Why Do I Need to Cite This?: An Introduction to MLA Citation
1.
2. Why Cite?
Citation is the “Enlightenment- Era Hyperlink”
It allows the reader to understand where your ideas
came from.
It is how scholars & researchers “speak” to one
another. You are adding your voice to the academic
dialog.
4. Or not…
“This glum, violent drama about a
Scottish thug ruined by drink is
written and pretentiously directed
by Richard Jobson whose
approach—Trainspotting meets A
Clockwork Orange—is bad enough
to drive you to drink in no time.”
5. Differing interpretations
of the same document
“To have command of so
much research, spread across
so many different fields, is a
masterly achievement. Pinker
convincingly demonstrates
that there has been a
dramatic decline in violence,
and he is persuasive about
the causes of that decline.”
From Peter Singer’s review of
Steven Pinker’s The Better
Angels of Our Nature in the
New York Times
“While Pinker makes a great
show of relying on
evidence—the 700-odd pages
of this bulky treatise are
stuffed with impressive-
looking graphs and
statistics—his argument that
violence is on the way out
does not, in the end, rest on
scientific investigation.”
From John Gray’s review of
Steven Pinker’s The Better
Angels of Our Nature in
Prospect
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7. In Class Assignment :
Create a Works Cited Page
Create a Google Doc.
Name the Doc “Works Cited Kane Gold”.
Create a Works Cited page for the 2 sources linked
from the LibGuide.
Compose the document using proper MLA citation
format.
You may use any tools (EasyBib, Citation Guides,
etc.) that you wish to help you create the citations.
Share it with me: kjacobson@glenbrook225.org
8. Works Cited
Bialik, Carl. “The Blurb Racket.” Gelf Magazine. Gelf Magazine, 20 Mar. 2005.
Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
Gray, John. “Delusions of Peace.” Rev. of The Better Angels of Our Nature:
Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. Prospect. Prospect
Magazine, 21 Sep. 2011. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
Singer, Peter. “Is Violence History?” Rev. of The Better Angels of Our Nature:
Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. New York Times. New
York Times Company, 6 Oct. 2011. Web 26 Jan. 2015.
16 Years of Alcohol DVD Cover (2003). Digital image. DVD Empire. Ravana, 2014.
Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
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