Name: _____________________________ Student ID:__________________________ Teachers Name:______________________ Date:_______________________________ MLA Works Cited Practice Exercise Fall 2006 Plagiarism

Directions: Attend Research 3: How to Use MLA Format or view the online tutorial at http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism. Then answer the following questions. 1. What is plagiarism?

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2. How do you avoid plagiarism?

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MLA Format Directions: Attend Research 3: How to Use MLA Format or read the MLA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/. Then answer the following questions. 3. What does MLA stand for?

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4. List 2 reasons why it is important to cite your sources.

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Works Cited Directions: Attend Research 3: How to Use MLA Format or read these pages: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/06/ and http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/lrc/pdfs/tocite.pdf. Then, use the information about the following sources to 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. Refer to http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-V/examples.htm for examples of each type of source. Book Author: Edward Cornish Title: Futuring: The Exploration of the Future City of Publication: Bethesda, Maryland Publisher: World Future Society Date: 2004

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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. Hnsch 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

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Website Title of Page: Childrens Alliance: Child Obesity Title of Site: Childrens Alliance Date of access: use todays 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

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