HIT: Parenthetical References--MLA

[Kim brosan <kbrosan@NEWBERRY.K12.SC.US>]

I didn't get a direct answer from the people I heard from, and I had =
several requests for a hit. I received a few comments about the credibility=
 of the information if there was no author or title. I wasn't asked for =
help directly by the teacher, but instead by the English teacher. =
Regardless, I'm not in the habit of directly questioning a colleague on =
his or her choices of information, even if I do think that they probably =
should have selected something else.
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Thanks to Paula who suggested "Beyond the MLA Handbook" http://english.ttu.=
edu/kairos/1.2/inbox/mla_archive.html although I didn't find the answer =
there, it led me to the Columbia Guide to Online Style at Columbia =
University http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html whose =
section on "Documenting Sources in the Text" gave me the answer I sought.

The short answer is use the file name, i.e. filename.htm or filename.html=
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The direct quote from CGOS is:

"Documenting Sources in the Text
"Parenthetical or in-text references to print publications usually include =
the author's last name and the page number of the reference (humanities =
styles) or the author's last name, the date of publication, and the page =
number of the reference (scientific styles). Often, for electronic =
sources, some or all of these elements may be missing. Thus, parenthetical =
references to electronic sources will usually include only an author's =
last name or, if no author's name is available, the file name, and, for =
scientific styles, the date of publication or the date of access if no =
publication date is available.=20

"For files with no designation of author or other responsible person or =
organization, include the file name in parentheses (i.e., cgos.html). For =
scientific styles with no designation of publication date or date of last =
revision or modification, include the date of access instead, in day-month-=
year format (i.e., 16 Aug. 1996).=20

"List navigational aids such as page, section, or paragraph numbers, if =
they are included in the original text, at the conclusion of the citation, =
separated by commas. For most electronic sources, however, navigational =
aids will not be included.=20

"In citations of print sources, subsequent references to the same work =
need not repeat the author's name, instead giving the different page =
number or location, if applicable. With electronic documents that are not =
paginated or otherwise delineated, however, repeating the author's name =
may be the only way to acknowledge when information is drawn from a given =
source. " (Columbia Guide to Online Style)

Thanks for the help!

Kim


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Kimberly A. Brosan, library media specialist
Mid-Carolina High School
Prosperity, SC
kbrosan@newberry.k12.sc.us

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