Well, first of all I was wondering if anyone knew of any good online resources for MLA documentation with in depth how tos.
My main question is this: I'm doing a research paper and I was wondering how to cite something from a website in which the website took the information from somewhere else, namely a much more credible source (a journal is more credible than a website). they provided some simple citation, however I was wondering how I would integrate it into the documentation on my paper. I've tried to get at the original information, but I'm not wanting buy anything.
heres the piece of information:
Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths annually, making it the third leading cause of preventable mortality in the US, after tobacco and diet/activity patterns (J McGinnis & W Foege, "Actual Causes of Death in the United States," Journal of the American Medical Association {JAMA}, Vol. 270, No. 18, 11/10/93, p. 2208).
This is from this page: ncadd.org/facts/problems.html
I'm not quoting anything, just using the piece of information..how would I correctly format this on a works cited page as well as an in text citation.
Thanks alot
Greetings, again!
A lightning flash took over the above post before I could finish it!
To continue: Purdue also has an APA citation site. I can't post the link here, but you can do a search for "MLA citations", and it should come up.
You are correct to cite your factual information, whether it's a quotation or not. You can legitimately cite the AMA journal if you can access it through your university library library database (which you probably can). The librarians would be able to help you.
The best way to learn citation styles, assuming you don't want to purchase the manuals, is to search out relevant web pages online. As I mentioned, the Purdue site (which they call OWL) is excellent.
Good luck, and thanks!
Sarah
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