MLA Works Cited Practice Exercise

Name: ______Student ID:______Date:______MLA Works Cited Practice Exercise Fall 2008 Plagiarism Directions: Then answer the following questions.

1. What is plagiarism? ______2. How do you avoid plagiarism? ______MLA Format Directions: Then answer the following questions. 3. What does MLA stand for? ______4. List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources. ______Works Cited Directions: Complete a properly formatted Works Cited page on a separate sheet of paper and staple it to this exercise. Only TYPED or PRINTED, works cited pages will be accepted. Book Author: Edward Cornish Title: Futuring: The Exploration of the Future City of Publication: Bethesda, Maryland Publisher: World Future Society Date: 2004 Page 1 of 3 Encyclopedia Article Author: Jerry Stubben Article Title: Native Americans and Government Policy Encyclopedia Title: Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia Editor: James Ciment City of Publication: Armonk, New York Publisher: M.E. Sharpe Date: 2006 Volume: 5 Pages: 1190-1203 Number of volumes in set: 8 Magazine Article Author: Carmen Wong Ulrich Article Title: Stop Stressing Over Money-Now! Magazine Title: Health Date: April 2006 Pages: 126-128 Newspaper Article Author: James ‘ONeill Article Title: Richland is Given Award for Quality Management Newspaper Title: Dallas Morning News Date: April 20, 2006 Pages: 6B Journal Article Author: Markus Greiner, Olaf Mandel, Tilman Esslinger, Theodor W. Hänsch and Immanuel Bloch Article Title: Quantum Phase Transition from a Superfluid to a Mott Insulator in a Gas of Ultracold Atoms Journal Title: Nature Date: January 3, 2002 Volume: 415 Issue: 6867 Pages: 39-44 Magazine Article from an Electronic Database Author: Anne McGrath Article Title: A New Read on Teen Literacy Magazine Title: U.S. News & World Report Date: February 28, 2005 Pages: 68-70 Database: Academic Search Premiere Page 2 of 3 Website Title of Page: Children’s Alliance: Child Obesity Title of Site: Children’s Alliance Date of access: use today’s date URL (Web address): http://www.childrensalliance.org/childfacts/childhood-obesity.cfm Reprint Source (see http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-V/examples.htm#Reprint%20Series) Author: Blair Gibb Article Title: Human Rights Are Not Necessarily Universal Book Title: Human Rights Editor: Laura K. Egendorf City of Publication: San Diego Publisher: Greenhaven Date: 2003 Pages: 26-31 Series Title: Opposing Viewpoints Series Original Article Title: Global Aspirations, Local Gospels Original Magazine Title: Whole Earth Original Date: Summer 1999 Fall 2006 Page 3 of 3