MLA advance citation issues

1. MLA Formatting
@
In-text citation
Works Cited
Quotations
Poems
Tables & Figures
11 Sept. 2019
Zakir Hossain
Teacher-Librarian
www.theresearchtl.net

2. ICS Library Website@Libguides
https://icsz.libguides.com/icszlibrary/myp

3. MLA Glossary
• In-text (in-line) citation acknowledges your
source in the main body of your document.
Example: (Carol 19)
• Reference is the details of a particular in-text
citation.
Example: Carol, Gilligan. In a Different Voice. Harvard,
1982.
• Works Cited is the list of references arranged
alphabetically.

5. Forms of In-Text Citations
*A work with no page numbers (like a webpage): (Johnson) or (UNESCO)

6. In-Text Citations – No author/ Title & Page No.
*Add the full title if it is short. If it is a long title, you only
use the first two words.

7. In-text Citation @ Continue with the same author
info/data
We should not forget that the Migration series made a big impact when it was
first exhibited in 1941. It was part of the first major exhibit of African
American art in a downtown New York gallery (Phillips 162). Part of his
series was published in Fortune magazine, and Lawrence sold the series in
halves to two major museums before it went on a national tour (163).

8. Various forms of In-text Citations
Source: ICSZ Libguideshttps://icsz.libguides.com/mlacitation

9. Example of Works Cited Page

10. In-text Citation & Work Cited page Relationship at a glance

11. Works Cited Page Rules

12. MLA Paper Formatting
MLA Example Paper:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B33TrtMJk19jaWJERmJ5X0RZSnc/view

13. Do it yourself…
1. Create an MLA paper from Google Doc
2. Export the citations from NoodleTools
3. Copy & paste on Works Cited page (Google MLA doc.)

14. How to integrate a quote?
To integrate a quote correctly you should:
• Use a signal phrase such as “According to Smith
…”/ “Smith reports that …”
• Include quotation marks i.e. “…………….”
• In-text citation and reference it.
© The University of Auckland

15. ●Citing a direct quotation
When directly quoting a source, place the in-text
citation (parenthetical citation) after the quote.
Example:
Sanders explains that economic woes are due to
“the mortgage crisis and poor risk assessment
(20).”

16. Citing a long quote
The use of nuclear weapons in today’s society
is strikingly alarming. Though the United States
is the only country to employ it in the past, they
are at the same time the country that condemns
its use the most. While this may seem
hypocritical, is it the most proper action for the
United States to make as the global leader. (19)
*indented a longer quote
Scientists have warned that the use of nuclear weapons pose the single
biggest threat to the Earth's peace and environment. According to
Taparia,

17. Shortening a long quote
The use of nuclear weapons in today’s society
is strikingly alarming. Though the United
States is the ( . . .) the most proper action for
the United States to make as the global leader.
(19)
*using ellipses to short a longer quote
Scientists have warned that the use of nuclear weapons pose the
single biggest threat to the Earth's peace and environment.
According to Taparia,

18. Citing a Table
• Refer to the table and its corresponding
numeral in-text. Do not capitalize the
word table. This is typically done in
parentheses e.g. (see table 1)
• Label: 'Table' and provide its
corresponding Arabic numeral. No
punctuation after the label and number.
• On the next line, provide a caption for the
table, most often the table title. Use title
case.
• Below the title, "Source:" then provide
the correct MLA bibliographic information
for the source in note form. Use hanging
indent. If you provide source information
with your illustrations, you do not need to
provide this information on the Works
Cited page.
Adapted from MLA Center

19. Citing a Figure
• All visuals (maps, diagrams,
charts, videos, podcasts, etc.)
are labelled as Figure or Fig.
• Refer to the Figure and its
corresponding numeral in-text.
Do not capitalize the word
figure. This is typically done in
parentheses e.g. (see fig. 1)
• If you provide source
information with your
illustrations, you do not need
to provide this information on
the Works Cited page.
Adapted from MLA Center

20. Citing a Poem
In his poem "My Papa's Waltz," Theodore Roethke explores his childhood
with his father:
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
We Romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself. (11)
Adapted from MLA Center

21. Works Cited
Hossain, Zakir. “Citation-Make It Easy for MS/HS Students (Updated Version).” LinkedIn
SlideShare, Zakir Hossain, 12 Dec. 2017, https://www.slideshare.net/Zakir-
Hossain/citationmake-it-easy-for-mshs-students-updated-version.
MLA Center. “Formatting a Research Paper.” The MLA Style Center,
https://style.mla.org/formatting-papers/?_ga=2.149727670.126097581.1568097922-
1546317960.1567073432#tablesandillustrations.
“Plagiarism and Citation Basic”. Access on 2 Nov 2015
http://www.slideshare.net/caitlingillmett/plagiarism-and-citation-basics
“Trinity College Library”. MLA Citation. Access on 11 Oct 2015
http://www.slideshare.net/caitlingillmett/plagiarism-and-citation-basics

22. ICS Library Website@Libguides
https://icsz.libguides.com/icszlibrary/myp
Question/ Comments?
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