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With students turning more and more to the Internet as their sole source of research information it is important we teach our students how to properly cite information they find and use on the Internet. There are currently two primary formats for citing information sources. They are Modern Language Association (MLA), and American Psychological Association (APA) formats.
After reviewing each of these sites listed below I selected The Write Source. Their page on MLA style was the most inviting and colorful. It also contained several easy to find examples for citing information. I particularly liked the fact that everything was shown on one page. This makes directing students to this resource much easier a task as they will not get lost in the site looking for the needed format. Our school also follows a modified MLA format and felt it would be most consistent with our style.
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Chosen Page : Write Source - http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm |
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Other Sources: Skillman &
Kirby Libraries · Lafayette College · Easton, PA Indiana University Libraries - http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml |
These are examples of different types of sources sited using the MLA style on my selected page:
Article Within a Web Site
Salwen, Peter. "The Quotable Mark Twain” Salwen.Com. 20 May. 1996.
Salwen Business Communications. 17 April. 2004< http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html >.
Web
Site Professional:
Nascar.com.
Online Article from an Online Journal
McKenzie, Jamie. “Building Good New Ideas.” From Now On: The Educational
Technology Journal.
June 2001.
<http://fno.org/jun01/building.html>.