source cards. why do i need source cards? find source again prepare documentation for paper prepare...

Source Cards

Why do I need Source Cards?• Find Source

Again• Prepare

Documentation for paper

• Prepare Works Cited Page

Two ways to cite sources!

• APA (Graduate Schools/Science and Medical Fields)

• MLA (High School and Undergraduate programs at a University)

• We will use MLA style!

Books

source #Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication:

Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

page #BOOK

C2Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

67BOOK EXAMPLE

D5Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. Print.

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What if there is more than one author listed? List ALL authors!

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.

C7Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.

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If there are more than three authors, you may choose to list

only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and

others") in place of the subsequent authors' names.

Smith, John, et al.

DWysocki, Anne F., et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

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No Author Found?Use the Editor Name(s)

Carter, Phillip, ed.or

Ed. Sally Johnson

NO Author(s) or Editor(s)

• Begin Source card w/ “Title of Article.”

“Turner Wins Grammy.”

Steps to follow• Author…NO author, look for

• Editor…NO editor, look for

• Title of book or article…This should get it !

AVL Source CardsAlabama Virtual

Library

Online Periodicals

• Magazines

• Newspapers

• Journals

Source #

Last, First. “Title of Article.” Title of Source. Volume #: Issue #. (Date Source Published): Page numbers. Web. Access Date.

AVL

D4Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal 6.2 (2008): n.pag. Web. 20 May 2009.

AVL Example

An Article from an Online Database

Include the name of the database after the page #s and before “Web.”

E5Langhamer, Claire. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth- Century England.” Historical Journal 50.1 (2007): 173-196. ProQuest. Web. 27 May 2009.

When listing dates…

Day Month Year

2 February 2007

There may not be…• A volume #• An issue #v = volumei= issueno.=issue numberISSN = nothing• n.p. = no publisher• n.d. = no date• n. pag. = no pagination

Don’t Worry about it!Include as much info

as you can!

AVL Practice

Source #5 “Princess Diana Memorial

Fund Founded” by Casey Blythe

Time March 12, 1999

Feb.2, 2007. Pgs 32-33

More AVL Practice

5th source “Hurricane Sweeps the Coast” Chicago Chronicle Volume #3

Issue #25Mar. 5,2000 Feb.28, 2007

<http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>

Periodicals: Newspaper/Magazine

#Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Print.

F

Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-48. Print.

G

Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.

QUESTIONS?

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