MLA Bibliograpy
 Keep track of every website you view and each book you
read from.
 Create a folder in your browser and bookmark the sites you
visit on the internet.
 If you take notes or jot down information from a source, you
must add the source information to your bibliography
 Be sure to indicate in your notes which site or source the
information is from as you will need this for your
bibliography or works cited page.
 MLA style now requires you to identify the type of source
from which you obtained your information—
 Print (any hardcopy—book, magazine, encyclopedia article)
 Web (any information found online: webpages, newpapers,
encyclopedias, scholarly projects, e-books, blogs, vlogs,
databases…)
 E-mail
 CD-Rom
 Audiocassette
 For a book:
 Author’s last name, first name (or editor’s name)
 Name of book (underlined)
 City where book was published followed by a colon :
 Name of the publisher followed by a comma
 Year the book was published
 Type of source followed by a period
 Example:
 Jones, Rebecca. Chuck the Cat. Chicago: Smith Press,
2013. Print.
 Encyclopedia: If the article gives an author’s a name, list it last name, first name
 Title of article in quotation marks with the period INSIDE the quotation marks
 Name of encyclopedia in italics followed by a period
 The edition number followed by a period if a print source
 City of publication: Publisher, Date the encyclopedia was published.
 Type of source (Print or Web)
 2 Examples:
 “Puppy Training.” Canine Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2001. Print
 Wiggins, David K. “Jesse Owens.” The Oxford Companion to United States History.
New York: Oxford, 2001. Print. (notice how the second line is indented!)
 Here are two examples: Write your answers on the white board.
 Taub, Erica A. “Webcam Brings 3-D to Topps Sports Cards.” New York Times 9 Mar.
2009, Southern ed. B4. Print.
 Kingsolver, Barbara. “What Money Doesn’t Buy: Microfinance and Women’s
Empowerment in South Asia.” World Ark. Mar./Apr. 2009: 12+. Print.
1.Who wrote the articles? 2. Where and when were these articles published? 3. What do
you think 12+ means in the second example? Do you know which example is from a
newspaper and which is from a magazine? How do you know?
 Stolley, Kar, Kristen Seas, Tony Rouse, and
Elizabeth Angeli. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.”
The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Perdue. 25 Feb.
2009. Purdue University Writing Lab. Web. 16 Oct. 2009
 Examine this bibliography entry carefully. Can you identify the information in each
line? Do so.
 Why does the first line start in a different place than all of the others?
 Can you identify the primary author? Why is her name listed last name first, but the
other names are not?
1. Author’s name
 Huey, Steve. “Michael Jackson, Biography.” AllMusic
2. Title of article in
“marks”
2013. Web. 22 Feb. 2015. <http://allmusic.com>
7. Web
address
5. Source type
4. Website
publication date
6. Date website
was viewed by
researcher (you!)
3. Title of website
 The word Bibliography should be centered on
the page two lines down from the top margin.
Bibliography
 The first source entry will begin
at the left margin- two lines down from Bibliography
 Indent second lines of a source; indent
all additional lines.
 Put the title of any article in “quotation marks”
 Web addresses should NOT be shown as a blue
Hyperlink or underlined.
If no author, look at first
letter of first word in
source information
Type the titles of
newspapers,
websites,and
magazines
in italics. Underline
book titles.
 For the African American Musician report, you must meet all deadlines!
 1. Fill in the Source Worksheet, create a bibliography from this worksheet.
 2. Create an outline of your report and hand it in for a grade.
 2. Write a rough draft of your report and have it checked by a peer.
 3. Type your report and bibliography.
 Report must be double spaced
 Font should be New Times Roman
 Font size should be 12
 Proper middle school heading should be included in the header portion of the document
 Bibliography should be typed and should be the last page of your report
 Turn in a copy of the final report to Mr. Stockman and Mrs. Moschetto
FOLLOW THE RUBRIC!
 Does the paper have a clever title?
 Does the report have the correct number of paragraphs (5)
 Does the report have an introductory paragraph with a CLEAR thesis statement?
 Does the paper have the proper information in each paragraph?
 Does each paragraph contain a sentence linked to the thesis statement, and is the
link supported by facts?
 Does each paragraph contain at least ONE compound sentence?
 Does the paper include three vocabulary words?
 Does the paper include a conclusion paragraph?
 Does the report have a properly formatted bibliography?