Anthropology 490A: Senior Seminar in Archaeology

Basic MLA formatting guidelines 

• A Works Cited list should be organized alphabetically by author’s last name.
• Works Cited list should be double spaced with a hanging indent.
• In-Text citations should be placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author’s Last Name page number)
  • Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong 25).
  • Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, only provide the page #. Example: Furlong found that “direct quote” (25)
• Publication date should be formatted day month year with the month abbreviated. It could also be: month year or season year. Examples:
  • 26 July 2016
  • Dec. 2015
  • spring 2016
• Abbreviations: If the month is more than 4 letters, abbreviate as follows: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

MLA Style Center provide citation guideline for common titles of online works.

For additional MLA citation resources see the OWL at Purdue University MLA Formatting and Style Guide

Plagiarism is using facts or ideas from another source without attribution, thereby presenting it as original work.

Adapted from CSUN Policies and Procedures

Best Practices to Avoid Plagiarism:

• Plan in advance your research assignments.
• Be 100% scrupulous in your note taking.
• Cite your sources scrupulously.
• Understand good paraphrasing.
• Learn how to cite in different citation style.

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Adapted from: Vega García, S.A. (2012). Understanding plagiarism: Information literacy guide. Iowa State University. Retrieved  from http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/content.php?pid=10314. [Accessed February 8, 2018]