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When writing a report, it is very important to correctly cite the sources you have used. This guide utilizes the MLA (Modern Language Association) format. Your citations should be double-spaced and arranged in alphabetical order. The first line of each citation should begin at the margin, with other lines indented 1/2 inch. Note: You should always check with your teacher for information concerning works cited. Some teachers may require a format different from the examples. |
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BOOKS WITH ONE AUTHOR:
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE:
BOOKS WITH TWO AUTHORS:
Author's Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name of other Author.
Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of Publisher,
Date of publication.
EXAMPLE:
BOOKS
WITH AN EDITOR, NO AUTHOR
Editor's Last Name,
First Name, ed. Title of Book . City of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE:
Holcolmb, Brian, ed. Baseball
Celebration. Chicago: Harcourt, 1999.
WELL
KNOWN REFERENCE WORKS WITH REGULARLY PUBLISHED EDITIONS
Author of article . (if given) "Article
Title." Name of the Work. Volume number/OR year of edition.
Copyright Date. (if not the same as edition)
EXAMPLES:
Ryan, Bryan. "Martin Luther King,
Jr." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 1.
1992.
"Ginsburg. Ruth Bader." Who's Who in America. 52nd ed. 1998.
" Hillerman, Tony." Current Biography Yearbook. 1992 ed.
"Noon." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.
*If no author is given
for the article, start the citation with the article title.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Author of article. (if given)
"Article Title." Name of Work. Date of Publication.
"Dinosaur." World Book Encyclopedia.
2001.
Smith, Gregory. "North Carolina." Encyclopedia Britanica. 1999.
*If no author is given
for the article, start the citation with the article title.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Author of article Last Name, First Name.
"Article Title." Name EXAMPLE:
of the Magazine. Date of publication: page
numbers.
Thompson, Mark. "Up From the
Depths." Time 28 Feb. 1994: 43-46.
*If
no author is given for the article, start the citation with the article title.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
Author of article Last Name, First Name.
"Article Title." Name
of the Newpaper. Date of publication: page
numbers.
EXAMPLE:
Hoover, Eric. "New Attacks
in Decision." Houston Chronicle. 11 Jan. 2002: A15-A16.
CD-ROM:
Author of article Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name
of the CD-ROM. CD-ROM. City of Publication:
Name of
Publisher, Publication year.
EXAMPLE:
INTERNET:
Professional or Personal Websites:
Author of work. (if given) "Title of the
article." (if given) Site name. Date of Publication or
last update.
(if given) Sponsoring organization or publisher of
site. (if given) Date Information Accessed.
<Internet address or URL>.
EXAMPLES:
Twohig, Dorothy. "George
Washington." Grolier Encyclopedia Online. Dec. 2000.
Grolier Inc.
20 Dec. 2001. <http://go.grolier.com>.
"Lion." Worldbook
Online. 15 Sept. 2000. Worldbook Encyclopedia. 30 Mar. 2002.
< http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
"Algeria." CountryWatch.com.
Oct. 2001. Country Watch. 13 Feb. 2002.
<http://www.countrywatch.com>.
"Holiday, Billie." Biography.com. 2000. A & E.
19 Feb. 2002. <http://www.biography.com>.
Online
Databases:
Author of work. (if given)
"Title of the article." (if given) Title of Periodical.
Date of Publication.
(if given) Database Name. (if given) Date
Information Accessed. <Internet address or URL>.
Examples of articles retrieved through an online magazine/newspaper database:
Schaller, George. "Atoms." Scientific American.
May. 1999. Gale Group. 18 Oct. 2001.
<http://tlc2.galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.
Taylor, Paul. "Skin Cells." Science News.
Jan. 2001. Electric Library. 29 Sept.
2002. <http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/getdoc.htm>.
INTERVIEW:
Last Name of person interviewed, First Name. Kind of Interview. Date.
EXAMPLE:
VIDEO OR FILM:
Title
. Medium. Distributor's Name, Date.EXAMPLE:
MUSIC:
Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Recording. Recording
Company,
Year.
EXAMPLE:
PAMPHLET:
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Pamphlet. City of
Publication:
Name of Publisher, Publication year.
EXAMPLE: