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Documenting Sources

Published on Mar 08, 2018

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Documenting Sources

in MLA. Class resource 
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Why documenting sources?

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To distinguish

your voice from the voice of your sources.  
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To help readers find

the original source you used, if they need it.  
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Where do you document

your sources?
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In your text
(within the sentence and/or in parenthesis)

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and in the list of works cited

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What are the bare essentials

of in-text documentation?  
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Brief

to avoid interrupting the reading flow 
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Accurate

To avoid ambiguity 
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Brief (within the sentence)

  • Last name of author
  • A signal verb
  • A page
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Le Page, Michael. “Stop buying organic food if you really want to save the planet.” New Scientist, Nov. 2016, pp. 19+

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Example

Le Page suggests that organic food "is not healthier either" (20) 
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Accurate

It has to lead the reader straight into the entry in the list of Works Cited 
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Just provide the information the reader needs to find the source

Last name of the author, a verb that shows your attitude, and page number 
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The last name of the author can go in your line or in parenthesis

The page number always goes in parenthesis 
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Avoid

  • Naming the author twice.
  • Providing the name of article or book if you have already named the author in your line or in parenthesis.
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When do you include the name of author and name of the article?

To avoid ambiguity  
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By the same author

2 works  
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Example

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Brief and accurate

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