MLA Style: Theses Published and Unpublished

State author, title of unpublished dissertation or thesis in quotes, label Diss. or MA thesis, name of university, and year.

Elmendorf, James. "The Military and the Mall: Society and Culture in Long Beach, California." BA thesis. Hampshire College, 1995.

Jackson, Marjorie. "The Oboe: A Study of Its Development and Use." Diss. Columbia U, 1962.

Underline title if dissertation is published:

Chan, Marjorie K.M. Fuzhou Phonology: A Non-Linear Analysis of Tone and Stress. Diss. U of Washington, 1985.

Gregory, T.R. The C-Value Enigma. PhD thesis. U. of Guelph, ON, 2002.

MLA Style: Weblogs and Blogs

Last Name, First. "Title of Entry." Weblog Entry. Title of Weblog. Date Posted. Date Accessed (URL).

Example:
Romano, Lou. "Phoenix." Lou Romano. Feb. 1, 2008. 9 Feb. 2008. <http://louromano.blogspot.com>

To cite an archived weblog entry, navigate to the archived source and provide the exactURL to the post:
Hawhee, Debra. "Hail, Speech!" Weblog entry. Blogos. 30 April 2007. 23 May 2007 <http://dhawhee.blogs.com/d_hawhee/2007/04/index.html>

Other examples of citing digital sources can be found on the OWL Purdue site here:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/

MLA Style: Interviews

MLA Citation for Professional Interviews:
Interviewee's last name, First name and Initial. "Title of the interview (if given)." Interview (if untitled) with interviewer's name (if pertinent). Day, month, year, edition (if radio, TV, or periodical). Publication location: Publishing company, year (if given). Page numbers (if given).

example (Use this one):
Last Name of interviewee, First Name. "Animating Emotion Interview". Randolf Dimalanta. 10 Oct. 2007.

example:
Lansbury, Angela. Interview. Off-Camera: Conversations with the Makers of Prime-Time Television. By Richard Levinson and William Link. New York: Plume-NAL, 1986.

Creating an Abstract

Start first by identifying your thesis. This should be done in a single sentence.

Then answer your thesis by asking these questions:

1. What is the problem or question that the work addresses?
2. Why is it important?
3. How was the investigation undertaken?
4. What was found and what does it mean?

You should find the answers to questions 1 and 2 in your Introduction; the answer to question 3 will be a summary of your Methods; and the answer to question 4 will summarise your Results, Discussion and Conclusion.

Citation:

Monash University Online. 2003. Monash University 15, June 2007. <http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/hdr/write/5.11.html>

Partial Citations List

This is a partial list citations to be used for my presentation. It constantly grows and I figure if I maintain this via using this blog, that the information will be easy to retrieve and review. I have to remind myself to check these once in awhile to be sure I have the correct MLA formatting.


"empathy." The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 02 Jun. 2007. .

"emotion." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 03 Jun. 2007. .

Hooks, Ed. "Acting for Animators". Portsmouth, NH. Heinemann Press. 2000.

Lasseter, John. Principles of Traditional Animation Applied to 3D Computer Animation. July 1987. Computer Graphics, pp. 35-44, 21:4. 03 June, 2007.

Mayerson, Mark. Mayerson on Animation. 2006. Blogger.com. 09 May, 2007.

Thomas, Frank and Ollie Johnston. "The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation". New York. Hyperion. 1981.

Thomas, Frank and Ollie Johnston. The 12 Principles of Animation. 2002. FrankAndOllie.com. AWN. 03 June, 2007. http://frankanollie.com/PhysicalAnimation.html

Whitaker, Harold and John Halas. Timing for Animation. Burlington, MA. Focal Press. 2004.

Ways to Integrate Sources

Paraphrasing:
As a rule of thumb, no more than 3 words per sentence can match the original, otherwise you will be accused of plagerism.

Quotations:
Use quotations marks and be sure to offer an evaluation of the quote.

Summary:
A shortened version of the text, that usually lists the main topics and points for discussion.

Citation Examples - MLA Style

Citations are usually placed at the end of document in alphabetical order.

Books:
Falconer, Ian. Olivia. New York: Atheneum, 2000.

Dictionary
"Accord." Def.5b. The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.

Magazines:
Brenzel, Kathleen. "Rooms in Bloom." Sunset Magazine. Jan. 2002: 51-55.

Professional Websites:
List the creator of the site if known; the title of the site or a description of the site, such as "Home page" if no title is available; the date of publication or last updated date; the name of the organization associated with the site; the date of access; and the URL.

Lynch, Tim. "DNS Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997 PUT URL HERE


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Citing inText Citations.
• Both the author and page number if the source has both an author and a page number. Example: (Orwell 52).
• Only the author's name if the source has an author but no page number. Example: (Orwell). • The complete title in a signal phrase or a short form of the title in parenthesis if the source has no apparent author. Example: ("CNN News").

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Video and DVD presentations
Title (underlined or italicized). Author. Year. Format. Publisher or Distruber, year of distibution.
Annie Hall. Dir. Woody Allen. 1977. Videocassette. MGM/UA Home Video, 1991.