Question

If a student found this article in a magazine and used information from it in a research paper on the Peachtree Road Race, which is the correct way to document this source on the works cited page using the MLA system of documentation? A) Matherne, David. The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other. Road Racer Digest March, 2007: 32-33. B) David Matherne. "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest March, 2007, pp. 32-33. C) "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Matherne, David. Road Racer Digest March, 2007: pp. 32-33. D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp. 32-33.

Answer 1

Let's start like this: in MLA, the author always comes first, so let's list all the options that have the author in the beginning:

A) Matherne, David. The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other. Road Racer Digest March, 2007: 32-33.

B) David Matherne. "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest March, 2007, pp. 32-33.

C) - excluded

D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp. 32-33.

now, the surname of the author comes first, but in B) the name is listed first, so our remaining options are:

A) Matherne, David. The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other. Road Racer Digest March, 2007: 32-33.

B) - excluded

D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp. 32-33.

the title should be in quotation marks so the correct answer is:


D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp. 32-33.