In the following examples, analyze the use of the source material below. Assume the writer using the source is trying to follow MLA style. Follow the steps to determine whether the material is documented correctly or not.
According to Chaney and Martin, "Two-career families in which one spouse (usually the wife) gives up a career to accompany the relocated spouse pose special adjustment problems" (75).
Step 1. The writer has the information needed to construct a citation.
Step 2. The source is documented correctly: The writer has included an attribution phrase and page number, and has also placed quotation marks around directly quoted material.
According to Chaney and Martin, two-career families in which one spouse (usually the wife) gives up a career to accompany the relocated spouse "pose special adjustment problems" (75).
Step 1. The writer has the information needed to construct a citation.
Step 2. The writer has correctly included an attribution phrase and page number. However, quotation marks need to be placed around the entire quotation, not just the last four words. The documentation misrepresents Chaney and Martin's words as the writer's words.
According to Chaney and Martin, two-career families in which one spouse (usually the wife) gives up a career to accompany the relocated spouse pose special adjustment problems (75).
Step 1. The writer has the information needed to construct a citation.
Step 2. The writer has correctly included an attribution phrase and page number. However, quotation marks need to be placed around the entire quotation. The documentation misrepresents Chaney and Martin's words as the writer's words.
One source observes that two-career families "pose special problems" when "one spouse (usually the wife) gives up a career to accompany the relocated spouse" (Chaney and Martin 75).
Step 1. The writer has the information needed to construct a citation.
Step 2. The source is documented correctly: The writer has included a parenthetical citation and page number, and has also placed quotation marks around directly quoted material.
Two-career families in which the wife sacrifices a career to accompany the relocated husband pose special adjustment problems (Chaney and Martin 75).
Step 1. The writer has the information needed to construct a citation.
Step 2. The writer has correctly included an attribution phrase and page number. However, the documentation misrepresents the passage as the work of the writer. While it is not a direct quotation (a few words have been changed), the sentence structure and wording rely quite heavily on Chaney and Martin and therefore should not be presented as the work of the writer.
