Understanding MLA Format for Citations at Western New England University

Learn the preliminary steps for classifying your information sources in MLA format. Understand the difference between Visible Web and Invisible Web resources. Explore how to cite print and electronic books, online articles, and works from anthologies. Master the terminology for proper citation in academic writing.

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1. Using MLA Format Sample Citations The Writing and Reading Program Western New England University

2. Preliminary Steps Classify your source: Is this information from a print resource? Or did you find this information on the computer? If the information came from a computer, ask yourself these questions: Is it a Visible Web resource? Or does this information come from the Invisible web? Feeling confused about some of these terms? Go on to the next slide

3. Checking Terminology Remember, the Visible Web refers to information that is available on the open or free web. Search engines like Google and Yahoo return Visible Web Resources. The Invisible Web is a term that refers to information from subscription databases. Search engines like Google do not have access to this information. In fact, the only way to gain access to invisible web information is through a library s homepage.

4. Print & Electronic Books Books Bloom, Harold, ed. Flannery O Connor. New York: Chelsea House, 1986. E-Books Bloom, Harold, ed. Flannery O Connor. Broomall: Chelsea House, 1999. Netlibrary. Western New England College. 28 October 2003 <http://www.netlibrary.com/library_home_page.asp>.

5. Visible Web Sources Online article from the VISIBLE WEB Ploter, Julie. Obliged to see God. Sojourners 23.10 (1994/1995). 11 Nov. 2003 <http://www2.ari.net/home/bsabath/941211.html>. Web site from the VISIBLE WEB Society for American Music. 2002. University of Pittsburgh. 11 Nov. 2003 <http://www.american-music.org>.

6. Works from an Anthology (Print Resource) Poem from an anthology (print resource) Updike, John. Dog s Death. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin s, 2003. 500. Short story from an anthology (print resource) Hemingway, Ernest. Soldier s Home. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. 6thed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin s, 2003. 136-41.

7. Works from an Anthology (Print Resource) Two or more items from one anthology (print) Meyer, Michael, ed. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. 6thed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin s, 2003. Hemingway, Ernest. Soldier s Home. Meyer 136-41. Updike, John. Dog s Death. Meyer 500.

8. Articles from Print Resources Article from a weekly magazine (print) Groopman, Jerome. The Reeve Effect. The New Yorker. 10 Nov. 2003: 82-93. Article from a newspaper (print) Johannes, Laura. Longevity Is Linked to Gene Regulating Bad Cholesterol. The Wall Street Journal 11 Nov. 2003: B1+.

9. Articles from the Invisible Web (subscription databases) Online article retrieved from the INVISIBLE WEB (subscription database) O Gorman, Farrell. The Angelic Artist in the Fiction of Flannery O Connor and Walker Piercy. Renascence 53.1 (2000): 61-79. Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. D Amour Lib., Western New England College. 6 Nov. 2003 <http://web11.epnet.com>.

10. Articles from a Multi-volume Series (print resource) Article from a multi-volume anthology series in print Drake, Robert. The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus in the Fiction of Flannery O Connor. Comparative Literature Studies 3.2 (1966): 183-96. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Vol. 21. Detroit: Gale, 1982. 264-67.

11. Articles from a Multi-volume Series on the Invisible Web (subscription database) Online article retrieved from the INVISIBLE WEB (subscription database) Drake, Robert. The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus in the Fiction of Flannery O Connor. Comparative Literature Studies 3.2 (1966): 183-96. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Infotrac. D Amour Lib., Western New England College. 11 Nov. 2003 <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark>.