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stare_me_out
25 August 2007 @ 10:06 pm
Is anyone on my flist familiar with the MLA citation style?  
If so could you please tell me how to format an in-text citation for a website without an author?

I know how to format it for my works cited list, just not in-text.

Also why can't La Trobe have a standard citation style or at least a stand citation style for the various faculties? UWS did so in two years I only ever used the Vancouver system, which is standard for biological sciences. At La Trobe I have thus far used Chicago (standard in media studies, politics will accept Harvard or Chicago and Chicago to me is the far superior system so I use it for politics too), APA (lingustics), Harvard (Asian studies) and MLA (cinema studies) and the various departments of the arts faculity are honestly wondering why so many students (30% according to the media studies department in their beginning of semester rant) hand in assessments that are referenced in the wrong style?
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the mapmaking sort of cartographer[info]almightychrissy on August 25th, 2007 02:04 pm (UTC)
MLA really doesn't know what it wants to do with websites these days. To the best of my knowledge (which, sadly, I cannot confirm in the 6th edition handbook) is that the in-text would look something like-

Informatiopn Information information information ("Website").


Change "Website" to Website or Website if that's how you did it in the Works Cited.

Does that make sense?
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I'm a Scholar, I Enjoy Scholarly Pursuits.: GA | Addison Montgomery | Glasses PWN me[info]stare_me_out on August 25th, 2007 03:11 pm (UTC)
As much as citation can, thanks.
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Hails (more formally known as Hayley)[info]sportsnightnut on August 25th, 2007 03:43 pm (UTC)
If I can find my handbook from last year (I believe I know where it is) I'll take a look and see if it says anything. :)
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Cec: Grey's Anatomy - Addie6[info]cecism on August 26th, 2007 04:45 am (UTC)
Good God, that's insane. All my units (both in Arts and Business) use Harvard, although apparently some of my friend's other Arts units use the footnotes-one (is that Chicago?). Ugh, I don't know how you do it!
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I'm a Scholar, I Enjoy Scholarly Pursuits.: SN | Dan/Casey | His fault[info]stare_me_out on August 26th, 2007 10:43 am (UTC)
Yeah, footnoting is Chicago style, I can't stand Harvard because there doesn't seem to be a standard format, Chicago is very much set in stone and they have actually kept up with technological changes.
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