TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF CITATIONS

On your computer Open MS Word and Open an Internet Browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer).  You will have both open at the same time to allow you to copy and paste from the Internet Browser to MS Word.  In MS Word, title your page Works Cited.

You will take the Think Sheets given to you and place the information for the citation from the book, encyclopedia article, magazine article, and newspaper article in the SLATE Landmark Project Citation Machine.  Make sure you have selected MLA citations.  Once you have the information completed, click on Make Citation.  Copy and paste your citations into your MS Word document.  Make sure they are in MLA format and order.

IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Proejct	SLATE Landmark Project Citation Machine
Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources	A Research Guide for Students
MLA Citation Examples	MLA Internal Citations
Citation and Documentation Reference Index	Internal Citations

An easy way to start is by using web site that provide the citations for you.   Follow the directions in black to add to your works cited page.
 

NoodleLinks	NoodleLinks - Bibliographies
FIRSTSEARCH - PowerPoint Tutorial	NEW FIRSTSEARCH
Look for the MLS citation on this web page Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Copy and paste the citation into your MS Word Document	If you find the right web sites, it will have summaries of articles and bibliographies as well as the web site links. Take a look at these two web sites -       Ethics Summaries of Recent Literature - Ethics   Cite the two Ethics  web pages above in your Works Cited Page.
Cite an Online Newspaper article Online Newspaper Article         Article to Cite	MAGPORTAL
Online Magazine/Journal Article to Cite Cite an Article for your Works Cited Page Online Article to Cite	Findarticles.com
ACLU Online Forum Select a message from the online forum to cite.	Citation for Graphics Pics4Learning
Find the Citation Information for the following web site.  Is this a valid web site? Dihydrogen Monoxide DHMO Homepage	Find the Citation Information for the following web site.  Is this a valid web site? NETS for Students
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