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ok...

im writing a 12 page research papper ... I need help with qouting web sites..MLA fromat

example: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr08/yr08rel33.asp

   " california is the 8th largest econnomy in the world and yet in education funding we are only 46t in the country."

would it be tis?

" california is the 8th largest econnomy in the world and yet in education funding we are only 46t in the country."( school budget cuts in San Diego, Loannis kazanis, 24 March 2008)

and if that is correct .. if I am using multiple qoutes from the same article, do i have to that for every qqoute? or is there some unersal way to do it for multiple qoutes from the same source?

 

assitance desperately needed!



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I have never quoted a source more than once in an article, but if I did I would do what your example basically showed for each quote. Though when it comes to apa you just put the page number not the name and year for each quote after the first involving the same article. It probably applies to mla the same way in that regard,



Purdue is a great site for sourcing

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

 

Edit: Or if you are using Office use the "insert citation" feature 



That's pretty much it, what you have there, maybe cite the author of what is said too?



           

I think you're doing an in-text citation right? In that case, you would need to put the website in MLA format in your bibliography and the first word (or first couple words) from that format will be what you put in your in-text citation. Don't put the date, contact name, and full headline of the source in the in-text citation. I think once you create your source, your in-text will simply be (School budget cuts).



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Cirio said:

I think you're doing an in-text citation right? In that case, you would need to put the website in MLA format in your bibliography and the first word (or first couple words) from that format will be what you put in your in-text citation. Don't put the date, contact name, and full headline of the source in the in-text citation. I think once you create your source, your in-text will simply be (School budget cuts).



gesus... are you sure? that sounds right but...

Xxain said:
Cirio said:

I think you're doing an in-text citation right? In that case, you would need to put the website in MLA format in your bibliography and the first word (or first couple words) from that format will be what you put in your in-text citation. Don't put the date, contact name, and full headline of the source in the in-text citation. I think once you create your source, your in-text will simply be (School budget cuts).



gesus... are you sure? that sounds right but...

Yes, I'm sure. When doing an in-text citation of a website, you either put ONLY the last name of the author of the source in brackets ie: (William) OR you put the first few phrases of document like I said. The reason I recommended the phrase over the author name was because I wasn't sure whether Loannis Kazanis was the author of that article or if she was just a reference. If she's the author, then you should put her name in brackets at the end ie: (Kazanis). If she is not the author, then put (School budget cuts).



Try doing something similar to what wiki does

" california is the 8th largest econnomy in the world and yet in education funding we are only 46t in the country."[1]. bla bla, bla bla bla bla "herp derp derp form same article"[1]
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(1) ( school budget cuts in San Diego, Loannis kazanis, 24 March 2008)