Re: [LM_NET] IB Extended Essay and MLA

[Thomas Kaun <tomkaun@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi, John.

Actually the practice of adding the URL is optional according to the MLA
Handbook, so it is NOT a matter of "no 7th edition rules for urls."

The authority (teacher, institution, etc.) can make the determination to
require URLs and that's just fine with MLA.

Tom Kaun

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On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:37 AM, John Kurtenbach <jkurtenbach@gmail.com>wrote:

> Any librarians out there working with IB Extended Essay students, be
> advised
> that the IB office recently stated the following:
>
> "Academic honesty
>        Section 4.11 of the IB publication Academic Honesty (July, 2009)
> suggests that one convention that candidates may adopt for attributing
> sources in their work for assessment is provided by the Modern Language
> Association (MLA), which produces the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
> Papers, by Joseph Gibaldi, now in its seventh edition (2009). However, the
> MLA no longer requires the use of URLs (a Web site address) in MLA
> citations. Because Web addresses often change and because documents
> sometimes appear in multiple places on the World Wide Web, MLA explains
> that
> most readers can find electronic sources via title or author searches in
> internet search engines. However, for the purpose of candidates’ work being
> submitted for assessment, either by a teacher or an IB examiner, it is
> essential that candidates include the URL (the Web address) for a source
> found on the World Wide Web and the date that source was accessed."
>
> Guess that means no 7th edition rules for urls.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Kurtenbach
> Media Center Director
> Colegio FD Roosevelt
> Lima, Peru
>
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