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Dissertation Boot Camp I haven't posted much lately on the state of my work because I haven't felt that I had much to say. This summer, most of my work has been in small increments on several different fronts. I've been writing a bit, but that has taken a backseat to data collection. My first round of data collection is done, but now I need to review videos and audio files. This work will be scattered around the ongoing bits of writing. I've also been collecting job market documents. CVs (different ones for teaching and research jobs), ...
Well, I finally finished a VERY rough draft of an article that I've been writing. And it has been a serious struggle. The organization is a mess, I don't think the intro works, and the end is falling apart. But it has a beginning, middle, and end so at least there's something to work with. I have to say that I've been relatively productive this summer. I'm about a week behind my schedule, but given that it's summer, that's not too shabby. I head home to WI in about a week for my dad's 70th birthday and being productive there will be difficult -- my brother ...
Citing Print Sources -- MLA Style Modern Language Association (M.L.A.) Style This guide is divided into four sections: ( journal/magazine article, newspaper article , encyclopedia article , and book or part of book and gives examples from various sources. For guidelines on citing electronic sources, consult our guide: Citing Electronic Sources MLA Style . First some general guidelines: Alphabetize your entries based on author's last name or title of the work (if author is unknown). I ndent 5 spaces at the beginning of every line but the first. The spacing in this guide may vary ...
Include as many of these elements as available: Author followed by a period. Article title in quotations followed by a period. Encyclopedia name (underlined) and date followed by period. This is sufficient if it is a familiar, standard reference work such as general encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, etc. If it is lesser known or specialized encyclopedia or reference work, give the full publication information. See last entry below. If the encyclopedia arranges entries alphabetically, you may omit the page numbers. Examples: Cox, Rachel S. "Home Schooling Debate." CQ Researcher 26 July 2001: 623-642.