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Correctly Citing Sources
Nite-Man
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I'm writing a paper in MLA style.
Example 1: According to the Silly Goose Foundation, "geese are silly."
Example 2: According to the Silly Goose Foundation, "geese are silly" (Silly Goose Foundation).
Which of these is correct? I'm thinking that number 1 is correct because of the according to the foundation part. Am I wrong? Example 2 just seems redundant to me.
Example 1: According to the Silly Goose Foundation, "geese are silly."
Example 2: According to the Silly Goose Foundation, "geese are silly" (Silly Goose Foundation).
Which of these is correct? I'm thinking that number 1 is correct because of the according to the foundation part. Am I wrong? Example 2 just seems redundant to me.
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For example: As Keats once said to Coleridge, "this is amazing opium you have acquired" (45).
This is perfectly fine as long as you're only citing one work by Keats, which makes it unambiguous which text you're citing.
What, exactly, are you citing? Different forms of media require different types of in-text citations, but if you're citing something with a page/line/paragraph number you will still need to provide that even if it's clear what piece of writing the quotation refers to.
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If you identify the author in the phrase cite the page number in the parenthetical. If the author is not identified then cite the author and the page number in the parenthetical.
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As a rule, the MLA guidelines are never something you should be searching for via a forum or second hand. That link works great, but your best bet would be to tromp on down to your local campus bookstore and buy the handbook. It costs $5 and every class you have in English, and quite a few others, will require it.
Just spend the money and be happy and blissful. Not spending the money is toeing unnecessary point deductions on your papers.
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god, MLA style is such a piece of junk, I have a hard time telling anyone they should spend money on it.
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This is absolutely the worst idea. If you have the handbook, you can show where you got your citation form from directly to the professor. Websites can, and often do, go down and then what will you have?
Trust me on this. I work at an English Department, we get these complaint all the time. Actually owning the book saves students a lot of trouble, especially if they are challenging grades.
At the end of the day it's five bucks, so whatever; I just don't see the ironclad reason to spend it when you can get the same information from most uni's (for that matter, most department's) websites for free.
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The majority of websites do not actually contain all of the reference material in the handbook, just the usual stuff most students use in day to day classes. Which is fine, except for when your professor gives you that odd assignment that requires use of the text to test if you have the handbook (as I've known professors to do).
The library is a good call, but not exactly useful in your dorm room the night before your paper is due, as is the habit if the majority of students.
But if we're going with the "it's 3 AM on sunday and the internet is down and your paper is due tomorrow and you've managed to expend your entire two week deadline and you're still clueless" standard (admittedly more common than you would think), sure, buy the style book.
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Also, it's worth noting that the 7th Edition of the MLA Handbook just came out, so you should probably clarify with instructors which format they want, since there are, oddly enough, some English teachers who aren't MLA members.