Estilo de Documentación MLA





I.  La página de "Obras Citadas"

Visit Long Island University's information page for MLA style  (compiled by Robert Delaney) for easy-to-read instructions on what to include in the citations and examples of Works Cited entries, as well as other information.  Note that in citing internet sites and internet newspapers you must include two dates:  the full date the page was created or last updated (day, month, year if available) and the date you looked at it.
 
 

Why Two Dates are Necessary:

According to the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab, in citing from a web site, in addition to the date of the site posting if available, it is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available at one date may no longer be available later. Be sure to include the complete address for the site. Angled brackets around the electronic address are necessary for clarity. Examples from their site:

Information required:

       Author(s). "Article Title if Applicable." Name of Page or Web Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of

                   institution/organization affiliated with the site.  Date of Access <electronic address>.
 
 

Web site examples:

Web site:

       Felluga, Dino. Undergraduate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec. 1999. Purdue University.

                   15 Nov. 2000 <http://omni.cc.purdue.edu%7Efelluga/theory2.html>.

Article on a web site:

       Poland, Dave. "The Hot Button." Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998.  Turner Network Television.

            28 Oct. 1998 <http://www.roughcut.com>.

Article in an online journal or magazine:

       Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue

            (Year): Pages/Paragraphs. Date of Access <electronic address>.
 

       Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological

             and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000):

             33 pars. 5 Dec. 2000 <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no6/wheelis.htm>.
 
 
 

II. Citando en el Texto

Visit the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab for examples and information on in-text citing. The MLA style allows you to cite your sources without using footnotes or endnotes.  Look at all of the examples and suggestions.

Then visit Capital Comunity College's Materials from Electronic, Online Resources page for lots of examples of wording for the in-text citations, and Chapter 5 of Andrew Harnak and Eugene Kleppinger's book Online! (Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2000) for more examples of wording for "signal phrases,"  "parenthetical citations," and "source-reflective statements."
 
 

III. Evitando el Plagio

And please don't miss Capital Community College's A Guide for Writing Research Papers (then click on the "Statement on Plagiarism" in the left side menu) for information on plagiarism and how to avoid it.  This is really important!

IV.  An easy way to create your Works Cited page:

Go to the Landmarks Citation Machine website and choose the kind of source you have (electronic or print, webpage, internet newspaper, etc.), and fill in all of the information in the boxes.  It will compose the correct format for MLA and for APA.  Currently, it produces errors in the MLA format, so check it to see if it is leaving out anything, but they are working to correct the problem.

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