Multiple Choice Question
How should the following bibliography be corrected?
Bibliography
Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship."
Colorado Today. 10 Jan. 2008. Web. 14 May 2009.
Jeffrey Porter. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines."
Breckenridge Rules and Regulations. 10 Jan. 2008. Web. 14 May 2009.
This question is in reference to the 7th edition of the MLA handbook.
A.
Put the author's last name first in all entries.
B.
Italicize all the titles of the articles in the bibliography.
C.
Include the city of publication for both entries.
D.
Remove the dates the research was completed on.
D. Remove the dates the research was completed on.
C.
Include the city of publication for both entries.
To correct this bibliography according to the 7th edition of the MLA handbook, we need to make the following corrections:
A. Put the author's last name first in all entries.
In the first entry, the author's name is already correctly formatted with the last name first (Oberg, Marcus). However, in the second entry, the author's name is written with the first name first (Jeffrey Porter). So, to correct this, we should change "Jeffrey Porter" to "Porter, Jeffrey".
B. Italicize all the titles of the articles in the bibliography.
In both entries, the titles of the articles should be italicized. So, "2008 Breckenridge Championship" should become "2008 Breckenridge Championship" and "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines" should become "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines".
C. Include the city of publication for both entries.
In this case, none of the entries shows the city of publication. But according to the MLA handbook, when the source is an online publication, you should not include the city of publication. Therefore, we should not include the city of publication for either of the entries.
D. Remove the dates the research was completed on.
In this case, the dates that are currently included (10 Jan. 2008 and 14 May 2009) are the dates of access for the online sources. According to the MLA handbook, the dates of access should only be included if the source material is likely to change over time. Since these sources are not likely to change, we should remove the dates of access.
Taking all of these corrections into account, the correct way to format the bibliography would be:
Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship." Colorado Today. Web.
Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines." Breckenridge Rules and Regulations. Web.
So, the correct option to correct this bibliography according to the 7th edition of the MLA handbook is:
C. Include the city of publication for both entries.