Digital+Sources

=How to Cite Digital Sources=

NoodleTools will:

 * Walk you through gathering the information needed for each citation.
 * Build the Works Cited entries using either MLA or MLA starter.
 * Will export the entries to a MS Word document.

**Online video clips, such as: You Tube, Discovery Education and Safari Montage**
MLA 5.6.2 "b. A Work Cited Only on the Web An entry for a nonperiodical publication on the Web usually contains most of the following components, in sequence: Each item is followed by a period except the publisher or sponsor, which is followed by a comma (see fig. 30). Untitled works may be identified by a genre label (e.g., //Home page//, //Introduction//, //Online posting//), neither italicized nor enclosed in quotation marks, in the place where the title goes (see 5.5.8 and 5.7.7–10 for additional guidance on the use of genre labels). If not otherwise recorded in the entry, the name of a creator of the overall Web site, such as its editor, may be listed following the title of the site (see the Yager example). If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available." (MLA)
 * 1) Name of the author, compiler, director, editor, narrator, performer, or translator of the work (for more than one author, see 5.5.4; for a corporate author, see 5.5.5; for an anonymous work, see 5.5.9)
 * 2) Title of the work (italicized if the work is independent; in roman type and quotation marks if the work is part of a larger work [see 3.6.2–3])
 * 3) Title of the overall Web site (italicized), if distinct from item 2
 * 4) Version or edition used (see 5.5.13)
 * 5) Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, use //N.p.//
 * 6) Date of publication (day, month, and year, as available); if nothing is available, use //n.d.//
 * 7) Medium of publication (//Web//)
 * 8) Date of access (day, month, and year)

YouTube Example:
Jang, B. //The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship//. //YouTube//. N.p., 15 Dec. 2010. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. [].

Digital Files, such as: PDF Files, MP3 Files, JPEG Files, etc.
"5.7.18. A Digital File Digital files can exist independently from the Web or a published disc. Examples are a PDF file stored on your computer, a document created by a peer using a word processor, a scanned image you received as an e-mail attachment, and a sound recording formatted for playing on a digital audio player. In general, determine the kind of work you are citing (e.g., a book, a typescript, a photograph, a sound recording), and follow the relevant guidelines in this handbook for formatting the entry in the works-cited list. In the place reserved for the medium of publication, record the digital file format, followed by the word //file//—//PDF file//, Microsoft Word //file//, //JPEG file//, //MP3 file//, //XML file//, and so on—neither italicized (except for titles of software programs) nor enclosed in quotation marks. The file type is usually indicated by the extension at the end of the file name, after a period: OurCulturalCommonwealth.pdf. If you cannot identify the file type, use //Digital file//." (MLA)

For more information on citations refer to the //MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.// Source: //MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers//. 7th ed. 1977. New York: MLA, 2009. Print.