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A few days ago, I posted a question about citing from a book jacket. Here is the MLA response, for those of you who were interested: > > In your works-cited list, create an ordinary entry for the book, without > any reference to the book jacket. > > Then, when you borrow from the jacket, either mention it in your text, > using any wording that is natural, or refer to the jacket in the > parenthetical citation. Below are examples of these two ways. The source > is a quotation by Walt Whitman (I've used the underline symbol here to > indicate the start and end of underlining): > > According to the book jacket on an edition of his _Leaves of > Grass_, Walt Whitman said that his poetry was "[quotation]." > > Or: > > Walt Whitman said that his poetry was "[quotation]" > (qtd. on book jacket of Whitman, _Leaves_). > > In the works-cited list, there will be an entry like this: > > Whitman, Walt. _Leaves of Grass_. New York: Acme, 1977. > > The abbreviation "qtd." means "quoted" (see sec. 6.4 in the _MLA Handbook_, > 5th ed.). I would not bother distinguishing the flaps and back cover. A > book jacket is not that big. I would just say that anything printed on it > is on the jacket. > ===== Dawn Lindgren, Library Media Specialist Sayreville War Memorial High School, Parlin, NJ MsLindgren@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-