After viewing the four web sites on
citing information for students I first considered my audience. Seeing that my audience is high school students,
rather than college I preferred the Write Source http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm.
I find citing bibliography information from the Internet very frustrating and
confusing due to the many different formats and many different sources of
information.
I liked how the site first defined
MLA style the Modern Language Style.
The site gave a general outline of the elements of online entry. It
defined the commonalities of what the bibliographies have in common in a
sequenced series. Maybe because I am an
anal person is why I prefer this form.
I found myself at first trying to find out what the different bibliographies
have in common when viewing the other sites.
I especially was frustrated with the Lafayette College Library site,
which kept going through the different formats as MLA, APA, and Chicago style.
The Write Source site focuses specifically on one style that is very
straightforward. It gives you a basic model that you can build upon.
Besides the building block for
bibliographies, The Write Source site then gives specific examples of citations
as professional web site, online government document, as well as email
message. It provides a model in which
you can build off of. I found the site
easy to read and understand, as best one can for bibliographies!
The Quotable Mark Twain. (1996). Salween Business Communications. Retrieved September 16, 2003 from http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html
The World Fact Book. (2003).
Updated on August 1, 2003. CIA. Retrieved September 16, 2003 from http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
2003 Winston Cup Series. (2003). Updated September 16, 2003. Nascar. Retrieved
September 16, 2003 from http://www.nascar.com/DRIVERS/winston/KHarvick00/index.html
From Now On The Education Technology Journal. (2001). Volume 10 No. 9 June 2001. Retrieved September 16, 2003 from http://fno.org/jun01/building.html