Friday, April 16, 2004
Famous Person assignment tips
Please remember that the Famous Person assignment holds 50% of its grade for citation of your sources. Check the MLA handout on the Cyberlibrary Internet Links page for more information http://www.evc.edu/instruct_tech/library/handouts/MLA.htm
Some examples are here below. Do not use just the website URL as that is not a complete citation.
Book by a Single Author
Author's Last name, First name (if any). Title of the Book. City of publication: Publisher, Year.
Example: Wilson, Frank R. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. New York: Pantheon, 1998.
Article in a Magazine (Monthly/Bimonthly/Quarterly)
Author's Last name, First name. Title of Article. Title of Magazine Month Year: Page numbers.
Example: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. The Creative Personality. Psychology Today July-Aug. 1996: 36-40.
Page within a Web Site
Author's Last name, First name (if any). Title of Page or Entry. Title of Project or Database.
Name of Editor (if any). Date of last update. Name of Sponsoring Organization (if any).
Date of access and Internet address with brackets.
Example: Dove, Rita. Lady Freedom Among Us. The Electronic Text Center. Ed. David Seaman. 1998.
Alderman Lib., U of Virginia. 19 June 1998 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/afam.html.
Check out the Cyberlibrary!
Some examples are here below. Do not use just the website URL as that is not a complete citation.
Book by a Single Author
Author's Last name, First name (if any). Title of the Book. City of publication: Publisher, Year.
Example: Wilson, Frank R. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. New York: Pantheon, 1998.
Article in a Magazine (Monthly/Bimonthly/Quarterly)
Author's Last name, First name. Title of Article. Title of Magazine Month Year: Page numbers.
Example: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. The Creative Personality. Psychology Today July-Aug. 1996: 36-40.
Page within a Web Site
Author's Last name, First name (if any). Title of Page or Entry. Title of Project or Database.
Name of Editor (if any). Date of last update. Name of Sponsoring Organization (if any).
Date of access and Internet address with brackets.
Example: Dove, Rita. Lady Freedom Among Us. The Electronic Text Center. Ed. David Seaman. 1998.
Alderman Lib., U of Virginia. 19 June 1998 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/afam.html.
Check out the Cyberlibrary!
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