Assignment 12
Q&A's
1. How would one cite a musical CD. The lyrics. With the topic I am using I will most likely need to cite lyrics from songs.
This is a new one, and probably is not covered in the MLA handbook. When this happens, you just do the best that you can, using the basic form that MLA uses:
Author's name (if you can find it), or singer's name. "Name of tune." Name of album. Place of publication: Publisher, date.
2. I'm doing my final paper on cloning and my question is: Is Cloning Ethical. Can I put my personal Opinion in to my paper.
No. Not directly, although you are the researcher, and the facts that you choose to include and document will slant your paper toward your opinion. Do not use "I," or refer to yourself in the paper. You must use "the experts" for your information -- you are just the compiler.
3. My grade is on a close border line between two grades. Is there any extra credit for the second research question, and if so, how can we earn these extra points?
There are 10 extra credit points (class forum) in the second unit. Also, the points for the final paper are heavy, and can move your grade one way or the other by how well you do in it.
4. Two questions:
First, if I have a memo from a government agency to the general public, how do I document it? Here is my guess:
Schuler, James. "Memorandum Reference: FS:2670/BLM:1736-PFP(931)P" 3 December 1999.
http://www.ecos.fws.gov/servlet (16 Nov 2000): 14 pars.
Mr. Schuler is the author of the memo and the memo said replies should be marked reference the FS: .... Does that look right?
Yes. Good job. When you do not have an exact example of an MLA form, you have to go by what you have learned from other similar forms. You have done a good job here. Remember to double space the entry, and the second line must be indented.
My second question: How would I document the Associated Press from off the internet? Here is my guess:
"Owl Disappears." The Associated Press, Quines Creek, Oregon. 10 July 2000.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/owl_spotted000710/html (16
Nov 2000): 11 pars.
Does that look ok?
I'm not as sure about this one. From the Internet address, it seems that this was published by ABC News. It may originally have come from the Associated Press, but you must give your source. The rest of it looks good.
5. I have found 3 articles in the Washington Post web site, each written by different people, are they considered from the same source or are they considered individual works on my works consulted?
Each of these articles is considered a separate source. Each should have a completely different listing in the WC and be alphabetized according to the author's last name. Also, do not forget to number the listing in the WC for this last paper.
6. I have an article off of the internet. What do I write in place of the page numbers if they are missing?
If you can not find any page number on the article, you must indicate this by using n.p. (for no page), i.e. (Smith n.p.) or if no author ("The Last Time..." n.p.). I like this way the best.
7. One of my sources is a book with two editors. The following format is my best guess at what to write in my Works Consulted:
Bray, George A., and Donna H. Ryan, eds. Nutrition, Genetics, and Obesity. Baton Rouge:
Louisiana State University Press, 1999.
Is this correct?
Yes. Except that you must underline the title of the book.
8. I found many of my articles on the internet (Newsweek, Consumers Report, etc) but no page numbers were listed. What should I do to correct this on my Works consulted page?
Many times when an article is republished on the Internet, page numbers will not be listed. For awhile, MLA was saying that when this was the case, you had to number the paragraphs, and then list the paragraph that the information came from. But in the latest MLA book, they use an abbreviation to show the missing page numbers -- n.p. for no page.
This also brings up a problem with the in text citations if you need to reference that particular source. Here again you would use the n.p. abbreviation, i.e. (Bradshaw n.p.).