Tuesday, October 13, 2015

MLA Work Cited - Basics

MLA works cited – Basics
       
Why do we start with the article title, and why is it in quotations?

1.      We start with the article title because this article does not have an author. The quotations are used to show that MLA citing is taking place.

Why is Environmental Defense Fund listed twice, but only once in italics?

2.      The Environmental Defense Fund was listed twice to show the website title. The second, represents the publishing site.

What are the last 3 items in the citation?

·         Publishing Site
·         Date the article was published
·         Date the article was viewed

Now, take a few of your sources, and copy and paste their bibliography information into your Word document.

Scott, Elizabeth S., And Robert E. Emery. "Gender Politics And Child Custody: The Puzzling Persistence Of The Best-Interests Standard. “ Law & Contemporary Problems 77.1 (2014): 69-108. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
Scholarly

Elizabeth S. Scott & Robert E. Emery, Gender Politics and Child Custody: The Puzzling Persistence of the Best-Interests Standard, 77 Law and Contemporary Problems 69-108 (2014). Duke Law
Article website

Smart, Carol. Child custody and the Politics of Gender (Sociology of Law and Crime Series). New York, Routledge, 1989. Print
Book

Fineman, Martha L. "Custody Determination At Divorce: The Limits Of Social Science Research And The Fallacy Of The Liberal Ideology Of Equality." Canadian Journal Of Women & The Law 3.1 (1989): 88-110. Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

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