The Research Paper

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The Research Paper

• Hang in there!

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First of all

• Modern Language Association (MLA) deals with the
  study and instruction of language and literature.
• Citation is vital to avoiding plagiarism!
• If everyone created works cited in their own
  unique wayit would be mass confusion!
• Therefore, MLA (and other styles) are useful in
  formatting works cited and in-text citations in
  one, uniform and professional manner.

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Other styles

• MLA style is the style used for acknowledging
  sources used in literary and humanities courses.
  
• APA style is used in the Science courses
  (Biology, Chemistry, Psychology)
• Chicago Style is used in History courses.

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Citing Sources within your text

• In MLA style, references to sources are placed
  within the text to briefly identify them for a
  reader.
• This is also done to enable a reader to quickly
  reference the authors works cited for that
  particular source.
• In-text citations are parenthetical references.
  Always use ().

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In-Text cont

• Always place the in-text citation as close as
  possible to the material being documented (could
  also go where a pause would naturally occur, but
  most likely will occur at the end of a sentence).
• In-text citations usually only include the
  authors last name and page reference.
• Do not repeat information that occurs within the
  sentence in the in-text citation.

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More in-text stuff

• For example, if you state the name of the author
  in the sentence, you do not need to restate
  his/her name in your in-text citation.
• Crutcher has expressed concern over the book
  banning (231-33). (notice punctuation comes
  after the parenthetical information)
• For examples of in-text citations, click the
  following link
• http//www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/ml
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Next Order of business--Creating a Works Cited

• Each type of source has its own
  particular/correct way to be documented.
• For example, a book in a volume would be
  documented differently than an article in a
  newspaper.
• A works cited page is double spaced between each
  citation and lines within a citation.
• Each citation is should be in hanging indent
  format.
• A works cited page is going to be your reports
  very last page.
• A works cited page gets a page all to itself.

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Works Cited Pennybacker, Mindy. Habitat-Saving
Habit. Audubon Nov./Dec. 1997 18-19.
Shrinking Shadowland. Utne Reader. Nov/Dec.
1994 72. Why Migratory Birds Are Crazy for
Coffee. Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
1997. Smithsonian Institution. 24 April 2000
lthttp//www.si.edu/smbc/fxshts/fxsht1a.htmgt.
Wille, Chris. The Birds and the Beans.
Audubon Nov./Dec. 1994 58-64.