTRATION EXAMPLES as shown on this internet site.

Key in this assignment and save it as- MLA Format styles. Create a file that shows examples of the correct citation style for each of the following types of work.

1. Illustrate how you would cite a book. Identify when these books are typical book entries, specific editions, book chapters, encyclopedia articles, footnotes or endnotes.

2. Illustrate how you would cite an on-line periodical. Identify when these periodicals are typical entries, articles in journals with continuous pagination, articles in weekly periodicals, and newspaper articles.

3. Illustrate how you would cite a magazin. Identify when these sources are artistic works, computer software, films, or videotapes, interviews, letters, performances, recordings, television or radio programs, unpublished dissertations.

4. Illustrate how you would cite Internet sources.

5. Illustrate how you would cite In-text Citation Information.

Graduation Project: BCIT McAdams/Albrecht 2006-2007