Citations

Citations acknowledge that some of the ideas in our posts are taken from other sources. This is important because we will be using other author’s work as a foundation for our posts as we explore different editorials. Furthermore, we want our readers to be able to reference our links if they are interested in learning more. Finally, we want our followers to be able to follow our train of thought, which would allow them to better comprehend our post.

           To reference our sources we will use a simplified version of MLA citation. Instead of including generally unnecessary items such as date accessed, volume number, and whether its a print or online source, we will only include four key items. These parts are outdated and contribute little to the actual citation. Rather we will use the title of the article, name of the author, name of the source (i.e. name of the website or blog), and the URL. These pieces are essential for citations, allowing the reader to find the website or article if for some reason the URL doesn’t work. However, we will still use proper MLA order, but we will not bother with proper indentation or italicizing.