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First PowerPoint slide – title of presentation; has a general blue slide with decorative lines This module reviews MLA 8
on the sides citation format. I know a lot of
you have used this before, so this
is a review of certain citation
MLA 8 Citation Format types in MLA format.

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First we will review how to cite a book. Looking at
this screenshot of a book cover, what is the
Second PowerPoint slide – How to Cite a Book; has a general blue slide with decorative lines author’s full name? It is Malala Yousafzai and
on the side; answers will come in with animation after I ask the question. Answers will be in Christina Lamb. Many students often only answer
Malala Yousafzai and miss Christina’s name with
red. There is a screenshot of the book cover that has to be cited. It is on the right side of the the smaller print. Her name is also not as well
slide. known. But she is also the author. Many resources
have more than one author, and MLA style
requires us to list both author names in our
Author’s full name citation. What is the title of the book? The full title
is “I am Malala: The Girl who Stood Up for
Education and was Shot by the Taliban.” Many
Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb students think that just “I am Malala” is the full title
and stop there. But many books will have a subtitle
The title of the book and this must be included as part of the full title in
the citation. The publisher of the book and the year
the book was published. Can we find the publisher
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban of the book and the copyright in this picture? No,
the publisher and the copyright are usually found
The publisher of the book in the first couple pages of the book on the title
page and the copyright page. You should look there
to find the publisher and the year the book was
Back Bay books published. In this case, the publisher is Back Bay
Books and the year is 2013. Look for the copyright
The year the book was published 2013 symbol to find the year.

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Third PowerPoint slide – How to Cite a Book; has a sample description of a citation and the Here is the full citation of this book. This is what it
should look like in your Works Cited list. As you
real example using the book cover. The answer citation is in red text. The citation includes can see, it starts with the author names, where the
the indents, correct punctuation and formatting such as italics. The picture of the book author’s family name is put first, then comma, first
name. The second author name is in regular order
cover is on the right. after an and. Note that the book title is in italics.
MLA requires titles to be in italics. Looking at this
citation we can easily tell the title. Also notice the
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of the work. Publisher, year the book was published. punctuation throughout the citation. Periods and
commas are required in these spots. If the
Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and punctuation is incorrect, then the citation is wrong.
was Shot by the Taliban. Back Bay Books, 2013.

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Fourth PowerPoint slide – The answers will come in with animation after I ask the question. Answers will be in red. There is a mobile We move on to how to cite a website. What is the
screenshot of the web page that is to be cited. It is on the right side of the slide. author’s name? It is Marie Arana. What is the title
of the article? “Book Review: ‘I am Malala’ by
How to Cite a Website Malala Yousafzai.” What is the title of the website?
The Washington Post. MLA also refers to this as a
The author’s name - Marie Arana container because it is “containing” or holding
many pages or articles. What is the date the web
The title of the article or page page was published? October 11, 2013. And
although you can’t see the whole thing, what is the
Book Review: ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai url of the article? While you can only see
washingtonpost.com, the rest of the url is this. It is
The title of the website very long, but the whole url must be included in
the citation. MLA requires it. So in this instance,
The Washington Post when we are looking at a site on a mobile,
remember to get the full url from the address bar.
The date the page or site was published

October 11, 2013

The URL – www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-i-am-malala-by-malala-yousafzai/2013/10/11/530ba90a-3291-11e3-

9c68-1cf643210300_story.html

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Each of the answers will have animation. The answer to each question will appear after Rebecca as narrator will explain
Rebecca asks the question. She will then explain the answer. The next answer will appear the slide and its information.
after Rebecca discusses the next question. This will continue for all five questions on the
slide.

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Fifth PowerPoint slide – It continues with the citation of the website. The slide has a sample Here is the full citation of this web page in red.
Above is how it should be ordered. As you can see,
description of a website citation and the real example using the screenshot of the web page. the author’s last name is put first, followed by the
The answer citation is in red text. The citation includes the indents, correct punctuation and author’s first or given name. Note that the title of
the article is actually put in quotations, while the
formatting such as italics. The picture of the web article is on the right of the slide. title of the website or the container is in italics. You
should also note that the dates follow a specific
format according to MLA. You do not type the
How to Cite a Website publication date as it appears on the web page.
MLA requires that the day be listed first, followed
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article or Individual Page.” Title of the Website, by the abbreviated month and then the year. This
is also true for the date of access. The citation
date of publication, URL. Date of access. should state “Accessed” followed by the day,
month and year with no commas separating them.
Arana, Marie. “Book review: ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai.” The Washington Post, 11 Oct.
2013, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-i-am-malala-by-malala-
yousafzai/2013/10/11/530ba90a-329a-11e3-9c68-1cf643210300_story.html. Accessed 30
Oct. 2018.

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Sixth PowerPoint slide – The slide has a picture of the cover the MLA Handbook Eighth There are many resources available that explain
MLA citation style. Since the librarian is not always
Edition centered below the title MLA Resources. available to help you at all times of the day or
night, it is useful to know of some resources you
can use to look up any questions that may arise.
MLA, which stands for Modern Language
Association, is the organization that designed and
MLA Resources basically invented MLA format. They came up with
the rules for citations. So this book is the original
source and has all the information you could
possibly hope for on MLA style. The eighth edition
is the most recent edition, so make sure you are
using the most current version. The rules have
changed since the 7th edition and if you use the old
edition to make your citations, they will be
incorrect. The library has several copies of this
book, which you can check out, so feel free to
borrow it.

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Seventh PowerPoint slide – Centered below the title “MLA Resources,” is the NoodleTools Some other resources are NoodleTools, of course.
You are familiar with NoodleTools already, but
logo, a screenshot of the Keystone Academy Libraries LibGuide on MLA Citing and remember it has tutorials and a help menu that
Referencing below that on the left and a QR code for the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) explains citations and can answer questions. There
is also a LibGuide available with handouts,
on the right. examples, and Q&As on MLA citing. And if you
haven’t yet heard of the Purdue OWL, make a note
of it now. This is a well-known website for
checking on citation styles. They are known as
experts, and it is a common resource used by very
MLA Resources many people. They have explanations and
examples on how to make many different types of
citations, including odd ones, such as how to cite a
NoodleTools Twitter post, an email, and a tv episode on Netflix.
You can scan the QR code to go to the website. And
Keystone Academy Libraries OWL that concludes our presentation. Please contact me
if you have any questions. Happy citing!

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are linked to the actual websites. The QR code is also available to be scanned by a QR code the slide and its information.
reader, so the user can go straight to the OWL website if they wish.

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