Chapters 6-9 Review Quiz


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In this exercise, you are going to write complete MLA citations for a book, an online periodical article, and a Web page.

MLA style requires that all but the first line of a citation is indented (so that the authors' names are easy to spot), like this:

The Web form you are going to use, below, does not accomodate indentation, nor does it accomodate underlining (or italics, which is the alternative for underlining), so don't worry about those specific aspects when you write your citation.

Want to review MLA style? Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage, select Internet links, scroll through the alphabetized list of Internet resources and select either Citation Styles or Style Guides.

1. Using the information given, write a MLA style citation for this book:

author is Donald M. Murray
title is Writing to Deadline: The Journalist at Work
place of publication is Portsmouth, N.H.
publisher is Heinemann
year of publication is 2000

Type your MLA style citation for this book into the box below:

2. Using the information given, write a MLA style citation for this magazine article:

author is Donald M. Murray
article title is Do's and Don'ts of Magazine Article Writing
periodical where it was published Writer
date of publication March 1996
pages on which article appears p. 9-12.
name of database and published Academic Search Elite. EBSCO Publishing
name and location of library Cabrillo College Library, Aptos, CA
date of visit use today's date
URL for Academic Search Elite <http://www.cpnet.com>

Type your MLA style citation for this article into the box below:


3. Using the information given, write a MLA style citation for this Web page

author of page is Marcus Weisgerber
title is Where is He Now? An Interview with Donald M. Murray
name of sponsoring organization The New Hampshire Online
date of page or last update 2001
date of access use today's date
URL is http://www.tnh.unh.edu/issues/101901/arts/interview.html

Type your MLA style citation for this Web page into the box below:


4. Match the correct definition to the following terms by typing the number into the form next to the correct term.

term type in the number of the definition that defines that term definitions
URL 1. An article that has been reviewed and accepted for publication by one or more scholars/experts in the particular field of study
phrase searching 2. A brief summary of the article. This is a good place to find additional terms about your topic
peer reviewed 3. Web address (i.e., the Uniform Resource Locator)
subject directory 4. Retrieves words in exactly the same order in which you type them
Boolean searching 5. Browses or searches targeted collections of Internet links arranged by subject categories
search engines 6. A search for specific information using AND, OR, and NOT
abstract 7. Search large portions of the Internet; are useful when you have a specific, focused search.

5. What are five important questions you should ask when evaluating a source?

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6. What is the complete URL for the Cabrillo College Library homepage?

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