Transcript MLA 7.0 Citation Format and INFOhio (for Teachers)

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MLA 7.0 Style Manual
 MLA has published their 7th edition of the MLA Style
Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing.
 Changes took place in April 2009, however many
schools (and online databases) are just now making
the changes.
 There are many changes…and just when your students
thought they understood it!
What are the changes to MLA 7.0?
 No more underlining – titles and name of online
product are now italicized.
 No more long URLs – only use URL of resource if the
citation information does not lead easily to the source.
 Continuous pagination – no longer required.
 Publication medium – include the medium type such
as print, Web, performance, etc.
 New abbreviations – for missing information, such as
n.d. for no date, n.p. for no publisher.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/
How do the INFOhio resources
handle this?
These INFOhio resources do not contain citation
information:
Biography Reference Bank
 Bring up the article.
 Click on the
button. This displays the “old”
MLA format (as of October 2009).
 Near the bottom of this page, click on the link “For
Additional Information and Instructions please visit How to Cite Page
at the following URL:”
http://www.hwwilson.com/Documentation/WilsonWeb/howtocite/ho
wtocite.htm
 The examples listed here are in the correct MLA 7.0
format, but the student will have to enter the correct
information.
EBSCOhost
 Citation information is presently provided ONLY in
 Click on this icon
 The example given for MLA is in 7.0 format. This
change was just made in October 2009.
Copy and
paste into
Bibliography
or Works
Cited page.
EBSCOhost
NewsBank
 On the right side of the page, click on

 Copy and paste citation into Word document – fix
indents and spacing.
 Edith Starzyk. "Ohio receives recognition for after-school programs."
Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) 27 Oct. 2009, Final, Metro: B2.
NewsBank. Web. 28 Oct. 2009.
Oxford Reference Online
 Citation information is given for all queries.
 They are NOT in MLA 7.0 format.
 Information can be copied and easily changed.
"Titanic" The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. Ed. I. C. B. Dear
and Peter Kemp. Oxford University Press, 2007. Oxford Reference
Online. Oxford University Press. Infohio - NOACSC. 5 November
2009 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=
Main&entry=t225.e2489>
Science Online
 Click on the Citation button.
 The citation for each document
is in Chicago format…however
 Click on the How to Cite link for the correct format.
 Students will have to follow the format to get their
article into MLA 7.0 format.
World Book Web
 Each level contains MLA 7.0 citation examples:
 WB Kids - "Dog." World Book Kids. World Book, 2009.
Web. 29 Oct. 2009.
 WB Student - McGinnis, Terri. "Cat." World Book
Student. World Book, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2009.
 WB Advanced - Duren, Stephen. "Horse." World Book
Advanced. World Book, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2009.
 Scroll to the bottom of the article for citation
information.
Citation Builder
 In World Book Advanced, click on
From the pull-down menu, select citation type.
Fill in the information and select print or online.
Click Create Citation.
World Book Citation Builder
 The citation is shown in MLA, APA and Harvard
formats.
 Copy and paste the citation into your bibliography.
 You may need to make a few clean-ups.
Golding, William . Lord Of The Flies. New York, NY, Usa:
Coward-McCann, Inc., 1962. Print.
Other helpful sites
 OWL at Purdue – Online Writing Lab
 MLA Citation Examples – University of Maryland
University College
 Citing Sources – Duke University (several styles)