MLA Style Manual Updates

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MLA Style Manual Updates

• Changes for Works Cited Entries
• Addition of the medium of publication of every
  entry in a works cited entry Print, Web, DVD, TV
  , Performance, E-mail . . .
• Note Web is the medium of publication for ANY
  content that you retrieve online, even if it
  originally appeared in another medium such as a
  print newspaper.
• Use italics only. No more underlining!
• No more URLS. Only include if the citation info
  doesnt lead easily to the source.
• For online databases do not include the library
  name, city, and state.
• Inclusion of volume and issue numbers for every
  journal citation.
• New abbreviations included N.p. (no publisher)
  and n. pag. for no pagination in online journals
  that appear only online.

• Style and Formatting Changes
• Spacing after punctuation Leave one space after
  all concluding punctuation marks.
• The comma before a coordinating conjunction may
  be omitted if the sentence is short and the
  connection between the clauses is clear without
  punctuation
• She left and he was sad.
• The crocodile snapped and the child ran away.
• Do not capitalize http

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Parenthetical documentation examples

• (Smith et al. 124).
• or (Jones 34).
• (Cuban Missile Crisis 54).
• (Reichert and Lawson).
• (Nanotechnology).
• (342).

• (Author name )
• or
• (Title )
• or
• (Author no page)
• or
• (Title no page)
• or
• Subsequent citation or lead-in

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Anatomy of a citation

• Lubell, Sam. Of the Sea and Air and Sky. New
  York Times. New York Times, 26 Nov. 2008. Web. 1
  Dec. 2008.
• (online periodical/website)
• Kessl, Fabian, and Nadia Kutsche. Rationalities,
  Practices, and Resistance in Post-Welfarism. A
  Comment on Kevin Stenson. Social Work Society
  6.1 (2008) n. pag. Web. 10 Oct. 2008.
• (online only publication)

• Author
• Article title
• Publication
• Publisher
• Date published
• Volume/Issue
• Medium
• Date accessed

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Anatomy of a citation

• Lazard, Naomi. In Answer to Your Query. The
  Norton Book of Light Verse. Ed. Russell Baker.
  New York Norton, 1986. 52-53. Print.
• (work in an anthology)
• Leonard, Arthur. Discourse Analysis Basics.
  Discourse Analysis. N.p. 5 May 2007. Web. 9
  March 2009.
• (essay on a webpage)

• Author
• Article title
• Publication
• Editor
• Place of pub.
• Publisher
• Date pub/updated
• Page numbers
• Medium
• Date accessed

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Practice!

• I remember hazing as being a series of demeaning
  activities which took place during initiation. In
  retrospect these activities were probably
  regarded as nothing more than harmless pranks. I
  don't think my fraternity brothers thought too
  much about it because that's the way things had
  always been done during initiation. In other
  words, hazing is a cycle.
• Robert Kennedys speech as quoted in Bobby
  Kennedy A Life by Neil Harmon. Published on
  the website On the Media (no publisher), May 15,
  2007. Accessed September 30, 2009.

• Write out
• a.) The works cited entry for this source.
• b.) A cited paraphrase of the quote.
• c.) A cited summary of the quote.
• d.) Finally, quote the passage using a lead-in
  with the original speaker, ellipses to take out
  the green text, and parenthetical documentation.

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• a.)
• Harmon, Neil. Bobby Kennedy A Life. On the
  Media. N. p. 15 May 2007. Web. 30 Sept. 2009.
• b.) In a speech, Bobby Kennedy recognized the
  cyclical character of hazing. Because of
  traditional initiation standards, his fraternal
  brothers probably never considered their
  activities as more than benign mischief. He
  remembered, however, the humiliating nature of
  their teasing (qtd. in Harmon).

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• c.) In a speech quoted in Harmons Bobby
  Kennedy A Life, the late politician recognized
  the recurring disparity between his frat
  brothers perception of hazing and the reality of
  its humiliations.
• d.) Bobby Kennedy once said, I remember hazing
  as being a series of demeaning activities which
  took place during initiation. In retrospect these
  activities were probably regarded as nothing . .
  . (qtd. in Harmon).