Citing Your Sources
Citing Your Sources 
The Modern Language Association (MLA) is a gr oup that specifies guidelines for writing and citing sources. Using the MLA and its style guidelines provide writers with a system for writing and referencing their sources in Works Cited or bibliography pages. Writers who properly use MLA build their credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material. Most importantly, the use of MLA style can protect writers from accusations of plagiarism, which the association defines as “the purposeful or accidental uncredited use of source material by other writers.” In other words, plagiarism is dangerous and illegal! Be careful what you “copy and paste”! Things to Remember! -Use the title pages in books to find citation information -Punctuation, capitalization, italics, and quotation marks are important. -The second line of a citation is indented. -You no longer need to include the web address of a web site used. Book Tull, Mary. Rivers and Lakes. Boston: National Geographic Society, 2004. Print. Book with two authors Kurlansky, Mark and S.D. Schindler. The Story of Salt. New York: Putnam, 2006. Print. Book with an editor Cohen, Robert, editor. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Print. Encyclopedia Article The New Book of Knowledge. Danbury: Scholastic, 2008. Print. Timelines of Science and Technology. Danbury: Grolier, 2006. Print. Reference Book with an editor "African Art." Art in World History. Ed. Mary Hollingsworth. New York, NY: Sharpe, 2003. 25-26. Print. Magazine Article Kluger, Jeffrey. "The Best Invention of the Year." Time. 23 November 2009: 58-92. Print. Keith, Ted. "Can't Miss." Sports Illustrated Kids. 5 July 2009: 30-32. Print. Online Encyclopedia (through library's web page) Pasquier, Roger F. "Owl." Encyclopedia Americana. 2010. Grolier Online. 15 Jan. 2010 Online Magazine/Newspaper article from a database Robbins, Liz. "Federer Wins Again!" Sports Illustrated 27 May 2009: 15-16. Proquest. Web. 9 October 2010. Web Site with an author Smith, Gene. The Milky Way Galaxy. University of California Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences. 2009. Web. 12 December 2009. Web Site without an author Good Reads for Teens. American Library Association. 2009. Web. 21 February 2009.
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