Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Citing Sources in MLA Format
Citing Sources in MLA Format
For your research paper in the World Leader Project, you must have at least 3 sources in
MLA Format.
One source can be Campbell's 6 Characteristics, and a second could be your text book. A
third would be a book about your leader.
If you quote fewer than 200 words from any source you are within the rules of "fair use" and
do not have to ask permission of the work's author/editor to cite them in a scholarly
paper. But you do still have to cite the source in a works cited page.
Use KnightCite or EasyBib to help, but the Works Cited page should look something like this:
Campbell's Article:
Campbell, Scott. "Leaders Have Deep Roots: The Six Characteristics of Exceptional
Leaders." 5D Leadership. AVID, 2002. Web. 30 Sept. 2010.
Please provide as much information as possible. But, you should also be considering whether
the source is a reliable one if you can not find an author name. Does that maybe require you
to head to the library and find a better or more appropriate book that can help?
You need to have both the reference to your source in your paper AND have a
Works Cited Page. The Works Cited page is a separate sheet at the end of your paper that
lists your sources.
When you refer to an idea in a paper, even if it is not a direct quotation, you should reference
the person from whom you got the idea.
To do that you would need to put in parenthesis the name of the author at the end of the
sentence you wrote:
Or, in an instance when you use the author's name in the sentence:
Then in your Works Cited page you will have an entry with Campbell's source listed where
the reader can check to see what source you used.
Good luck! Please come to me during class or tutoring for help. I can also be reached
through email. Don't claim ignorance on this. Having a paper without sources is cheating!