[Milton-L] Citing

[Jason Kerr]

I say this only because I spent all day converting bibliographic entries,
but MLA recently changed its style slightly. Now there is no need to cite
the URL; otherwise I believe that the citation given by Louis Schwartz is
correct (though someone who has the new manual ready to hand might want to
double-check).

Jason Kerr

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Schwartz, Louis <lschwart at richmond.edu>wrote:

>  Diane,
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> I believe that MLA recommends citing the author's name, the title of the
> post (if it has one), the title of the list to which it was posted, the date
> of the posting, and then a URL where it can be accessed.
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> So, if I were to list your post on a Works Cited page or in a bibliography,
> the citation would look like this:
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> McColley, Diane.  "Citing." Online post.  *Milton-l*.  May 21, 2009.
> http://lists.richmond.edu/pipermail/milton-l/2009-May/009583.html
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> I think that Chicago asks you to also include the date on which you last
> accessed the page in parentheses after the URL: “(last accessed June 30,
> 2009).”
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> The URL above will take a reader to the copy of your post that resides in
> the Milton-l archive.  You can copy a URL like this for any Milton-l post by
> going to the Milton-l homepage and clicking on the “Archives” link.  Once
> you get to the archives, you can find the post you want by date, thread,
> author, or subject line.
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> The link for the homepage is at the bottom of most posts.
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> Louis
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> Louis Schwartz
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> Associate Professor of English
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> University of Richmond
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> Richmond, VA  23173
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> (804) 289-8315
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> lschwart at richmond.edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu [mailto:
> milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu] On Behalf Of Diane McColley
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:36 PM
> To: John Milton Discussion List
> Subject: [Milton-L] Citing
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> Is there a protocol for quoting and citing from Milton-List entries?  I
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> would not quote anything without asking the author's permission
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> privately of course--one may say things in a discussion that one would
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> rather not see in print--but sometimes a letter or a string of letters
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> is so pertinent to one's subject that one would like  to refer to it.
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> Does one need to mention the listmaster, the place of origin, and such?
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