MLA Documentation

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MLA Documentation
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Parenthetical Documentation

• The purpose of parenthetical documentation is to
  indicate what the source is of the information
  you have referenced.
• All information, ideas, facts, graphics etc. that
  is not common knowledge must be documented.
• Parenthetical documentation refers the reader of
  your paper to the works cited page.

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Parenthetical Documentation

• In most cases the authors last name and page
  reference are enough to identify the source from
  within the information was taken.
• In the beginning we were just about in the same
  boat as Adam and Eve. We had to learn the names
  of everything. Nkoko, mongo, zuluriver,
  mountain, sky. (Kingsolver 123)

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Works Cited Page

• Author, Title, City, Publisher, Date are the
  basic elements of a works cited entry.
• To document the book from which I took the
  previous quotation
• Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible.
  New York Harper Collins, 1998.

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Works Cited Page

• Works cited pages should be in the following
  format
• Center Works Cited at the top of the page
• List sources in alphabetical order
• Do not number the sources
• Indent all lines after the first line of an entry
• Be sure to end every entry with a period
• Double space!

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Remember

• Format is important. You dont have to memorize
  the format if you have a reference and look it
  up.
• Parenthetical documentation allows the reader to
  find the source in the works cited page.
• The works cited page should be the last page in
  your document.

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Remember

• You have been issued a North Muskegon High School
  Student Handbook
• The MLA documentation information is in the back
  of the handbook.
• You should use the appropriate format whenever
  you have to cite a source to avoid plagiarism.
• I recommend purchasing A Pocket Style Manual by
  Diana Hacker.
• www.dianahacker.com/pocket