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PURPOSE

• In ESL 51 and in many college classes beyond ESL 51, students write about a variety of topics and are expected to formulate opinions on the topics about which they write.

• Additionally, college students are expected to be able to support their opinions with logical arguments and strong evidence.

• To do this successfully, students need to be efficient researchers and good readers because in order to formulate and/or strengthen their own opinions on these topics, students have to be able to locate appropriate sources, read and understand these sources, and then selectively incorporate those sources in their own writing.

• During much of the semester, students read articles assigned by the professor and summarize the authors’ ideas. However, as the semester progresses, students will be asked to research and cite sources independently.

RESOURCES:Use your Concise Wadsworth Handbook 3rd or 4th edition throughout this activity to help learn more about MLA style.Use the NOVA Library ‘s guide by clicking here http://nova.libguides.com/MLACitationStyle

GOALS

To effectively summarize an author’s ideas, students need to be able to

#1) comprehend the reading #2) correctly identify the type of source the reading and cite it MLA

style #3) and paraphrase the author’s words.

During the second half of the semester, students will eventually research a topic and use a variety of sources to learn as much as possible about the topic. Therefore, it is important to learn how to cite a variety of sources right away.

The purpose of this PowerPoint is to help you accomplish goal #2. above.

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF SOURCES

Print Non-print Electronic

PRINT

See Concise Wadsworth Handbook 3rd edition pp. 395-396 for types of print sources.

List five different types of print sources.

1) An article in a newspaper2)3)4)5)

CITING PRINT SOURCES – AN EXAMPLEWe will cite this book first.

What information, according to the Concise Wadsworth Handbook 3rd edition page 408 or the http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06 /do we need for citing a book by one author?

1) Author’s name Who is the author of this book? What is the author’s family name? What is the author’s given name?

2) Title of book, italicized What is the title of this book?

CITING PRINT SOURCES – AN EXAMPLE3) City of publication

In what city was this book published?

4) Publisher’s name Who is the publisher of this book?

5) Year of publication In what year was this book published?

6) Publication medium (print). For print sources, the medium is always print.

CITING PRINT SOURCES – AN EXAMPLEThe citation for this book:

Bosmajian, Haig. Burning Books. Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006. Print.

Notice that the second line is indented.

PRACTICE CITING PRINT SOURCES

Now it’s your turn to practice! I’ve got a selection of books in the classroom.

Choose two books and type citations for each of them in a new Microsoft Word document.

Save your work as Last Name Works Cited Practice (ex: Ward Works Cited Practice).

You will have 3 sources when you have added these two citations, including the citation for the book by Bosmajian.

At the end of this PowerPoint, you will email me your work. See the next slide to see how your work should look.

WORKS CITED – THE PRACTICE EXERCISES

Lori Ward

Professor Gloria Ward

ESL 51-6A

September 3, 2013

Works Cited Practice-D1

Works Cited

Bosmajian, Haig. Burning Books. Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006. Print.

When you send me your works cited practice, your paper should be formatted like mine. You will have 3 sources listed in alphabetical order.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

See Concise Wadsworth Handbook 3rd edition pp. 397-398 for types of electronic sources.

List five different types of electronic sources.

1) An article in a newspaper2)3)4)5)

CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES – AN EXAMPLE

1) We will cite this source. You will have to click on the link to be able to do this activity. Keep two windows open at the same time.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2010/09/10/f-book-burning-timeline.html

2) What type of source is this?a)An entire websiteb)A document within a websitec)An article in a magazine or newspaper

3) What information, according to the

Concise Wadsworth Handbook 3rd edition

(pp. 416-419)

or the

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

do we need for citing this type of source?

CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES – AN EXAMPLE

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2010/09/10/f-book-burning-timeline.html

1) Author’s name Who is the author of this article? What is the author’s family name? Given name?

2) Title of article, in quotation marks. What is the title of this article?

3) Name of website, in italics. What is the name of this website?

4) Sponsor of site Who is the sponsor of this site?

5) Date of publication What is the date of publication of this article?

6) Publication medium All electronic sources will be cited as “web.”

7) Date of access What is today’s date? That’s the date of access.

CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES – AN EXAMPLE

The citation for this source:

Schwartz, Daniel. “The Books Have Been Burning.” CBC News. CBC Radio Canada, 22 Jun. 2011. Web. 4 Apr. 2012.

PRACTICE CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Now it’s your turn to practice! Cite this source:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/10/book-burning-quran-history-nazis

Type the citation and add it to your work. If you haven’t already done so, save your work as Last Name

Works Cited Practice (ex: Ward Works Cited Practice). At the end of this PowerPoint, you will email me your work.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES – ONLINE DATABASES, P. 398

The NOVA Library subscribes to many databases and the one we will look at today is Opposing Viewpoints. To get to this database, follow these steps:

1) Go to http://www.nvcc.edu/academics/library/index.html

2) Click on Articles and More

3) Click on Recommended Databases

4) Click on Opposing Viewpoints

5) Once you get to the Opposing Viewpoints site,

you can research any controversial topic.

6) To cite articles from Opposing Viewpoints follow the

steps on page 420 OR you can copy paste.

7) Click on the link below and cite the article – add

the citation to your work and save it.

http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010113422&userGroupName=viva2_nvcc&jsid=857de6187f2556fab57b79c80985d25

ELECTRONIC SOURCES – CITING YOUTUBE VIDEOS

There is no exact rule for citing YouTube videos. Purdue OWL has recommended the following:

Author’s Name or Poster’s Username. “Title of Image or Video.” Media Type Text. Name of Website. Name of Website’s Publisher, date of posting. Medium. date retrieved.

Example:

Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip.YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/18/

PRACTICE CITING YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Cite ONE of the following videos by clicking on the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEldl8eL_kc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_j4c7Bop0

ELECTRONIC SOURCES – CITING ONLINE DICTIONARIES

Again, MLA does not specifically state how to cite online dictionaries, but they have recommended the following:

EXAMPLE:

"Perchloric acid." The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. Dictionary.com. Web. 13 Dec. 2010.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/18/

PRACTICE CITING ONLINE DICTIONARIESLook up “censorship” on http://dictionary.reference.com/ and

then cite it.

WORKS CITED PRACTICE

Send me an electronic copy of your works cited practice.

You should have 8 sources – see slides 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 18 and 20.

They must be listed in alphabetical order. (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/)

Follow these directions: Log on to Blackboard and go to our course site. Click on Communication. Click on Send Email. Click on All Instructor Users In the Subject box, type Works Cited Practice Scroll down a little and click on Attach a File. Click on Browse. Locate your work (hopefully you saved it to the desktop). Click on your work. Click Submit and I should receive your work.

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