[LM_NET] SEC: MLA Citation Question

["Thompson, RitaAnn" <RThompson@PENNSBURY.K12.PA.US>]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if someone could answer this question for me.  We have a lot of the 
Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints books.  Some of our students are using almost 
5 - 6 articles out of the book and citing them each separately (using MLA).  
However, the teacher feels the students are doing this to "pad" their works cited - 
getting all of the required sources from one book.  Her question is : Would you 
ever cite these books as a book with an editor?  And by doing that, only make 1 
citation for the entire book source?  Is there a limit - say if using more than 5 
essays from a collection, then use it as a book with an editor rather than citing 
them individually?  

Thanks in advance for your help!  My feeling is that each one is cited separately - 
no matter how many.  But I just wanted to make sure.  

Rita Ann Thompson
Pennsbury High School
Librarian
215.949.6780  x.70980
rthompson@pennsbury.k12.pa.us
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