Inquiry, Phase 4: Creating

Works Consulted

MLA, 7th ed.

A SLIC Presentation

B. Dillon, Teacher - Librarian

April 2012

Graphic used with permission of OSLA

Remember…• Record EVERY source you use.

– suggestion: use School Library Record of Source forms

• Identify the source on ALL notes.• Identify EVERY source you use in a list called

– Works Consulted (if you are NOT using parenthetical citations)

– or Works Cited (if you ARE using parenthetical citations)

Tools to Help You

• MLA website– http://www.mlahandbook.org– Login to school account

• email PocockSchoolLibrary@gmail.com• password PPSchoolLibrary

• OSLIS Citation Maker – http://www.oslis.org/resources.cm– direct link to Citation Maker: MLA Secondary– follow the directions– cut and paste your citation into Works Consulted

Example: Encyclopedia Article

Record of Sources:author: J. L. Granatsteintitle, article: Sauvé, Jeanne Mathildetitle, encyclopedia: World Bookcopyright date: 2005 pages: volume 17 page 164location: encyclopedia shelveslibrary: Pocock School Library

Works Consulted Entry:

Granatstein, J. L. “Sauvé, Jeanne Mathilde.” World Book.

2005 ed. Print.

Notes• Use the School Library’s Record of Source: Print

form– on handout shelves– on Phase 2 colour paper (buff – yellowish)

• Read the explanatory notes on the back of the form.– need author of ARTICLE

• look at beginning / end of article• some encyclopedia articles are signed, some are not

– need title of ARTICLE and of ENCYCLOPEDIA– place / publisher NOT needed for major encyclopedias (includes all

encyclopedias found in School Library)

• The citation does NOT necessarily include all of the information from the Record of Source.– e.g. Dewey number, library (useful if you need to find source

again)

Example: Book

Record of Sources:author: Barbara Greenwood title: Jeanne Sauvéplace of publication; Markham Ontario publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd. date: 1989 Dewey number: 345.71 SAU GRE library: School Library

Works Consulted Entry:

Greenwood, Barbara. Jeanne Sauvé. Markham ON: Fitzhenry and

Whiteside, Ltd., 1989. Print.

Notes• Use the author’s name and book title as found

on the TITLE PAGE, not the book cover.• The publisher’s name and the place of

publication are usually at the bottom of the title page. If not, then check the verso (the back of the title page.)– PUBLICATION, not PRINTING

• Check the verso for the copyright date.• The place of publication is always a CITY.

– if city is not well - known publishing centre, then add province / state

– for British / European titles, ask Teacher - Librarian for help

• If the book is part of a series, then put the series title, in plain type, at the end of the citation, followed by a period.

Example: Online Encyclopedia

Record of Sources:author: no author article title: Sauvé, Jeanne - Mathildeencyclopedia title: The Canadian Encyclopediapubisher: Historica Foundation of Canadasource date: 2006access date: November 6, 2006URL: http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca

Works Consulted Entry:

“Sauvé, Jeanne - Mathilde.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica

Foundation of Canada, 2006. Web. 6 Nov. 2006.

Example: Website

Record of Sources:author: no authorarticle / page title: Jeanne Sauvé, A Woman of Firsts site title: CBC Digital Archives source date: July 29, 2009 access date: October 24, 2011

URL: http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/federal_politics/topics/1593/

Works Consulted Entry:

“Jeanne Sauvé, A Woman of Firsts.” CBC Digital Archives. Canadian

Broadcasting Corporation, 29 July 2009. Web. 24 Oct.

2011.

Notes

• For online sources, you need two dates: a source date, and an access (use) date.– source date might be called copyright, last updated,

posted, published…

• In the Works Consulted, the date is always abbreviated (e.g. Oct. Instead of October).– May, June, and July are not abbreviated

• In the Works Consulted, the date is always inverted (e.g. 24. Oct. 2011 instead of Oct. 24, 2011).

• The format type can be either Web or PDF, depending on what type of source you used.

Notes

• Remember, there are no publishing standards on the web, which means there is no consistency from website to website with regard to what information is provided or where it can be found.

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Works Consulted

Granatstein, J. L. “Sauvé, Jeanne Mathilde.” World Book. 2005 ed.

Print.

Greenwood, Barbara. Jeanne Sauvé. Markham ON: Fitzhenry and

Whiteside, Ltd., 1989. Print.

“Jeanne Sauvé, A Woman of Firsts.” CBC Digital Archives. Canadian

Broadcasting Corporation, 29 July 2009. Web. 24. Oct.

2011.

“Sauvé, Jeanne - Mathilde.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica

Foundation of Canada, 2006. Web. 7 Nov. 2006.

Notes: Page Setup• Use Arial, Courier, or Times New Roman, 12

point, for the entire page.• Use the “insert page number” function to add a

page number and header.– begin pagination with page 1 of your document– header includes LAST NAME– 1 spaces between last name and page number

• Double – space the ENTIRE page.– remove extra spaces before and after each paragraph

• IF you have NO parenthetical references in your paper, then your list of sources is called Works Consulted.– Works Consulted is centred, not underlined, not bolded,

same font / size as rest of page• Begin each citation at the left margin; indent

subsequent lines.• Arrange the citations in alphabetical order.

Notes: Citations• No publisher? Use N.p.• No source date? Use n.d.• Multiple authors?

– invert the name of the first author (e.g. Dillon, Brenda), but put the rest in natural order (e.g. Brenda Dillon)

– 2 – 3 authors, list them all– 4 or more authors, list first one, then use et al. in

place of rest of names (short for “et alia”, means “and others”)