MLA Sourcing

Question 1

List the core elements in MLA sourcing in correct order, with the corresponding punctuation.

Answer 1

Author.
Title of source.
Title of container,
Other contributors,
Version,
Number,
Publisher,
Publication date,
Location.

Question 2

What is the correct way to list the author in the cited source?

Answer 2

Last name first, a comma, and then the rest of their name as reported in your text, and end with a period.
Example:
Jones, Lisa Breed.

Question 3

In listing the title of the source, in which case should it be in italics.

Answer 3

A book should be in italics.

Question 4

In listing the title of the source, what sources should be listed with quotation marks?

Answer 4

Periodicals such as magazines, newspapers, and journals.

A song or piece of music on an album.

An individual web page.

Question 5

What is meant by the word “container”?

Answer 5

The larger whole of which the source is located. For example: a television series, a collection of poems, a website

Question 6

Give an example of a container within a container.

Answer 6

A book of short stories on Google Books.
A television series on Netflix.
An electronic version of a journal on JSTORE.

Question 7

What is the correct way to list additional contributors if they are relevant to your paper?

Answer 7

Describe their contribution and then their name like this: Annotated by Lisa Jones. OR
Illustrated by Lisa Jones.

Question 8

If your source is listed as a version or an edition, how is that shown?

Answer 8

3rd ed.,

Authorized New International Version,

Question 9

What is the correct way to list sources that are part of a multi-volume journal or books?

Answer 9

Book set - Vol. 2,

Journal issue - vol. 3, no. 2,

TV series - season 5, episode 6,

Question 10

When is it no necessary to list the publisher?

Answer 10

When citing periodicals, works published by their author or editor, websites whose titles are the same name as their publisher, websites that make works available but do not actually publish them (i.e., You Tube, JSTORE)

Question 11

When citing an older television episode which may have more than one release date, such as ABC and then Netflix, what date should you use?

Answer 11

Usually go with the date of the original publication, unless you are using the source for historical context, in which case you would list the date it aired and on which network it was aired.

Question 12

How would you specify the source location in a book or article in a journal?

Answer 12

Page numbers should be listed as pp. 74-94.

Question 13

How would you specify the source location on a website?

Answer 13

It should include the URL but remove the http:// or https:// from the beginning.

Question 14

In what instances would the city of publication need to be cited?

Answer 14

Since works written before 1900 were usually associated with the city in which they were published, you can substitute the city name for the publisher’s name.

Question 15

In what situation would you cite the date you accessed the information and why?

Answer 15

When citing an online source, because online work can move or be changed at any time.

Question 16

What is a DOI and why would it be used?

Answer 16

digital object identifier - a series of digits and letters that leads to the location of an online source.

Articles in professional journals are often assigned DOI’s to make sure that the source can be located, even if the URL changes at some point.

Question 17

What is an “in text” citation, and what information should it contain?

Answer 17

a brief reference within your document that indicates the source.

Question 18

What is the correct form for an “in text” citation?

Answer 18

If the author of the quote is listed in the sentence, then only the page number.

If the author of the quote is not listed, then the last name and page number.

Question 19

When citing a source like a specific few minutes in a documentary, how would you list it?

Answer 19

By listing the run time with the starting point

Question 20

What is the format for an “in text” citation for a work that has no known author?

Answer 20

Use a shortened, abbreviated title of the work and page number.

Question 21

What are the proper abbreviations for volume, book, part, chapter, page, pages, section, or paragraph. For example:

Answer 21

Volume (vol.)
Book (bk.)
Part (pt.)
Chapter (ch.)
Page (p.)
Pages (pp.)
Section (sec.)
Paragraph (par.)

Question 22

For an “in text” citation, how are citations from authors with the same name listed?

Answer 22

By adding the first initial of the author’s first name.

Question 23

For a source with 3 or more authors, how is this listed?

Answer 23

The name of the first author, a comma, then the phrase “et al.”

Question 24

For an “in text” citation, how would you cite more than one work by an author?

Answer 24

Include a shortened title for the particular work from which you are quoting to distinguish it from the others. Put short titles of books in italics and short titles of articles in quotation marks,.

Question 25

For an “in text” citation, how would you list a work written by 2 authors?

Answer 25

Using both last name, then page number.

Question 26

What are 2 examples of non-print sources?

Answer 26

Film and lectures

Question 27

What is the correct format for a block quotation?

Answer 27

Indented 5 spaces on both left and right, double spaced lines, no in text citation

Question 28

When adding or omitting information from a quotation, how is that shown in the text?

Answer 28

Added information is shown inside brackets and omitted information is shown with ellipses (three periods)