The document provides guidance on citing sources using MLA style in 3 key tasks: 1. Providing in-text or parenthetical citations that include the author's name and page number. 2. Including a reference list called "Works Cited" with full citations of all referenced sources in alphabetical order. 3. Details the anatomy of different types of citations for books, articles, websites, and more with examples of author name, title, publisher, date, and URL structure.

1. MLA Citations

2. Why cite? Credit Author Aid Reader Strengthen Argument

3. Making reference to works of others using MLA style Two tasks 1 .Provide the author's name and the page in text or a (in-text or parenthetical citation) in the report itself. 2 . Provide a full citation in a separate Works Cited page.

4. Task 1 in text citation Provide (author's name and the page) at end of sentence containing reference, or allow the narrative to indicate source (signal phrase ) Adam Smith describes labor as the most important factor in producing wealth in a nation (134). End of sentence (Tan 119). book (Ogden 67). article (Bell). website

5. Task 1 in text citation cont’d If there is no author, use title. Title is placed in parentheses in same format it is cited in Work cited page. (“Writer”) ( Hoover’s Online ) ( Double Vision )

6. Task 2 Provide a full citation in alphabetical order on Works Cited page Bell, Steven. &quot;Welcome to the Keeping Up Web Site.&quot; Steven Bell's Keeping Up Web Site . 3 Jan 2006. 26 Jan 2006. <http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup/>. Ogden, Michael. &quot;Marshall Islands.&quot; World Book Encyclopedia . 2004. Tan, Amy. The Kitchen God's Wife . New York: Putnam, 1991.

7. Author’s name last, first. Title Underlined . Place of publication: Publisher, Publication Date . Tan, Amy . The Kitchen God's Wife . New York: Putnam , 1991 . Anatomy of a book citation

8. Anatomy of an chapter or encyclopedia article citation Author’s name last, first. “Article Title.” Book Title . Publication city: Publisher, Year. page numbers. Smith, Roff . “Frozen Far.” Geographic Stories. New York: Farrar, 2001 . 30-38.

9. Anatomy of a website citation Author’s name last, first. “Title of website article.” Title of Entire Website Underlined . Publication Date. Date Accessed. <URL> Follow this form with what you know. If no author skip to title… “ Chef.&quot; Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics . 21 Oct. 2004. 27 Jan. 2006 <http://www.bls.gov/k12/ reading01.htm>.

10. Practice S:\TRACY\citation manipulatives