Citing Sources
Guide for Citing Print & Online Sources
MLA Style for Bibliographies
Entries in a bibliography or Works Cited list are arranged alphabetically in one list (books and web sites listed together). Do not number your list.
The first line of a bibliographical entry is aligned with the left margin and the next line(s) is indented.
If no author is given, the bibliographical entry or footnote begins with the next item of information, usually the title.
Titles of books, magazines or web sites are underlined (preferred by MLA) or in italics.
Dates are generally written: day month year; if abbreviations are used, be consistent.
For more examples of bibliographic formats for a wide variety of research materials, see the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (REF 808.027 GIB) Book by one author
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Bode, Janet. The Colors of Freedom: Immigrant Stories. New York:
Franklin Watts, 1999.
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Book without an author
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Computer Age. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life, 1992.
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Book by two authors
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Jennings, Peter and Todd Brewster. The Century New York: Doubleday, 1998.
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Book by three or more authors
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Kessler, James H. et al. Distinguished African American Scientists of
the 20th Century. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1996.
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Book with only an editor listed
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Sullivan, Charles, ed. Imaginary Gardens: American Poetry and Art for
Young People. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989.
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A work in an anthology or collection
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Bradbury, Ray. "Another Fine Mess." The Best from Fantasy and Science
Fiction: the Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology. Ed. Edward L. Ferman
and Gordon Van Gelder. New York: Tor, 1999. |
Print encyclopedia article (cite the author of "the article" not of the set or volume)
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Freedman, Bill. "Chameleons." Gale Encyclopedia of Science . Ed. Bridget Travers.
Detroit: Gale Research , 1996. |
Print encyclopedia or reference article (without an author)
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"Siva." Encyclopedia Britannica . Chicago: Encyclopdia Britannica,
2002. |
Magazine or newspaper article without a volume number
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Diaz, Johnny . "Latino Art Thrives ." Hispanic. November 2004:
58-59.
Klass, Perri. "For a Teenage Boy, a Basketball and a Bug Spell
Trouble." New York Times 30 November 2004, late edition: F5+. |
Magazine or journal with a volume number
Meng, Sara F. "Peggy Bacon and John Sloan." Women's Art Journal 25.1 (2004): 18-25.
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Online database -- Periodical article
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Kuchment, Anna. "State of the Ice: Beyond the Simple Fact of Earth's
Warming lies a Sea of Conflicting Data." Newsweek. 25 February
2002: 33. Proquest. Chapin Library. 2 December 2004
<http://www.il.proquest.com>. |
Online database -- Encyclopedia or reference article
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"Buddhism in early Tang." World Eras, Vol.7: Imperial China. Gale, 2003. History
Resource Center: World. Chapin Library. 2 December 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/?locID=new19334>. |
Web Page
Wellek, Rene . "Romanticism in Literature." Dictionary of the History of
Ideas . 1 May 2003. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
Library. 30 November 2004.
<http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhiana.cgi?id=dv4-25>.
Whiteley, Peter M. "Ties that Bind: Hopi gift culture and its first contact with
the United States." Natural History Magazine. November 2004.
1 December 2004. <http://www.naturalhistorymag.com>.
"Women's Magazines." MagazineArt.org. 29 October 2004. 1 December 2004.
<http://www.magazineart.org/general/womens/>. |
Web Site
Lynch, Jack. " Eighteenth-Century Resources. 15 June 2004. 1 December 2004
<http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/>. |
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