Presentation that introduces why, when, and how of citing in MLA. The lesson related to the presentation typically involves a demo of Noodle Tools and two hands-on activities related to the topic.

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2. Sight, Site, Cite Wendy DeGroat, MW Library December 2010

3. Objectives Citing sources Why? When? How? Help citing sources Noodle Tools demo Other resources

4. Why? (singsing_sky)

5. Credit (Pirillo and Fitzpatrick)

6. Findability (Weilbacherparanoia)

7. Credibility (Weilbacherromeo)

8. Citing sources shows you can… (Weilbacherromeo) Evaluate sources Interpret existing knowledge Build on that knowledge Add your voice to the scholarly conversation

9. When? (Borska)

10. Give credit to others’… Words Ideas Images Sounds Research results Data Formulae Code (Borska) (MacDonald 7-8)

12. You don’t need to cite General Richmond is the capital of Virginia OlaudahEquiano was an abolitionist Contextual Varies with audience and topic If in doubt, ask teacher (Schwab)

13. How? (Dombrowski)

16. Modern Language Association Preferred style for literature & languages Emphasis on authorship and text Simpler references within paper Two-part system Works Cited Parenthetical references (Arnold 126)

17. 7th edition (2009) changes Italicize titles that were previously underlined Indicate whether source was in Print or on Web For well-known databases (e.g. JSTOR), a web address (URL) is no longer required

19. Volume number

20. Ed. Editor(s)

21. ed. Edition

23. Shorter work in an anthology Name, Writer’s. “What S/he Wrote.” When First Published.Title of Anthology in which You Found It.Who Put Collection Together. Edition.Where Published: By Whom, When. Page numbers. Print.

24. Title page/verso tips Title: Subtitle Edition followed by ed. 4+ editors = First Listed, et al. Editor’s Name preceded by Ed. Publisher – omit Company, Inc., Press, House, etc. City – cite first one listed Date – most recent year

26. demo

27. Citing your sources Why? 1 2 3 When? 1 2 How? Try it now…

29. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. 1850.The Scarlet Letter: An Authoritative Text, Essays in Criticism and Scholarship. Ed. Seymour Gross, et al.3rd ed. New York: Norton, 1988. # - #. Print. Norton Critical Edition.

30. As learners, information should engage us, (Radulescu)

31. not passify us. (robby-T)

32. Lack of interaction shows. (Weilbacherurban cowboy)

33. Join the conversation. (Smillie)

34. Works Cited Borska, Anna. Woman Computer Scientist/Kobietainformatyk. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 20 July 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeter/ 3740994946/>. Dombrowski, Quinn. IB English. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 31 Jan. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3242150010/in/photostream/>. MacDonald, Jean. “To Cite Is Right.” Ames Library. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <www.iwu.edu/library/help/Plagiarism_Module.ppt>. Pirillo, Chris, and Brad Fitzpatrick. "The Whole Internet Truth." Cartoon. BLaugh. N.p., 13 Oct. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://blaugh.com/2006/10/13/the-whole-internet-truth/>. Radulescu, Angela. Toni Morrison (2). N.d. Flickr. N.p., 29 Feb. 2008. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingthedeepfield/2301126062/>. Robby-T. Nvidia's Closed-source Linux Drivers. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 9 June 2007. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbyt/537741087/in/set-72157600517083398/>. Schwab, Avi. Common Knowledge Café. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/froboy/3962684681/>. Singsing_sky. Beyond the Books. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 9 July 2008. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/difei/2654453457/>. Smillie, Dana. SuhasiniHaidar - India Economic Summit 2008. 16 Nov. 2008. Flickr. World Economic Forum, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/3040064519/in/photostream/>. Weilbacher, Katie. paranoia. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 11 Dec. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/katiew/320161805/>. Weilbacher, Katie. urban cowboy. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 5 Dec. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/katiew/315397343/in/set-72157594379580665/>. Weilbacher, Katie. romeo. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 11 Aug. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/katiew/212668595/in/set-72057594082125074/>. Whitis, Andrew. Give Away Post-its. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 19 Aug. 2006. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/awhitis/219344805/>.

35. ( Whitis)