Citing Print Sources in MLA Format Style Manuals double-space within and between entries in the list of references, entitled Works Cited. Capitalize each word in the title of books, periodicals, and articles, except for conjunctions and prepositions. Months, except for may, June, and July, are abbreviated.
Citing Print Sources in MLA Format Style Manuals double-space within and between entries in the list of references, entitled Works Cited. Capitalize each word in the title of books, periodicals, and articles, except for conjunctions and prepositions. Months, except for may, June, and July, are abbreviated.
Citing Print Sources in MLA Format Style Manuals double-space within and between entries in the list of references, entitled Works Cited. Capitalize each word in the title of books, periodicals, and articles, except for conjunctions and prepositions. Months, except for may, June, and July, are abbreviated.
Citing Print Sources in MLA Format Style Manuals double-space within and between entries in the list of references, entitled Works Cited. Capitalize each word in the title of books, periodicals, and articles, except for conjunctions and prepositions. Months, except for may, June, and July, are abbreviated.
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Citing Print Sources in MLA Format
Style Manuals Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003. Ready Reference and LB 2369 .G53 2003
Double-space within and between entries in the list of references, entitled Works Cited. Indent the second line in each entry 1/2 inches. Capitalize each word in the title of books, periodicals, and articles, except for conjunctions and prepositions. Enclose titles of periodical articles in quotation marks. Underline book and periodical titles. Months, except for May, June, and July, are abbreviated. Please see sections 5.1 - 5.5 for more information.
Hacker, Diana. A Writers Reference. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003. See pgs. 323-360 for MLA guidelines Ready Reference and PE 1408 .H2778 2003
Citing Books in the Works Cited
Authors Last Name, First Name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.
see section 5.6 in the MLA Handbook see pgs. 351-355 in Hacker
Examples: Freeman, Yvonne S., and David E. Freeman. Teaching, Reading, and Writing in Spanish in the Bilingual Classroom. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1996. Wills, Garry. Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Citing Reference Works in the Works Cited
see section 5.6.8 in the MLA Handbook see pg. 353, #13 in Hacker
Given the variety of reference books in the library (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.), we suggest consulting the MLA Handbook for citing instructions relating to your specific reference work. In general, you will list the author of the article first (if the article is signed), the title of the article, the title of the reference work, the edition number (if one is indicated), and the copyright date. MLA instructs, If the encyclopedia or dictionary arranges articles alphabetically, you may omit volume and page numbers in your citation, because the article you cite will be easy to find in the source. (pg. 160) When citing familiar reference books, . . . do not give full publication information. (pg. 161) Authors Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Reference Work. Edition (written as: 34th ed). Copyright date. Example: Matthews, Robert Stuart. Jack-O-Lantern. Colliers Encyclopedia. 1995 ed. When the source does not indicate the edition number, follow this example.
When citing less familiar reference books, . . . give full publication information. (pg. 161) Authors Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Reference Work. Ed. (for editor) Editors First Name Last Name. Number of total volumes (abbreviated vols.). Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date. Example: Hattab, Joceyln Y. Psychiatric Ethics. Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Ed. Ruth Chadwick. 4 vols. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998.
Citing Periodical Articles in the Works Cited
see section 5.7 in the MLA Handbook see pgs. 355-357 in Hacker
If you do not know if your article is from a scholarly or popular periodical, please see the handout entitled Is This Journal Scholarly? or consult one of the reference librarians. An Article in A Scholarly Journal see section 5.7.1 in the MLA Handbook see pg. 356, #21-22 in Hacker
Authors Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Journal volume number (year of publication): page number(s). Example: Plesch, Veronique. Walls and Scaffolds: Pictorial and Dramatic Passion Cycles in the Duchy of Savoy. Comparative Drama 32 (1998): 252-290. An Article in A Popular Periodical/Magazine see section 5.7.6 in the MLA Handbook see pg. 355, #20 in Hacker
Authors Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Magazine Title Date of article: page number(s). If the magazine is published every week or every 2 weeks, provide the date in day-abbreviated month-year format (21 Sept. 1998). If the magazine is published monthly, provide the date in abbreviated month-year format (Sept. 1998). Example: Sanberg, Jared. The Windows Get Dirty. Newsweek 21 Sept. 1998: 101. A Newspaper Article see section 5.7.5 in the MLA Handbook see pgs. 356-357 in Hacker
Authors Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Newspaper Title day abbreviated month year, edition: page number(s). Example: Auerbach, Jon G. The Names the Same, but the Stress Is On. Wall Street Journal 22 Jan. 1999, central ed.: A1+.
Parenthetical Documentation In addition to a list of references, you will also need to cite quotations, facts, and other peoples ideas throughout your paper. Please refer to sections 5.1-5.2 in the MLA Handbook and to pages 341-348 in Hacker for detailed instructions on the construction of parenthetical documentation. Both the MLA Handbook and Hacker also include guidelines on using endnotes or footnotes, if those are what your professor prefers you to use. A sentence from an example paper: Starting in the early 1950s, the number of refineries in Europe grew to keep up with the demand for oil (Molle 315). (Molle 315) tells us that the source of the information in the sentence above comes from page 315 in a book by an author named Molle. How to cite Molles book in the list of Works Cited: Molle, Willem. The Economics of European Integration: Theory, Practice, Policy. Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing Company, 1997.
