[CALIBK12] MLA citation question

[debbie at abilock.net]

Hi Sarah,

The trickiest part of these citations is breaking down the parts to
determine the source.  Your source is a poem from a print anthology
reprinted online. Then follow these instructions:

 

 

For MLA 6 using NoodleBib http://www.NoodleTools.com 

Choose: Anthology

Choose: Material in a book (collection) A short work (poem, essay, etc.)
original to the print book / anthology

Choose: Available online

Choose: Free, with unique URL

 

You'll get the right form and here's the correct citation:

 

Baca, Jimmy Santiago. "Immigrants in Our Own Land." Immigrants in Our Own
Land. New York: New Directions, 1990. Poetry Foundation. 2009. 5 June 2009
<http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=179708>.

 

Of course, if you're using NoodleTools' full program, you could click on the
link "Have a Question" (next to any citation) to get this help from an
expert (grin).

 

For MLA 7th  coming at the end of July

We're waiting until after kids finish their projects, so they won't be
confused by dealing with two styles at once.  However, it falls under 5.6.2c
"A Work on the Web Cited with Print Publication Data."

 

Best,

Debbie

Debbie Abilock

NoodleTools/NoodleTeach

http://www.NoodleTools.com <http://www.noodletools.com/> 

debbie at noodletools.com

 

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irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known,
but to question it."  -- J. Brownowski

 

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[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Bosler
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:37 PM
To: CALIBk12
Subject: [CALIBK12] MLA citation question

 

I come across this everytime students do poetry projects. When citing a poem
with an author listed on a website (esp one like this where it originally
appeared in print elsewhere) how would you cite it? The new MLA guidelines
address this topic but it's still not clear when I read about it or try to
fit it into NoodleTools or Citation Machine.

 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=179708


I also come across things like the example below where a poem or song lyric
is listed on a site (possibly along with other lyrics) The song being cited
here is the last one called "An American Dream" by Love & Rockets.

 

http://loveandrockets.com/lyrics/express.html 

 

I'm inclined to use the author first, the poem title as article title and
the main title of the website as the site name. Sometimes a date is listed,
sometimes not. Even if there is a copyright date for the work elsewhere. I'm
torn between using the title of the poem and the actual page title found in
the browser's title bar (which is where I point kids to look for
article/site titles. 

 

It seems silly to ask but with web sources I get stumped everyone blue moon.
I'm always tempted with websites listing poems to cite the author of the
site first then the article title and name of site. 

 

Help! :) I will at least be comforted to know that you too get stumped
sometimes. 

 

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Sarah Bosler, Teacher Librarian
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Montclair High School
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