Guide
to
MLA : Modern Languages
Association Style Manual
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Format:
Author's
Last name, First name and Initial. Title of
Book. Publication
location:
Publisher, year. Print.
Example:
Townsend,
Robert M. The Medieval Village Economy.
Princeton:
Princeton
University Press,
1993. Print.
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(Townsend
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Entry in an Encyclopedia |
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Format:
Author's Last name, First name and Initial. "Title
of the Entry." Title of the Encyclopedia.
Edition. Year. Print.
Example
1: (one author)
Bergmann,
Peter. "Relativity." The New Encyclopaedia
Britannica. 17th ed.
1993. Print.
Example
2: (no author)
"Imago."
World Book Encyclopedia. 2000. Print.
Note:
If an entry has no author, place the title of the entry in the author position.
Do not cite the editor of the encyclopedia. |
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Example
1:
(Bergmann
125)
Example
2:
("Imago")
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| Work in an Anthology |
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Format:
Author's Last name, First name and Initial. "Title of the Work." (or Title of
the Play.) Title of the Anthology. Ed. (or Trans, or Comp. ) Name of
the editor (or translator, or compiler). Publication location:
Publisher, Year. Page numbers of the cited piece. Print.
Example 1:( a work in an anthology)
More, Hannah. "The Black Slave Trade: A Poem." British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 472-82. Print.
Example 2: (a play)
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Black Theater: A
Twentieth-Century Collection of the Work of Its Best Playwrights. Ed. Lindsay Patterson, New York: Dodd, 1971. 221-76. Print.
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Example 1:
(More 472-82)
Example 2:
(Hansberry 221-76) |
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Journal Article (print) |
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Reference:
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Format:
Author's
Last name, First name and Initial. "Title
of Article." Title of the
Journal
volume number. issue number (year): page numbers. Print.
Example
1: ( journal)
Martinez-Pons,
Marie. "Parental Influences on Children's
Academic Self-Regulatory
Development." Theory Into Practice
41.2 (2002): 126-
132. Print.
Example
2: (magazine)
Nehta,
Pratap Bhanu. "Exploding Myths." New
Republic 6 June 1998:
17- 19. Print.
Note:
To cite a magazine published weekly or monthly, include the complete
date. Abbreviate all months except May, June and July. Do notinclude
volume and issue numbers. |
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Example
1:
(Martinez-Pons,
128-129)
Example
2:
(Nehta
17)
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Journal Article (retrieved from library database) |
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Reference:
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Format:
Author's
Last name, First name and Initial. "Title of
Article." Title of the
Journal volume number. issue number (year): page numbers.
Title of the database. Web. Day month year accessed.
Example:
Martinez-Pons,
Marie. "Parental Influences on Children's
Academic Self-Regulatory
Development." Theory Into Practice
41.2 (2002): 126-132.
Academic Search Premier. Web. 8
July 2009.
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(Martinez-Pons) |
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Website |
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Reference:
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The
vast variety and inconsistency of web sites can
present challenges
for
creating accurate references. The following are
two basic formats for
citing
web site information.
Format
1: (Citing an entire Web Site)
Title
of Web Site. First and Last name of editor
if given. Date or the latest
update if given. Sponsoring institution or organization
if given. Web. Day
month year accessed.
Example:
Bartleby.com
: Great Books Online.
2009
Bartleby.com, Inc. Web. 5 May
2009.
Format
2: (Citing a work from a web site)
Last
name, First name of author if given. "Title
of Work." Title of
Web Site.
Date or the latest update
if given. Sponsoring institution
or
organization if given. Web. Day month year accessed.
Example:
Elliott, Daphne. "Greek Creation Myths." Encyclopedia Mythica. 2009. Web. 8 July 2009.
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Format
1: Example:
(Bartleby)
Format
2: Example:
(Elliott)
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 College
writing usually recommends two major style manuals:
APA and MLA.
There
are other style manuals that may be suggested
by professors. These manuals are
available in the library reference area.
- Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (APA) 6th
Ed.
Call number: Ref. BF 76.7 .P83 2010.
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers 7th Ed.
Call number: Ref. LB 2369 .G53 2009.
- A manual for writers of research papers,
theses, and dissertations (Turabian)
7th Ed.
Call number: Ref. LB2369 .T8 2007.
- The Chicago manual of style
16th Ed.
Call number: Ref. Z253 .U69 2010
- Scientific style and format : the
CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers
7th Ed.
Call number: Ref. T11 .S386 2006
- The Columbia guide to online style
2nd Ed.
Call number: Ref. PN171 .F56 W35 2006
- American Sociological Association 1st Ed.
Call number: Ref. HM569 .A54 2010
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Selected
Links to Citation Guides
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- APA
Documentation Style - Quick resource for
citing references in papers using the 6th edition
of the Publication Manual of APA, provided
by University of Wisconsin.
- APA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidelines from Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.
- The Basics of APA Style - A audio/video tutorial.
- Cite It Right - A video tutorial, by University of Texas at San Antonio. New
- MLA - Citation Guide - by Scottsdale Community College Library.
- MLA Documentation Style for "Works Cited" - by LaGuardia Community College, CUNY City University of New York.
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidelines from Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.
- MLA Style (PDF) - by Immaculata University Library.
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide - from The Chicago Manual of Style Online.
- Citation
Guide- University of Arizona - Quick
guides to create reference lists in APA, MLA
and other style manuals.
- Citing
Government Information Sources Using MLA
- Sample citations for the government information
sources in MLA styles.
- Citing
Your Sources - Complete guides to APA, MLA
and Chicago/Turabian style manuals, by United
States Naval Academy library.
- Research and Documentation Online - Research papers in MLA, Chicago, APA, and CBE styles with sample papers.
- Turabian
Quick Guide
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