Writing Your Source Citations

Writing Your Source Citations

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Mrs. Sharpperiod:

Heroes Across Cultures

Writing Your Source Citations

Print Sources

There are some basic pieces of information that you need to correctly cite a print source (books). To write your citation for a print resource, you need to have the following information:

  • Author(s)’s/Editor(s)’s name(s)
  • Title of the book
  • City where the book was published
  • Company that published the book
  • Copyright date
  • Pages you used

NOTES:

*For books with more than one author, list them in the order they are listed on the cover page

*For books with an editor only, add “Ed.” after the editor’s name

The above information is pieced together like a puzzle into your citation. Use the following examples to help you write your citations ON LINED PAPER. BE SURE TO CORRECTLY NUMBER EACH SOURCE.

Books with One Author

Author’s Last name, First name.Title. City: Company, year. Pages used. Print.

EX: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin Books, 1987. 87-92. Print.

There is a similar format for print sources that contain articles, like an encyclopedia or a compilation book of heroes or myths. If you used this type of book, follow the given example and write a correct citation.

Article/Entry in an Encyclopedia or Compilation Text

Last name, First name of section author (if available).“Title of Article.”Title of Anthology.Ed. (Editor’s Name). City: Company, year. Page numbers.Print.

EX: Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 24-34. Print.

Electronic Sources

Similarly to print sources, there are several pieces of basic information that you must include to correctly cite an electronic source (web page). For each web resource, you should try to include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Author(s)’s/ Editor(s)’s name(s)
  • Title of the article or page you used
  • Name of the overall website
  • Name of the company/institution that published the webpage
  • Date of publication/last update
  • Date you accessed the website

NOTES:

* If no author is listed, begin with the title of the page/article.

* If no publisher name is available, write n.p. in the same space

* If no publishing date is given, write n.d. in the same space

*If the web-based resource you used provided you with an MLA-formatted citation, check it for accuracy using the examples below.

*Remember, you are NOT going to use URL address in the citation

Be sure to CHECK the MLA formatted citations you copied from the Infohio for accuracy. In particular, be sure to make the following changes:

Author’s names should not be in all caps.

Write out the entire name of months (no abbreviations)

The above information is pieced together like a puzzle into your citation. Use the following examples to help you write your citations ON LINED PAPER. BE SURE TO CORRECTLY NUMBER EACH SOURCE.

To cite one page of a website

Author/Editor name (if available).“Name of Page/Article.”Name of Website.Name of company/institution which publishes the site.Date of publication/update. Web. Date of access.

EX: “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. 29 May 2012. Web.18 February 2014.

IMAGE CREDITS

You will also need to cite any images from web sources that you include in your visual presentation. We are going to use a simplified MLA format for these citations. You will NOT include these image citations on your Works Cited page. Rather, these citations will appear in small print below the images in your presentation. For all images you use/copy from ANY website, you need the URL address through the .com (or .org, .gov, .edu, etc.).

To cite images in your visual presentation

Image Credit: URL address (through .com ONLY)

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