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LIBRARY 2: Fall 2014

Week 10 Assignment 1: APA & MLA Citation Format

Assignment 1 50 Points Due: Wednesday, November 19 @ 12:00 Noon

Websites: Consult the links below for more information on Citation Styles. • Penn State University Libraries – APA Quick Citation Guide:

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/citationstyles/APA_citation.html

• University of Maryland University College - APA Citation Examples: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm

• Penn State University Libraries – MLA Quick Citation Guide:

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/citationstyles/MLA_citation.html

• University of Maryland University College - MLA Citation Examples: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm

Your assignment is to select five items on a topic of interest and arrange them in a reference list using the APA citation format and a works cited list using the MLA citation format. They MUST be on separate pages. You can use these some resources for your final project. Your assignment must include:

1. One book from the Saddleback College Library or other library catalog; 2. One online article from EbscoHost, Academic OneFile, or ProQuest; 3. One online article from SIRS; 4. Two web sources.

It's not necessary for you to read the items thoroughly but you must determine that they are related and appropriate to your topic. Please refer to the criteria for evaluating sources and web pages in the lecture for Week 9.

You should ask yourself the following.

Depending on my topic:

• Should I use popular or scholarly resources? • What kind of web pages would be suitable? • Is the date of publication or revision date an important consideration?

Remember:

• All five items must be about the same topic • Alphabetize your list by the first element of the citation

Due: Wednesday, November 19 @ 12:00 Noon

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