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
The correct answer is D. Remove the dates the research was completed.
The correct format for the bibliography should be:
Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship." Colorado Today. Web. 14 May 2009.
Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines." Breckenridge Rules and Regulations. Web. 14 May 2009.
To correct the given bibliography according to the 7th edition of the MLA handbook, you need to make the following revisions:
A. Put the author's last name first in all entries.
Currently, the first entry is presented with the author's last name first, while the second entry is presented with the author's first name first. To correct this, make sure that both entries have the author's last name first.
Corrected entries:
1. Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship."
2. Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines."
B. Italicize all the titles of the articles in the bibliography.
None of the titles in the given bibliography are currently italicized. To conform to MLA style, you should italicize the titles of both articles.
Corrected entries:
1. Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship."
2. Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines."
C. Include the city of publication for both entries.
Currently, neither entry includes the city of publication. In MLA style, the city of publication should be included for books and journal articles. However, because both entries are web sources, there is no requirement to include the city of publication.
Corrected entries:
1. Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship."
2. Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines."
D. Remove the dates the research was completed.
The dates included in both entries appear to be the dates on which the research was completed. In MLA style, the date included should be the publication date. Therefore, the dates should be removed.
Corrected entries:
1. Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship."
2. Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines."
Taking all the necessary corrections into account, the updated bibliography will be as follows:
Bibliography:
Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship."
Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines."
D. Remove the dates the research was completed.
The correct format for the bibliography, according to the 7th edition of the MLA handbook, would be:
Bibliography
Oberg, Marcus. "2008 Breckenridge Championship." Colorado Today. Web. 14 May 2009.
Porter, Jeffrey. "Snow Sculpting Championship Guidelines." Breckenridge Rules and Regulations. Web. 14 May 2009.