Using Sources in Writing

What information about a source is most likely to appear in a bibliography?

• Name of the author.

• Quotation from the author?

• Author's date of birth.

• Author's home city

One purpose of including a bibliography in your report is to:

• Credit people who helped shape your arguments.

• Convince the reader to agree with your conclusions.

• List sources that you plan to consult in the future.

• Prove that no outside sources were consulted.

Based on MLA guidelines, every citation in a bibliography must:

• Have a title in quotes

• List information in the same order

• Include a publisher

• Fit on a single line

Jo Marchant wrote a book called Decoding the Heavens, published in 2009 by Da Capo Press. Which of the following appears first in the citation?

• Jo

• Da Capo Press

• Marchant

• Decoding the Heavens

In an MLA citation, a newspaper is the most likely container for:

• A radio interview

• A movie review

• A book report

• An encyclopedia entry

A citation for a print magazine article generally includes:

• An issue number

• The name of the editor

• The date you read the article

• A full URL

Identify the publisher in this citation: Kluth, Fred. Cars of 1998. Miami: The Auto Press, 1999.

• Fred Kluth

• Miami

• Cars of 1998

• The Auto Press

Which line(s) should be indented in this citation?

• First

• Second and third

• All

• None

What information determines the order of MLA citations within a bibliography?

• Page number

• Publication date

• Author's last name

• Number of contributors

In which of the following ways do footnotes differ from bibliography citations?

• Their purpose

• The information they include

• Their location in a report

• The types of sources they cite