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Citing Print Sources: MLA Format |
BOOKS:
Author(s) (last name first). Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, year of publication.
Single Author:
Kolata, Gina Bari. Cloning. New York: Morrow, 2000.
Multiple Authors:
Paoletti, John, and Gary M. Radki. Art in Renaissance Italy. San Diego: Lucent, 1998.
Editor:
Williams, Mary E., ed. The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2002.
No Author:
Atlas of Central America and the Caribbean. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Authored Article in an Edited Collection or Work:
Lindahl, Carl. “Chaucer and the Shape of Performance.” Critical Essays on Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. Thomas Stillinger.
New York: G.K. Hall, 1998. 11-29.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Day Month Year: pages.
Armor, Larry. "The Learning Revolution." Business Week 28 Feb. 1994: 80-88.
No Author:
“Domestic Violence." Psychology Today Nov. - Dec. 1993: 48-52.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper Day Month Year: pages.
Barry, Dan. "Where Twin Towers Stood, a Silent Goodbye." New York Times
31 May 2002: A1-2.
SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (year of publication): pages.
Craner, Paul M. "New Tool for an Ancient Art: The Computer and Music."
Computers and the Humanities 25.3 (1991): 303-13.
ARTICLES FROM ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND REFERENCE BOOKS:
Author(s) (if given). "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Book.
City of Publication: Publisher, year of publication.
Lewis, David Levering. "Harlem Renaissance." Encyclopedia of African-
American Culture and History. New York: Macmillan, 1996.
"The Tragic Downfall of Blanche DuBois." Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named
Desire. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.
FOR ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES, REFER TO:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York:
MLA, 2003. (On reserve in the library)
"MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue Online Writing Lab.
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01>
INTERVIEW THAT YOU CONDUCTED:
Person interviewed. Type of interview. Date of interview.
Jordan, Michael. Personal interview. 1 Sep. 2007.
Clinton, Hillary. Telephone interview. 15 Jan. 2007.
PARENTHETICAL NOTATION:
(Author’s last name or “first few words” of title followed by page number)
One Author: (Kolata 206)
Multiple Authors: (Paoletti and Radki 311)
No Author: (“Atlas of African” 45)
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