Name: _____________________________ Student ID:__________________________ Teacher’s Name:______________________ Date:_______________________________
Plagiarism
MLA Works Cited Practice Exercise
Fall 2006
Directions: Attend “Research 3: How to Use MLA Format” or view the online tutorial at http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism. Then answer the following questions.
1. What is plagiarism? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
2. How do you avoid plagiarism? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
MLA Format
Directions: Attend “Research 3: How to Use MLA Format” or read the “MLA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/. Then answer the following questions.
3. What does MLA stand for? ________________________________
4. List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Works Cited
Directions: Attend “Research 3: How to Use MLA Format” or read these pages: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/06/ and http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/lrc/pdfs/tocite.pdf. Then, use the information about the following sources to complete a properly formatted Works Cited page on a separate sheet of paper and staple it to this exercise. Only TYPED or PRINTED, works cited pages will be accepted. Refer to http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-V/examples.htm for examples of each type of source.
Book
Author: Edward Cornish
Title: Futuring: The Exploration of the Future City of Publication: Bethesda, Maryland
Publisher: World Future Society
Date: 2004
Encyclopedia Article
Author: Jerry Stubben
Article Title: Native Americans and Government Policy
Encyclopedia Title: Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia
Editor: James Ciment City of Publication: Armonk, New York
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Date: 2006
Volume: 5
Pages: 1190-1203
Number of volumes in set: 8
Magazine Article
Author: Carmen Wong Ulrich
Article Title: Stop Stressing Over Money-Now!
Magazine Title: Health
Date: April 2006
Pages: 126-128
Newspaper Article
Author: James ‘ONeill
Article Title: Richland is Given Award for Quality Management
Newspaper Title: Dallas Morning News
Date: April 20, 2006
Pages: 6B
Journal Article
Author: Markus Greiner, Olaf Mandel, Tilman Esslinger, Theodor W. Hänsch and Immanuel Bloch
Article Title: Quantum Phase Transition from a Superfluid to a Mott Insulator in a Gas of Ultracold Atoms
Journal Title: Nature
Date: January 3, 2002
Volume: 415
Issue: 6867
Pages: 39-44
Magazine Article from an Electronic Database
Author: Anne McGrath
Article Title: A New Read on Teen Literacy
Magazine Title: U.S. News & World Report
Date: February 28, 2005
Pages: 68-70 Database:
Academic Search Premiere
Website
Title of Page: Children’s Alliance: Child Obesity
Title of Site: Children’s Alliance
Date of access: use today’s date
URL (Web address): http://www.childrensalliance.org/childfacts/childhood-obesity.cfm