Download Note Making: Reference Sources

MLA STYLE: Referencing Lesson
1. Choose a book resource from the table and complete the reference section for the book.
Note-Making: Book or eBook Source
Author(s)
Copyright Date
Editor(s)
Volume:
Edition:
Publisher:
Place of Publication:
Database used to find this ebook
Title
Date accessed
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Pages in book
Call No.
Questions?
2. Choose an encyclopedia and look up a historical entry and complete the reference sheet for it.
Note-Making: Reference/Encyclopedia
Source
PRINT or ON-LINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Author(s) if given
Database used to access
Title of Article
Pages referenced
Edition
Volume(s)
Publication Date
Date Accessed
Title of Encyclopedia
Editor
Publisher
Questions?
Place of Publication
Web Address
3.
Go to the virtual library http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/llrc/?page_id=1884
Log in with “secondary” and “password”
Click on Databases (pulldown menu)
Click on Power Search
Enter Stephen Harper into the search box
On the left hand side, it tells you how many of each type of resource it found.
It defaults to Magazines
Choose a magazine article that talks about Stephen Harper and record the information below:
Note-Making: Magazine / Journal / Newspaper
Article
Author(s)
Published Date
Article Title
Place of Publication
Publication Title (type: mag, news, journal)
Volume
Database used to access
Date Accessed
URL of Journal or magazine or newspaper
Pages Used
Issue
Doi (if available)
Questions?
4.
Now click on Academic Journals and find a journal article about Stephen Harper and record the information.
Note-Making: Magazine / Journal / Newspaper
Article
Author(s)
Published Date
Article Title
Place of Publication
Publication Title (type: mag, news, journal)
Volume
Database used to access
Date Accessed
URL of Journal or magazine or newspaper
Pages Used
Doi (if available)
Questions?
Issue
5.
Now click on News and find a newspaper article about Stephen Harper and record the information below:
Note-Making: Magazine / Journal / Newspaper
Article
Author(s)
Published Date
Article Title
Place of Publication
Publication Title (type: mag, news, journal)
Volume
Database used to access
Date Accessed
URL of Journal or magazine or newspaper
Pages Used
Issue
Doi (if available)
Questions?
6.
Search for “Stephen Harper” on the web and find a quality article on his life. Record the information below:
Note-Making: Web page or Document
Author(s) or Organization
Date Created
Article Title
Date Accessed
Website Name
Sponsoring/Publishing Organization (list two if they
are different)
Editor of website
Where on the website is the information (Page,
paragraph?)
Web Address
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What keywords did you use to find this source?
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What search tool did you use to find it?
Why did you use this website?
Could you find an author? Is this author qualified?
Did you find a current date?
Who sponsored the site or manages the cite? A group or organization?
Is the information correct?
Question?
7.
Assume you interviewed a close relative for a project. Record the information below:
Personal Interview
Name of person interviewed:
Date interviewed:
Questions?
How to Create an MLA Works Cited
Go to Knight Cite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
Enter your information above by choosing the type of resource from the menu on the left.
Make sure that Knight Cite is set to MLA style.
Create a citation for each resource and cut and paste it below.
Then use the rules below to format your works cited.
Works Cited Requirements
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Appears at the end of the work
Contains only work cited in text
Begins on a new page
Continue to number pages even of Works Cited
Page number should be in the upper right hand corner/flush with the right margin (1/2 inch from
the top)
Centre the title Works Cited (one inch from the top)
Double space between the title and the first entry
Begin each entry flush with left margin and indent the next line in each entry one half inch. (called
a hanging indent)
Double-space the entire list, both between and within entries.
Continue the list on as many pages as necessary.
Arrange entries in alphabetical order by author's last name (ignoring spaces and punctuation and
going letter by letter)
Where no author, use the title, ignoring an, a, and the
If two or more works are by the same author use a second author's last name or alphabetize by the
title.
When referencing two or more works by the same author in the list, give the name in the first entry
only. Thereafter, in place of the name, type three hyphens followed by a period and the title etc.
Sample Works Cited
Works Cited
Attfield, Robin. "Global Warming, Equity and Future Generations." Human Ecology Review 17.2
(2010): 102-05. EBSCOhost Complete. Web. 19 July 2011.
Carter, Jonathan. "Climate Change and Forest Restoration Campaign." Forest Ecology Network. Ed.
Paul Donahue. Forest ecology Network, Jan. 2010. Web. 20 July 2011.
<http://www.forestecologynetwork.org/climate_change/climate_change.html>.
Casper, Julie K. Global Warming: Greenhouse Gases. New York: Facts on File, 2010. xiv. Gale- Infobase
Publishing. Web. 19 July 2011.
Chiras, Daniel D. "Global Climate Change." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 19
July 2011.
Environmental Defense Fund. Fight Global Warming. Environmental Defense Fund, n.d. Web. 19 July
2011.
"Global Warming Fast Facts." National Geographic News. National Geographic, 14 June 2007. Web.
19 July 2011. <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/
1206_041206_global_warming.html>.
Gore, Al. An Inconvenient Truth. New York: Rodale, 2006. Print.
Jones, Phil. Global Temperature Record. 2006. Climatic Research Group, Norwich, UK. Web. 19 July
2011. <http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/>.
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