ASM Library - 2/10/10 IB – Extended Essay Library Workshop 7 MLA II

ASM Library - 2/10/10

IB – Extended Essay

Library Workshop 7

MLA II


Short vs. Long Quotes

Short quotes Three or less lines Use quotation marks Page number in parenthesis before the

punctuation mark (comma or period)____________________________________________

For Charles Dickens the eighteenth century was both “the best of times” and “the worst of times” (35).


Long quotes Long quotes

Longer than three lines Indent entire quotation 1” (2 tabs) from left margin Double space No quotation marks Page number in parentheses after the final period

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Lane argues that the difference between old methods of data gathering and electronic surveillance involves quality:

Technology makes it possible for employers to gather enormous amounts of data about employees, often far beyond what is necessary to satisfy safety or

productivity concerns. (3)


MLA and IBO

Although MLA 7th no longer requires the use of URL when citing web sources, the IBO still requires them.

Break the URL only after a slash. Insert angle brackets around the URL.

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Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?” Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://www.newsweek.com/id/70750>.


Formatting the Works Cited page

Margins: 1” all around Title: Works Cited (centered) Alphabetical order by authors' last names (surnames), or by

title (for sources without authors). Hanging Indentation: first line of each entry flush with left

margin, subsequent lines indented. Double spaced: between and within entries. Capitalize the first word and all other main words of titles and

subtitles (do not capitalize articles, prepositions, coordinating conjunctions, or the "to" in infinitives).

Use "and," not an ampersand [&], when listing multiple authors of a single work.

Italics: in the past, MLA provided a choice for use of underlying or italics. Changes effective July 2009 require now the use of italics.

MLA Works Cited Page: Basic Format, available at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/06/


Works Cited

Allende, Isabel. Zorro. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. London: Fourth Estate, 2005. Print.

Edwards, Brent Hayes. “The Literary Ellington.” Representations77 (2002): 1-29. JSTOR. Web. 7 Dec. 2007.

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Indent entries: Format/paragraph/indentation/special/Hanging

Separate Page; entries in ALPHABETICAL order


Visuals = Tables and GraphicsNeed: a label and number (Fig. 1) captions: provide titles or explanatory notes. be referenced in the text (e.g. see fig. 1) discuss significance in text Source information: If you provide source

information with all of your visuals, you do not need to provide these entries in the Works Cited page.

It is common to present summary charts and tables in the body of the essay and include all raw data in an appendix.


Formatting Tables in MLA

Place the table near the text where you discuss its significance

Refer to the table in the text (e.g. (see table 2)) Label and number the table (Table 2) On next line, provide a title Below the table, provide source of

information Align the table flush-left to the margin.


In 1985, women aged 65 and older were 59% more likely than men of the same of age to reside in a nursing home, and though 11,700 less women of that age group were enrolled in 1999, men over the same time period ranged from 30,000 to 39,000 persons while women accounted for 49,00 to 61,500 (see table 1).

Table 1 Rate of Nursing Home Residence Among People Age 65 or Older, By Sex and Age Group, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1999a

Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being, Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, Mar. 2008; Web; 11 June 2008; table 35A. <URL>.

a. Note: Rates for 65 and over category are age-adjusted using the 2000 standard population. Beginning in 1997, population figures are adjusted for net under enumeration using the 1990 National Population Adjustment Matrix from the U.S. Census Bureau. People residing in personal care or domiciliary care homes are excluded from the numerator.

Table goes here


Formatting graphics in MLA maps, drawings, photographs, diagrams, charts, videos,

podcasts are labeled Figure or Fig. Refer to the figure in-text (see fig. 1) MLA does not specify alignment requirements for figures; thus,

these images may be embedded as the reader sees fit. However, continue to follow basic MLA Style formatting (e.g. one-inch margins).

Below the figure, provide a label name and its corresponding arabic numeral (no bold or italics), followed by a period (e.g. Fig. 1.). Here, Figure and Fig. are capitalized.

Beginning with the same line as the label and number, provide a title and/or caption as well as relevant source information in note form (see instructions and examples above). If you provide source information with your illustrations, you do not need to provide this information on the Works Cited page.


Example of a Figure: a comic strip“Dilbert”, a popular cartoon that spoofs office culture, aptly

captures how rampant recreational Internet use has become in the workplace (see fig. 1).

Fig. 1. This “Dilbert” comic strip suggest accessing pornographic sites is widespread in the workplace.Source: Adams, Scott. “Dilbert”. The Boss complains that the Internet is slow, which can be caused by people looking at porn. Comic strip. BFMartin, 7 Feb.1998. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://www.bfmartin.ca>.


A chartEnglish is spoken by 79.41% of people over 5 years old in Massachusetts and languages other than English are spoken by 20.58%. The distribution of speakers of languages other than English are displayed in Fig. 4.

Fig. 4. Most spoken languages in Massachusetts in 2005.

Source: 2005 American Community Survey. MLA Language Map. Modern Language Association. n.d. Web.8 Feb. 2010. <http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results>.


A photographThe Syrian woman is another example of the use of limestone to create portraits (see fig. 6).

Fig. 6. Syrian woman. 3rd century Source: Syrian woman. Tom and Nan Riley collection. Cedar Rapids Museum of Arts, IA. Roman Portraits Sculptures. n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://www.vroma.org/~riley/syrian/index.html>.


Common Citation Errors in past EEs No reference to sources throughout the essay Works Cited not in a separate page Works Cited sources not in alphabetical order Use of bullets or numbering Entries not indented Figures are not numbered and labeled (e.g. Figure 1. Title) Tables not numbered and labeled (e.g. Table 3) Tables and figures not referred to in the text (e.g. (see table 2)) Incomplete citations (e.g. no date or place of publication) In-text citations without page numbers Long quotes with quotation marks Sources are not academic or scientific Exclusive use of websites (and not academic or scientific)


‘Resources’ ASM Library webpage, under ‘Writing Papers’

Diana Hacker’s, Documenting Sources OWL at Purdue, MLA Formatting and Citation Style EasyBib Noodletools

Export articles with citations in MLA from EBSCO

In WIKI: Transitions, from the Writing Center at University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill.Transitions

Using Transitions Effectively from the Odegaard Writing at University of WashingtonUsing Transitions Effectively

Quoting, Summarizing and Paraphrasing from the Odegaard Writing at University of WashingtonQuoting, Summarizing, Paraphrasing

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ASM Library - 2/10/10 IB – Extended Essay Library Workshop 7 MLA II