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How Not to Plagiarize
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Paraphrasing
The examples below are from the official MLA Style (Modern Language Association of America) Website and should be the format used to cite Web references unless otherwise directed by the instructor.
Scholarly Project
Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willett.
Apr. 1997. Indiana U. 26 Apr. 1997 <http://
www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/>.
Professional Site
Portuguese Language Page. U of Chicago. 1 May 1997
<http://humanities.uchicago.edu/romance/port/>.
Personal Site
Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1 May 1997 <http://
www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/index.html>.
Book
Nesbit, E[dith]. Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism.
London, 1908. Victorian Women Writers Project.
Ed. Perry Willett. Apr. 1997. Indiana U. 26 Apr.
1997 <http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
nesbit/ballsoc.html>.
Poem
Nesbit, E[dith]. "Marching Song." Ballads and Lyrics
of Socialism. London, 1908. Victorian Women
Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willett. Apr. 1997.
Indiana U. 26 Apr. 1997 <http://www.indiana.edu/
~letrs/vwwp/nesbit/ballsoc.html#p9>.
Article in a Reference Database
"Fresco." Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar. 1997.
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 29 Mar. 1997 <http://
www.eb.com:180>.
Article in a Journal
Flannagan, Roy. "Reflections on Milton and Ariosto."
Early Modern Literary Studies 2.3 (1996):
16 pars. 22 Feb. 1997 <http://unixg.ubc.ca:7001/
0/e-sources/emls/02-3/flanmilt.html>.
Article in a Magazine
Landsburg, Steven E. "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?"
Slate 1 May 1997. 2 May 1997 <http://
www.slate.com/Economics/97-05-01/Economics.asp>.
Posting to a Discussion List
Merrian, Joanne. "Spinoff: Monsterpiece Theatre."
Online posting. 30 Apr. 1994. Shaksper: The Global
Electronic Shakespeare Conference. 27 Aug. 1997
<http://www.arts.ubc.ca/english/iemls/shak/
MONSTERP_SPINOFF.txt>.