MLA Documentation

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MLA Documentation

• Works Cited Page

Adapted from source Hacker, Diana. Working with
Sources Exercises to Accompany Rules for
Writers. 6th edition. Boston Bedford/St.
Martins, 2008.
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• Contains bibliography information for every
  source cited in the paper.
• Placed after the 8-10 page paper.
• Title Works Cited is centered at the top.
• Alphabetical order by the first section of the
  information.
• Double-spaced and left-justified. No bullets.
• Make sure each source word wraps.
• The second line and after of each source is
  tabbed over once (hanging indent).
• URL addresses are not to be underlined or in blue
  (type ctrl z after its turned into a link).

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• The student has quoted from a book, India A
  History, by John Keay. It was published in New
  York in 2000 by Grove Press.
• a. Keay, John. India. New York Grove, 2000.
• b. Keay, John. India A History. New York
  Grove, 2000.
• Answer b

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• The student has cited a book, Cinema India The
  Visual Culture of Hindi Film, by Rachel Dwyer and
  Divia Patel. The book was published in New Delhi
  by Oxford University Press in 2002.
• a. Dwyer, Rachel, and Divia Patel. Cinema India
  The Visual Culture of Hindi Film. New Delhi
  Oxford University Press, 2002.
• b. Dwyer, Rachel, and Patel, Divia. Cinema India
  The Visual Culture of Hindi Film. New Delhi
  Oxford University Press, 2002.
• Answer a

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• The student has cited an article, Kishore
  Kumar, by Sushama Shelley. It appears on pages
  95-96 of the November 2002 edition of the
  magazine CineBlitz.
• a. Shelley, Sushama. Kishore Kumar.
  CineBlitz. Nov. 2002 95-96.
• b. Shelley, Sushama. Kishore Kumar.
  CineBlitz. November 2002 95-96.
• Answer b

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• The student paraphrased material from an article,
  Vijay Anand (1935-2004) A Belated Tribute,
  appearing on the Website Upperstall.com. No
  author is listed for the article. The student
  accessed the site of May 12, 2004. The URL of
  the article is lthttp//www.upperstall.com/people
• /vijayanand.htmlgt.
• a. Upperstall.com. Vijay Anand (1935-2004) A
  Belated Tribute. 12 May 2004
  lthttp//www.upperstall.com/
• people/vijayanand.htmlgt.
• b. Vijay Anand (1935-2004) A Belated Tribute.
  Upperstall.com. 12 May 2004 lthttp//www.upperst
  all.
• com/people/vijayanand.htmlgt.
• Answer b

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• The student cited an article, Bollywood
  Confidential, by Lisa Tsering. It appeared on
  the Website Salon.com on January 28, 2003. The
  writer accessed the site on April 29, 2004, and
  the URL is lthttp//archive.salon.com/ent/movies/fe
  ature/2003/01/28/
• bollywoodgt.
• a. Tsering, Lisa. Bollywood Confidential.
  Salon.com. 28 Jan. 2003. 29 Apr. 2004 lt
  http//archive.salon.com/ent/movies/
• feature/2003/01/28/bollywoodgt.
• b. Tsering, Lisa. Bollywood Confidential. 28
  Jan. 2003. Salon.com. 29 Apr. 2004 lt
  http//archive.salon.com/ent/
• movies/feature/2003/01/28/bollywoodgt.
• Answer a

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Hall 9Works Cited

• Dwyer, Rachel, and Divia Patel. Cinema India The
  Visual Culture of
• Hindi Film. New Delhi Oxford University
  Press, 2002.
• Keay, John. India A History. New York Grove,
  2000.
• Shelley, Sushama. Kishore Kumar. CineBlitz.
  November 2002 95-96.
• Tsering, Lisa. Bollywood Confidential.
  Salon.com. 28 Jan. 2003. 29
• Apr. 2004 lt http//archive.salon.com/ent/movies/f
  eature/2003
• /01/28/bollywoodgt.
• Vijay Anand (1935-2004) A Belated Tribute.
  Upperstall.com. 12
• May 2004 lthttp//www.upperstall.com/people/vijay
  anand.htmlgt.